Ali Shariati

He has been arrested for his reformist activism several times in recent years. In 2016 he went on a hunger strike in protest to his sentence. It is one of the longest hunger strikes of Iranian political prisoners

<coverage-outsourcing id='4101'> He was arrested and sentenced to 2 years and 74 lashes in court. This sentence was reduced to one year in Appeals Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9866'> He was arrested. According to Iran Wire, he was detained for a week </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4102'> He was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents and taken to an unknown location. His residence was also inspected. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4103'> It was reported that he continues to be incarcerated in Ward 209 of Evin Prison while in judicial limbo. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9871'> According to Harana, Ali Shariati is still awaiting a decision in prison. He has been battered in prison under the pretense of mandatory head shave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9867'> Transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9868'> He was tried by judge Salavati. According to Harana, his charges were "assembly and conspiracy against national security, propaganda against the regime, insulting the supreme leader, insulting the president, and keeping a satellite dish and receiver" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9872'> According to Kalame, Majid Azarpay and Ali Shariati wrote an open letter addressed to president Hassan Rouhani, and asked him as the "enforcer of the constitution" to end his "passiveness" in the face of these "framings and false accusations". They also announced that "We break our silence in against this obvious cruelty and injustice by going on unlimited hunger strikes, until our legitimate and clear demand which is ensuring fair enforcement of law regarding our cases" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9878'> According to Harana, Mr. Hajiloo summoned Majid Azarpey, Majid Mohammadi Moeen, Ali Shariati, and Esmael Abdi to prosecution's office to talk about their demands </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9874'> According to Kalame, 150 political and civil activists wrote a letter to Ali Shariati and Majid Azarpay, asking them to end their hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9869'> His appeal trial was held in the branch 54 or Tehran Appeal Court presided by judge Babayi. According to Harana, the appeal court reduced his sentence to five years </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5341'> It was reported that he is still under temporary incarceration, one year after his arrest. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9870'> He went on temporary leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9880'> He was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. His wife told the Campaign to Free Ali Shariati that he had gone to municipality on some business and he was arrested there by the security forces in coordination with the municipality employees. He started his hunger strike from the moment he was transferred to ward 8 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10368'> His mother, Shayesteh Sadat Shariati, described the case and the arrest in details in an interview with Kalame, and stated that her son has been sentenced to five years in prison for protesting about the Acid throwings. She added that the request for appeal has been denied by the branch 33 of the supreme court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10258'> A group of Evin prisoners wrote a letter in support of Arash and other prisoner on hunger strike. The signatories are as follows: Saeed Jokar, Arash Majdaee, Ahmad Afzali, Nasrollah Lashani, Navid Kamran, Amir Amir Gholi, Peyman Mirzayi, Davoud Karbalayi, Sabra Hassanpour, and Kourosh Zaeem </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10138'> In a letter addressed to members of the Hope fraction in the congress, he asked them to take their responsibility to monitor the laws and their executions by the judiciary seriously. This letter was published by Kalame and is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10168'> According to Motahareh Parsi, Ali Shariati has been "interrogated and threatened" by a group of ten people including the warden and the prison prosecutor. According to Zeitun, the same group went to visit Ali Shariati at ward 8 a few days later, but he was unconscious and unable to respond </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10367'> Kalame reported that he was temporarily unconscious in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10169'> Motahareh Bahrami told Zeitun that her husband has been transferred to the prison medical center on the fourth day of his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10141'> According to Kalame, Mr. Hajiloo, Evin Prison's supervising prosecutor has told his family that "There is nothing we can do, and even if he dies, it does not concern us". Her sister was also detained for several hours due to her objections in the courthouse </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10140'> According to Kalame, he passed out and stopped breathing for a few seconds </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10139'> On the fifteenth day of his hunger strike - the seventh day of his dry hunger strike - he wrote in his will that "Death is closer than ever" and "In this bazaar, I won't sell my dignity for any price lower than my life, and I won't bow down to this prison and this injustice." The will was published by Kalame and it is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10366'> Children of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard asked him to end his hunger strike. In a separate message, Mehdi Karroubi's family also asked him to end the strike. Both letters were published by Kalame </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10208'> Amnesty International released a statement offering details of the cases of the eight prisoners on hunger strike and demanding their freedom. The mentioned prisoners are: Mohammad Ali Taheri, Arash Sadeghi, Mehdi Rajabian, Hossein Rajabian, Rasoul Razavi, Morteza Moradpour, Vahid Sayadi Nassiri, and Ali Shariati </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10519'> He was transferred to Taleghani Hospital. He and his family prevented the "injection of unwanted serum". He has described his transfer to prison as "kidnapping" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10365'> Kalame published a letter with 447 signatories asking him to end his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10518'> He announced in a note that due to numerous pleas, he will change his dry hunger strike to wet hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10281'> According to Harana, he was moved to Taleghani hospital a few days ago and is still hospitalized there </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10551'> In an interview with Kalame, Motahareh Parsi said Ali Shariati is kept in the prison's medical center and has lost all connection with outside and his family. She emphasized that "they have turned the prison's treatment center into a solitary confinement for Ali" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10577'> Harana reported that Hassan Rouhani was asked in a letter signed by twelve thousand people to look after the eights prisoners on hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10665'> According to Zeitun, he wrote a letter requesting a permit to publish his indictment manuscript. According to the report, his intention is to inform juristics and attorneys about the details of his verdict and the legitimacy of his claim that his conviction is not in accordance with article 610 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10886'> He transferred to the Taleghani hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10887'> According to Shayesteh Sadat Shahidi, he has been transferred to prison again. Ms. Shahidi has told The International Campaign for Human Rights that her son "is suffering from elevated heartbeat, low blood pressure, and heavy weight loss" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12153'> Ali Shariati’s daughter has written an open letter addressed to Mr. Hajilou, the inspector of prisoners, calling attentions to the plight of her brother on hunger strike in the prison. She gave details of the accusations and threats to the family of Ali Shariati by Mr. Hajilou. In this letter she mentions that “in return for my pleas to help