Soheil Arabi

Soheil Arabi was sentenced to death because of his posts on Facebook. This sentence was later changed to a prison sentence. He teaches French and English languages to the prisoners in prison

Soheil Arabi managed eight Facebook pages before his arrest. He worked as a photographer, and he also took photographs of social problems as well <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='711'> Ten armed officers from the Sarollah camp entered Mr. Arabi's house, without providing a warrant. "Your neighbor is a smuggler and we came to arrest him," officers said as they entered the building. The officers seized Mr. Arabi's belongings, including work equipment (camera, lighting equipment, etc.), books, laptops, and mobile phones and some of their belongings. "Soheil was repeatedly threatened with arrest and even murder before being arrested by unknown individuals," a source told IPA. Mr. Arabi has managed several Facebook pages. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31776'> One of Mr. Arabi's pre-arrest activities was the ironic criticism of Shiite Imams and the Prophet of Islam. These cases cause the death sentence was issued for him. He had published an article about the marriage of the Prophet of Islam to a child, which made the security forces angry; Mohammad's marriage with children is also confirmed by Islamic tradition </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31774'> According to information provided to IPA, Soheil Arabi was transferred to the 2-A ward of Evin Prison after his arrest. According to an informed source: > The agents were seemed so happy after Soheil's arrest." "In the early days of detention, he was beaten in the IRGC detention center in such a way that he lost consciousness for hours. According to the information received by IPA, he tortured as follows: > He was beaten so badly that he lost consciousness." Interrogators called him as "Sheikh" because Mr. Arabi was in charge of "Sheikh Facebook al-Din Fesharaki 's Facebook page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31775'> The interrogators questioned his family in several steps to find other admins of the Facebook page. According to an informed source, the security forces were suspicious of his wife and his uncle in running the Facebook pages. Mr. Arabi was deprived of taking fresh air in the prison yard for about 10 days in several stages because he did not have a "desirable" answer to the interrogators' questions. During the interrogation sessions, Mr. Arabi said that "he used to run these pages to enlighten and fight against superstitions." The interrogators responded: > Put aside this nonsense, you were obsessed with doing this. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31780'> <reference source='https://www.isna.ir/news/92090906242/%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%86'> Soheil Arabi is one of the people who posted pictures of "Imam Zadeh Bijan" on his Facebook page. Islamic Republic's news agencies stated the renaming of this place to "Imamzadeh Bi Jinn." Iranian bloggers had pointed out the Persian name of this Imamzadeh and the relevant institutions replied: "This Imamzadeh was known as Bi Jinn, who was changed to Bijan in Persian. Now we have changed Imamzadeh's sign from Bijan to Bi Jinn </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31777'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi heard the sound of a man and a woman in 2-A Detention Center who were being tortured. According to the interrogators' questions about collaborating with Shahin Najafi (the singer sentenced to death) and considering the time of this incident, possibly the tortured people were Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31773'> Some media outlets have mistakenly reported this date as the time of his arrest. He was interrogated that day and charged. He was interrogated and formally charged that day. One of his charges was "insulting the sacred" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31791'> According to IPA, He contacted his wife for the first time by phone. Mr. Arabi has been deprived of contacting his family, and he was forced to say "Everything is fine" in this phone call </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31792'> He was taken to the public ward (350) after 3 months </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31793'> Undercover agents beat political prisoners in ward 350. This event later became known as "Evin Bloody Thursday". Soheil Arabi was also among those injured by officers and taken to solitary confinement. Earlier, Mr. Arabi had been sentenced to 30 lashes and paying a fine of 500,000 Tomans for "insulting the presidency" by Tehran General Court. The flogging sentence was carried out in Evin prosecutor's office while he was in solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='712'> He was tried in Branch 76 of Tehran Criminal Court by Judge Modir Khorasani. The court session was held in the presence of Soheil Arabi, Amirsalar Davoodi (lawyer), representative of the prosecutor, judge and counsel </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='714'> According to IPA, Branch 76 of the Tehran Criminal Court presided over by five judges and headed by Judge Mir Khorasani reviewed Mr. Arabi's case and with a 3-2 vote condemned him to death on the charge of "insulting the Prophet" based on Clause 262 of the New Islamic Criminal Code. The death sentence was issued by Judge Modir Khorasani and the advisers Atarod and Kashanki, and advisers named Arab Fashafoyeh and Shafiee were opposed to the sentence. His death sentence was issued based on Mr. Arabi's activities on Facebook. He has managed eight Facebook pages: > The Islamic Republic, Yad-e Yaran, My religion is humanity, Sheikh Facebook al-din Fesharaki, a generation that no longer wants to be descendants of the dead, the campaign to leave superstitions, Soheil Sorena and the Imamzadeh of Seyed Bijan. He has dealt with the problems of society and was a citizen journalist on these pages. Besides, Soheil Arabi, as an atheist, satirically refers to some of the behaviors of people considered "sacred in Islam. Soheil Arabi published a cartoon of Mohammad, the Prophet of Islam, referring to his marriage to a child </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='713'> Judge Salavati presiding over Branch 15 of the Revolutioary Court sentenced him to two years in prison for "insulting the Supreme Leader" and one year in prison for "propaganda against the state" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='715'> Branch 41 of the Supreme Court approved the death sentence and referred it to Branch 76 of the Tehran Criminal Court for implementation </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10575'> The website, “Rah-e-Dana” which is connected to the Imam Sadegh University and under the supervision of the security apparatus, published a piece, alleging that he was charged not with “apostasy” but with “rape”. His lawyer, Amir Salar Davoudi published a strongly worded, open letter in response to this allegation. Soheil Arabi, also, announced filing a complaint against the website and the Fars and Jahan News news agencies, which led to the issuance of a suspension for the “Rah-e-Dana” website. Based on information gathered by IPA, with most of the cases involving dissidents, the media connected to the security apparatuses, make allegations such as “rape” and “extortion” against the defendants. These allegations are usually not mentioned in court and serve the purpose of psychologically demoralizing the accused </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='716'> Branch 24 of the Supreme Court rejected his death sentence. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='717'> On September 1, the case was referred to Branch 10 of the Criminal Court for a further review. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32089'> Branch 10 of the Tehran General Court, presided over by Judge Ghorbanzadeh, sentenced Soheil Arabi to seven years and six months in prison on the charge of "insulting the sacred" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3727'> According to IPA, All of Mr. Arabi's sentences were reduced to five years' imprisonment under Article 510 of the Procedure rules (aggregation of sentences). He was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on the charge of "insulting the sacred" that the sentence was reduced to six years and six months in prison for obeying the vote. Judge Salavati also sentenced him to two years in prison. Due to the reduction of Soheil Arabi's sentence, his release date will be November 2018 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7966'> According to the Campaign For the Defense of Political and Civic Prisoners, a bail of 700 million tomans has been set as condition for his temporary leave. The report claims that his family is facing obstacles in raising this sum </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7936'> Maf News reported that, once again, his request for a vacation leave was rejected </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10224'> The nine remaining prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison objected to the ward's isolated environment and the transfer of political prisoners. The letter states that Ward 350 has not had any new entry since the spring of 2014, for a long time there have been only 9 prisoners in this Ward, and "are experiencing conditions more difficult than solitary". Constant hunger strikes of political prisoners in other wards and prisons indicate the futility of separating political prisoners, and separating political prisoners from each other is in fact an "indirect torture". The signatories are: Akbar Amini, Yashar Darolshafa, Ahmad Daneshpour, Mohsen Daneshpour, Ali Zahed, Abdolfattah Soltani, Hassan Sisakhti, Soheil Arabi, and Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand. The letter was published by HRANA, and it is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of Ward 350's page in Atlas </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10574'> HRANA reports that his requests for a leave continues to be rejected. According to this report, those close to him believe that the fallout from his complaint about a website “Rah-e-Dana”, publishing a piece titled, “Unfair Slander and Publication of Falsehoods”, is the reason behind the continued refusal to grant him temporary leave </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11518'> HRANA reported that he is still deprived of medical attention and leave. According to this report, “refusal to change his beliefs” was sited as one of the reasons for his being banned from a leave. HRANA, also, gave news that his vision problems are worsening and despite more than ten letters addressed to the prison warden, the infirmary, and the attorney general’s office, he is still deprived of medical attention </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12704'> HRANA reported that several prisoners in Ward 7 of Evin Prison, including Mehdi Rajabian, Hossein Rajabian, Esmaeel Abdi, Sohail Arabi, Omid Alishenas, and Yousef Emadi, have started a sit-in to protest the head of the ward's medical center, Mr. Ghassem Jafarnejad's negligence of his duties and asked for his replacement in a letter. Their protest is mainly regarding the alarming health conditions of Hossein Rajabian, Mehdi Rajabian, and Soheil Arabi, which has deteriorated due to the medical center's negligence and their refusal to transfer these individuals to a hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12812'> His lawyer, Amirsalar Davoodi, told The Campaign For Human Rights: “Unfortunately, my client has been inflicted with with severe seizures and is not in good condition, and I beg the responsible authorities to allow his transfer to the hospital where he can be treated so that it does not advance into a major problem that cannot be treated” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13522'> According to a report by Radio Farhang, Omid Alishenas, Soheil Arabi, Ali Nouri, and Ali Shariati were prevented from meeting with their lawyers. The reason for this, according to the report, is that the political prisoners refused to wear regular prison outfits given to all </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29416'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi and his wife (Nastaran Naeimi) were interrogated for several days in 1-A Detention Center. The exact location of this detention center is unknown, but according to information obtained by IPA's researchers, this place is run by Sarollah Camp </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='17412'> According to IPA his wife, Nastaran Naimi, was arrested by security forces </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18225'> According to the International Campaign For Human Rights he was transferred to ward 2 A </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='17413'> According to HRANA, Soheil Arabi started a hunger strike in protest to the arrest of his wife. The location where Ms. Naimi is being held remains unknown </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18281'> According to Hrana Nastaran Naimi was released and Soheil Arabi ended his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18373'> HRANA reports that during the period of incarceration in ward 2A, he was routinely beaten. The severity of the blows to his face was such that it led to a deterioration of Mr. Arabi’s vision problems, caused by his being deprived of his glasses </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18681'> He began his hunger strike. The letter of hunger strike can be found in the evidence section of this profile </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18724'> An informed source told the International Campaign For Human Rights that the IRGC’s anger towards Soheil Arabi and Nastaran Naimi is due to Ms. Naimi’s efforts in the media to end executions in Iran, and the criticisms and complaints, of both, towards two of the “IRGC websites” that had slandered Mr. Arabi. For this reason, lately, “media activities” is, also, among the charges against these two individuals </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18723'> HRANA published a segment of one of his letter which maintains, “my wife was recently arrested on the charge of ‘propaganda activities against the state’ and I have been charged with “propaganda activities inside the prison”. I didn’t go to my interrogation session because they forced me to don prison garb to go there, and I refuse to wear prison uniform. According to the law, political prisoners have to show up in court in civilian clothing, for this reason I haven’t had a visit with my family, since I’ve arrived here they won’t let us leave ward 7 to the visiting halls in our personal clothing </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18882'> HRANA reported that Soheil Arab continues his hunger strike, he was transferred to Evin’s court be given the charges of “propagating against the state, insulting the leader of the IRI, insulting the sacred”, he has denied all charges, especially the charge of insults which has no basis or evidence behind it, he believes that the Facebook writings of his wife, Nastaran Naimi, do not constitute propagating against the state, the interrogator has issued a 100 million Toman bail for him, he has lost 11 kilos, his blood pressure has fallen, and some of the pressure on this family comes from the information received upon the issuance of the verdict by judge Razini </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18973'> HRANA published another letter from Soheil Arabi. He writes that it has been 10 days since his wife has been fired from work because of political reason. The bail bonds person Ms. Naimi has asked for the bail to be payed back and for this reason he has to return to prison and also the prisoners who took language lessons with him have been told not to seek “trouble” for themselves and so he lost that source of income as well </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19043'> Soheil Arabi described the Governorate of the Sarallah IRGC base. In this letter of Mr. Arabi, published by HRANA, it is claimed that the the IRGC men tortured him, despite the fact that refusal to grant amnesty and termination of sentence have prevented his release, he has never insulted anyone and according to Article 23 of the constitution, thinking differently is not a crime, and according to the law he and his wife should be cleared and released, and the website that have published falsehoods, should, at the very least, publish a collective retraction. Because, “my patience, also, will soon reach its end, and one week after the publication of this letter, if my requests are not met, I will begin a dry and wet hunger strike.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19096'> In a published letter from Soheil Arabi, he claims, “uttering the truth is forbidden here, but I’m an anarchist and for me even being forbidden is forbidden. I can’t remain silent when I witness the torture of individuals who have committed no wrong, this is Evin prison, a place where freethinkers are punished.”He, stressed, “today, Sept. 23rd, is the third year my daughter attends school, and I’m not beside her, I have turned my hunger strike to both solids and liquids because I no longer wish her to see me in prison.” This letter can be found in the evidence section of Soheil Arabi’s profile page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19145'> Journalists without Borders, naming, Soheil Arabi, Ehsan Mazandarani and Mehdi Khazali, expressed concern about the conditions of incarcerated journalists and citizen journalists </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19175'> He published his will. This testament can be found in text and audio in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19176'> His mother, Farangis Mazloum, said that the IRGC have prevented the release of her son. She doesn’t know what the IRGC wants from her son. The audio copy of Ms. Mazloum’s discussion with Shahed Alavi can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19219'> Security agents met him and demanded that he break his hunger strike, because they said, “if you die during the month of Muharram, it will cost the state” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19214'> Farangis Mazloum (his mother), published an audio file and declared that she will go to the parliament on Monday, October 2, 2017, to ask for justice. She asked the Iranian people to join this movement. Several protesters appeared in front of the parliament on the appointed day. Minutes later, police overwhelmed the crowd, and some of the demonstrators continued their protest in front of the entrance of Mellat Metro station </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19218'> He published a letter, “Overthrow Shemr”. This letter can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19217'> A protest rally was held in his support. A film of this rally can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19280'> According to the statements of Soheil Arabi, published in an audio file by HRANA, He drank water and after transfer to the infirmary he has accepted the IV feeding. He says that after meeting with the IRGC representative, he has decided to express his opposition by not eating and if his problems are not addressed he will once again go on a dry food hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19281'> Mohammad Beheshti Langaroudi, Soda Aghasar, Ali Shariati, Yousef Emadi, and Soheil Arabi, along with some of the other prisoners, celebrated International Teacher’s Day celebrations in ward 7 of Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19350'> Prison officials prevented Soheil Arabi from being taken to Evin prosecutor's office for his final defense due to his refusal to wear the prison uniform </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19390'> According to IPA, he was transferred to Evin prison's ward 350 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19831'> According to the Boroumand Foundation's report, Soheil Arabi, Ali Akbar Ardeshir, Behfar Lalezari, and Alireza Tavakkoli have been expressed their support for Alire Golipour </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19416'> He wrote a letter, declaring that he was taken to interrogation without prison garb or handcuffs, he was cleared of the charge of “insulting the leader”, for the charge of “insulting the sacred” because of publication of writings was investigated and the prosecutor cannot stop the implementation of amnesty in connection to the non-security charge of “insulting the sacred”. This letter, published by Radio Farhang, can be found in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19404'> He announced his transfer to ward 350 and the termination of his hunger strike. In this letter, that returning to ward 350 and living with individuals like Ismael Abdi and Arash Sadeghi is so pleasant that he will not go on strike, nor asking the Islamic Republic authorities for anything, nor will he go to the interrogator. He writes “mercenaries such as Salavati and Moghiseh are not worthy of being my judge” and “I’m proud of myself, I endured much hardship in order not to dirty myself to avoid the present condition” . His letter, published by HRANA, can be found in the evidence section of this page, ends this way, “I hope to celebrate the demise of this corrupt system some day. I can see the day we break the Evin prison gates, you will free us from prison and together we will sing “winter has ended” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19422'> Jafari Dolatabadi gave some explanation of the cases of Soheil Arabi, Reza Shahabi and Nazanin Zarei Ratcliffe. Regarding Soheil Arabi, he criticized his supporters saying, “he has ‘insulted’ the Quran, the prophet, the Imams, and the heads of the regime, he has engaged in ‘propaganda against the state’, and published “offensive images”, the first verdict was one of execution and the its reversal is up to the “independent judges” of the Supreme Court. He announced that the charges against Reza Shahabi are “collaboration with one of the extremist groups opposing the state through the collection of security information and news and sending them to the group in return for money.” The Tehran prosecutor said, regarding Nazenin Zarei Ratcliffe, her husband is English, she also had English citizenship, she was responsible for BBC Persian’s online educational department and was aiming to educate and recruit individuals for propaganda activities against Iran, using an alias email, long and confusing passwords, saving passwords and using secret code software, are among the receiving a letter from David Cameron, the former prime minister of England to Nazenin Zarei Ratcliff, “points at her contact with the English government and the importance of this prisoner for the country” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19429'> With Arash Sadeghi’s exile to Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj and the transfer of the other political prisoner of ward 350 to other wards in Evin prison, ward 350 of Evin prison was closed. According to reports Soheil Arabi was transferred to ward 8, but most of the political prisoner that remained in ward 350 were transferred to ward 4. Ward 4 is devoid of rooms, it has no cooking equipment, the principle of separating prisoners according to their charges does not exist. Even though, it is claimed that the reason for this transfer was the publication of Esmail Abadi, Arash Sadeghi and Soheil Arabi’s pictures in Evin’s ward 350, but according to the previous statements of the prison authorities, it is possible that the closing of this ward, like the collective transfer of political prisoners of Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj that took place two months before, was the product of prior planning. According to IPA, Abdolfatah Soltani, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mohsen Daneshpour, Ahmad Daneshpour, Hasan Sisakhti and Ali Zahed were also transferred </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19549'> According to Boroumand Foundation he announced the termination of his hunger strike in a letter. In his letter he wrote that because the authorities have asked him for a one month break, and because of the grave condition of Mohammad Nazari who is faring worse than him on hunger strike in Rajaei Shahr prison, he is ending his own strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19774'> Soheil Arabi wrote a letter and asked for supporting Alireza Golipour by mentioning what happened to Gholamreza Khosravi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19793'> In the days that followed, he wrote a letter about the subject. Afterwards, Soheil Arabi published several letters on the internet, IPA has recorded, only, a segment of these </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20185'> He was transferred to another ward for a few weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20305'> He was returned from quarantine to ward 7. He has been deprived of telephone calls and visits </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20501'> He addressed the new charges brought up against himself through a letter </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20607'> According to Hrana, He was prevented from being sent to court and hospital due to his refusal to wear prison clothes and handcuffs. According to the report, despite the presence of the lawyer, Judge Moghiseh was not in the court. This meeting was postponed to March 3, 2018 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20882'> Arash Sadeghi went on hunger strike in protest of beating and exile of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi to Gharchak Prison. According to reports Soheil Arabi has also gone on hunger strike for the same reason </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20703'> He was arrested during the mass arrest of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's supporters in the winter of 2017 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20831'> Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee announced in a letter that they are going on a hunger strike after a ten-day wait with the request of Sohail Arabi and their own return to previous wards. They also emphasized that they would not drink water from the 10th of February if their demands are not addressed. This letter has been recorded in the Evidence sections of their pages in Atlas </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20874'> According to the Campaign for defending Political and Civil Prisoners, He was taken to Branch 3 of the Evin Prosecutor's Office for the charge of "insulting the leadership" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21387'> He ended his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21485'> According to "No to Prison, No to Execution", Hamidreza Amini and Soheil Arabi were taken from a locked room in Fashafoyeh Prison to the couple separate halls in public wards </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23181'> Reports give news of a six year imprisonment sentence having been issued for Soheil Arabi for the charge of “propagating against the state” and “insulting the sacred”, and a year and a half imprisonment sentence for Nastaran Naeemi. According to these reports, these sentences have been issued by judge Moghiseh </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25526'> He was being held in Fashafoyeh Prison alongside dangerous prisoners despite his objections </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27977'> According to Hrana, Soheil Arabi was sentenced to two years in prison on the charge of "spreading lies for disturbing public opinion" and one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system". Under Article 134, two years of his prison sentence will be applicable. He was sentenced to three years of exile in Borazjan and fined four million tomans in addition to prison sentences. The verdicts were confirmed by the appeal court later </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24569'> He was sent to hospital to treat injuries caused by being beaten up. According to HRANA's reporting, he was sent to a security body last month after he wrote a letter about the Section One of the Greater Tehran prison and he was beaten up there, so much so that his testicles were injured </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25983'> He was transferred to Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25982'> He mother, Farangis Mazloum, was arrested. She was transferred to Evin prison's ward 209 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26783'> Soheil Arabi and Hamid Haj Jafari Kashani went on a hunger strike to protest the continued detention of Farangis Mazloum </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27275'> He was taken to Judiciary's Information Protection Office, shackled and blindfolded. According to Hrana, Interrogators threatened him with filing a new case </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27276'> The officers prevented him from being taken to hospital due to his refusal to use handcuffs, shackles and prison clothes </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28275'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/evin-b8/'> According to IPA, Three prisoners protesting Narges Mohammadi's beating were summoned to the Ward 8 office by the prison director </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28562'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/dargiri-band-8/'> Several drug inmates in ward 8 of Evin prison fought with two political prisoners, Hamid Kashani and Soheil Arabi </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28561'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/soheil-arabi/'> According to IPA, he was taken to Fashafoyeh prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29514'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c/'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi has symptoms such as "hemoptysis", but he is not receiving proper medical treatment. IPA has also received reports of the Coronavirus outbreak in Fashafoyeh Prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29517'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b2/'> According to IPA's report, Soheil Arabi was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Ahmadzadeh on the alleged charge of destroying Government properties. The sentence was issued before Judge Ahmadzadeh's dismissal. Soheil Arabi had conflicts with some criminal prisoners at Fashafoyeh Prison. This physical conflict caused the TV in the room to be damaged. This accident has been mentioned as evidence of Mr. Arabi's accusation. It should be noted that the mentioned prisoners were those who murdered Ali Reza Shirmohammad Ali before </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29656'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%ba%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%81%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%88%db%8c%d9%87/'> According to IPA's report, Many political prisoners went on a hunger strike in Fashafoyeh prison, after the outbreak of coronavirus disease that killed three prisoners </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29657'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b3/'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi was summoned to the Security Bureau and investigated by officers. The guards told him, "You made the prisoners go on strike." He was transferred to ward 3 of 5th Unit, hours later </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29679'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b4/'> An informed source told IPA’s researcher that Soheil is suffering from Hydrocele disease (condensation water in the testes) in addition to the weakness caused by the hunger strike and must be hospitalized immediately and undergo surgery. But hospital officials refused to give him a cure after the ultrasound and the initial steps and said: tell the prison chief to pay off their debt first, and then send them patients. Eventually, Soheil was returned to prison without any treatment </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29818'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b5/'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi ended his hunger strike with the promise of granting leave to the November 2019 protesters, as well as the appointment for his surgery. An informed source told IPA that Soheil was semi-unconscious and transferred to the prison's infirmary due to physical weakness and gastrointestinal bleeding, and he ended his hunger strike after prison officials promised to fulfill his demands. Soheil is unable to eat due to gastrointestinal bleeding for up to a week and will be fed by serum </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29962'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b6/'> According to Atlas, an official at Fashafoyeh Prison called Mr. Arabi "Psychopath." In response, Soheil Arabi told him: > If so, send me to a psychiatrist for clarification." The psychiatrist tells Mr. Arabi after asking a few questions that "your demands are right and many people including me wish to improve the situation in Iran. The psychiatrist then informed prison officials that Soheil Arabi is in good mental condition. It should be noted that Mr. Arabi's blood pressure has fallen to eight, and his blood sugar to 44 due to the hunger strike </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30001'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24373/'> According to Hrana, He was taken to hospital with shivering and unconsciousness caused by a hunger strike. He was returned to prison a day after </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30035'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a2%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%ad%d9%85%db%8c%d8%af-%da%a9%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b4%d8%af%d8%9b-%d9%be%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87/'> According to IPA, Hamid Kashani found out about a new case had been brought up against himself and Soheil Arabi after attending court </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30036'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%db%b7/'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi has been transferred to ward 1-A of Sarollah camp under the pretext of being transferred to a hospital </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30168'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%81%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%88%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%da%af%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87/'> According to IPA, he was returned from 1-A detention center to Fashafoyeh prison. The interrogator had questioned him about his reasons for publishing his reports. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30243'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%af%d9%88-%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-%d9%be%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa%d9%86-%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%8c-%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c/'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi was transferred to the 2-A detention Center again. However, a few days ago, Farangis Mazloom was confronted with an unprecedented claim in the court. The court clerk claimed her son was in possession of a gun. It's not clear whether the accusation was made merely to harass Mr. Arabi's family, or whether the interrogators were bringing up a new lawsuit against him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30318'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarhang.nu/archive/29861.htm'> "Soheil didn't contact me since he was transferred to Ward A on Wednesday. I am more worried now considering the new charges brought up against him," Farangis Mazlum told Radio Farhang </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30349'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ad%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86/'> Soheil Arabi was transferred to Fashafoyeh Prison after surgery. He suffers from intestinal and stomach adhesions caused by hunger strikes he had before. Mr. Arabi was returned to prison without recovering. He may also be transferred to Ward 1-A </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30434'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24659/'> He ended his hunger strike </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31531'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/سهیل-عربی-در-زندان-فشافویه-بیهوش-شد/'> According to IPA, After being aware of his mother's prison sentence, he had an anxiety attack and lost consciousness hours later. Soheil Arabi had symptoms such as hiccups and increased heart rate after regaining consciousness </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32870'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2S8BIp8'> RSF condemned the harassment of journalists' families through a statement. The statement referred to the mother of Soheil Arabi (prisoner) and the brother of Masih Ali Nejad, Ali Ali Nejad. RSF has called the Islamic Republic's actions blackmail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33231'> <reference source='https://united4iran.org/en/15prisoners'> United for Iran published the fact patterns and legal analyses of Soheil Arabi's case, taking into consideration human rights and fair trial violations based on international treaties to which the IRI is a signatory. The Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) has been used as the lead document for this context. United for Iran has published similar fact patterns for 14 other political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, and has called on UN institutions to use these resources to file cases and follow up on their situations. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32090'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/سالروز-تولد-سهیل-عربی؛-هفت-سال-زندان،-ا/'> IPA published a report on Soheil Arabi's case on the occasion of his birthday. The report mentioned the case's details, the pressure, and the tortures exerted on him </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32361'> <reference source='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gbSHb3bsYUYmHfRKAvL66erTVowvyOrjK2VUm5N8AG0/[email protected]&ts=5f46affa&actionButton=1'> The United for Iran organization started a campaign in support of Soheil Arabi. Applicants can support the campaign by sending letters to Soheil Arabi. U4I has prepared a draft letter supporting Mr. Arabi, but you can also send different messages </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32643'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3iJUFdu'> According to IPA, Soheil Arabi was taken to an orher location after a critical interview with BBC Persian TV from inside the prison. In the interview, he criticized the poor situation in Fashafoyeh prison and the "distribution of drugs by prison agents." He also referred to keeping the October protesters alongside dangerous prisoners and the discrimination between ordinary prisoners plus political prisoners against financial prisoners and those accused of fraud and corruption. He also criticized the behavior of Judge Salavati and Moghiseh, calling them "torturers" and "criminals" who do not allow defendants to defend themselves. An informed source about the situation of Soheil Arabi told IPA's researcher: > A day after the interview was broadcast on BBC Persian TV, security agents summoned Mr. Soheil Arabi. The next day after publishing the summon, he was taken to an ‌other place without prior notice. Mr. Arabi's family and friends are extremely concerned about him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32649'> Evin court officials told his mother that he has been transferred to Rajaei Shahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32932'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26883/'> Since his transfer to Rajaei Shahr Prison, he has been kept in solitary for three weeks now. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33050'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26954/'> HRANA reported that Amin Vaziri, the assistant prosecutor supervising political prisoners has extended Soheil Arabi's stay in solitary for an unspecified time. Solitary confinements in Rajaei Shahr are used for prisoners on death row and prisoners who break the prison rules. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33096'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RSF_persan/status/1316695376959864832'> Reporters Without Borders condemned the judicial persecution of Soheil Arabi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33110'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/545814'> After a month of being in the dark about Soheil Arabi's condition, his mother Farangis Mazloum released a video on social media asking the users to "be her son's voice". She says despite all the follow-ups and efforts, the judiciary and prison authorities refuse to offer any information on Soheil Arabi's situation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33170'> He called his mother and told her that on Tuesday he was moved to ward 2-Alef in Evin Prison. This was his first call in a month. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33171'> Judge Mazloum at the 29th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced Farangis Mazloum to one year in prison for assembly and conspiracy to act against national security through contact with MKO and six months in prison for propaganda against the state (After article 134 one year is enforceable). The branch had previously sentenced Ms. Mazloum to six years in prison, but after the appeal in absentia, the trial was held again. People close to Ms. Mazloum have denied any contact between her and MKO. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33438'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%be%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%b3%db%8c%d8%8c-%d9%be%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87/'> Soheil Arabi was transferred to Rajaei Shahr Prison at the end of his interrogation. He was interrogated because of his reports about the terrible conditions of Fashafuyeh Prison; the last one was on BBC Persian. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33521'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/?p=6611&preview=true'> He has been transferred recently to the political prisoners' ward of Rajaei Shahr prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33889'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-28005/'> Soheil Arabi was arraigned in a video conference for the charges in a new case against him. Mr. Arabi has been charged with propaganda against the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34630'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28669/'> The 8th branch of investigation at Shahre Rey issued an order of non-suit for Soheil Arabi in the "propaganda against the state" case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37141'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOEnQYt4SX/'> Farangis Mazloum was summoned to the first branch of sentence enforcement at Evin Prison to serve her sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37138'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/akvanian/status/1450520324877979649?s=20'> after protesting the cavity search at Rajaei Shahr Prison, Soheil Arabi and Behnam Mousivand were assaulted by prison staff and moved to the quarantine ward. They went on a hunger strike in protest of the treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37233'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-32211/'> After being transferred to ward 4 of Rajaei Shahr prison, Soheil Arabi and Behnam Mousivand ended their hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37452'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/mostafadaneshjo/status/1460570757382254594'> He was released from prison and was transferred to Borazjan to serve his exile sentence. According to his attorney's tweet, Mr. Arabi was held in prison longer than his sentence, so the extra time in prison will be reduced from his exile sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38889'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/mostafadaneshjo/status/1512298949696237569?s=20&t=PbyTDUN3igFShYz80-z_tg'> He was summoned to the first branch of sentence enforcement at 33rd District to serve his prison sentence. He was previously sentenced to two years in prison, 50 million rials in fines, two years getting permission for leaving the country, and two years reporting to law enforcement once every three months. The sentence was confirmed by the appeal court verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45790'> He had a heart attack during interrogation. According to an IPA source, only a few hours after his arrest, he had a heart attack under beatings and insults, and pressure form, interrogators. He was transferred to a hospital. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45789'> The security police agents violently arrested Soheil Arabi at his home. He was repeatedly beaten. The agents then searched his home and confiscated some of his belongings including his cell phone. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45791'> He was transferred from the hospital to Greater Tehran Prison before finishing his medical treatment. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45792'> Two weeks after his arrest, he is still being denied his medication in Greater Tehran Prison. According to sources, authorities in Tehran refuse to answer his family's questions. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47295'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39228/'> According to HRANA Mr. Arabi and other political prisoners recently received death threats from violent crime prisoners. Prison authorities were informed but ignored the situation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47290'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/fatemehnili1357/status/1620853240534556672?s=20'> Soheil Arabi and Mostafa Nili were transferred without prior notice from Fashafulyeh Prison to the quarantine ward of Gohardasht prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47300'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39564/'> He was transferred from the quarantine ward to the political ward at Gohardasht Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49531'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/79636'> Soheil Arabi, Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb, and Reza Mohammad Hosseini released a statement expressing concerns about the condition of political prisoner Mehdi Meskin Navaz who was recently transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison and has been interrogated in solitary. They said he has also been denied family visits and phone calls, and in order to put pressure on him, his 17-year-old daughter was arrested on the way to school and interrogated for a few days. She was finally released on bail." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49529'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/167389'> Iran International reported that after constant pressure from security forces during his son's incarceration, and the possibility of a new sentence against his son, Soheil Arabi's father Mohammad Esmail Arabi died of a heart attack. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49532'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQwsLeOsxn/'> He was released at the end of his prison sentence. Later Soheil Arabi wrote: "I didn't put up bail. I served my sentence. Even a month longer than my sentence. My last arrest lasted 700 days extra, but they didn't even apologize, let alone compensation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50555'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CrK3MOPuoH1/'> He announced on his Instagram account that he was summoned to Evin court and asked to continue serving his exile term in Borazjan because he refused to write a letter requesting a pardon. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50556'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CrK3MOPuoH1/'> He was sentenced to prison. In a post on his Instagram, Soheil Arabi announced that after visiting Evin Court, he was told that he has been sentenced to prison on the charge of propaganda against the state for his case during the 2022 national uprising. Mr. Arabi said the basis for the charge was the reports that he provided about the prison's condition, criticizing the economic condition of people and sharing videos of protests. He added: > I was initially fined in this case, but the fine was changed to prison time and I stayed a month extra in prison. If I hadn't, my father might not have had a heart attack, or at least I would've been by his side in his last days. In his last arrest during the 2022 national uprising, Soheil Arabi was in custody for two months and 16 days. During that time, he was severely beaten during the arrest, had heart failure during interrogation, was denied medical treatment, and his father passes away from a heart attack. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50597'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/1qzi0'> In a note to IPA titled "The Past, Illuminating the Future", Soheil Arabi described his time under arrest during the 2022 national uprising. In the note, he describes the method of his arrest, the attitude of the interrogators and the content of the interrogations, and the inhumane behavior of Tehran's security police. He explained that after his arrest, the interrogator ignored his prior illness and blood pressure and interrogated him for hours. The interrogators refused to give him his medicine which led to his heart failure. he was then transferred to the hospital, then the Evin Court, where he was charged with propaganda against the state, and eventually ended up in the Greater Tehran Prison. His full letter is attached in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>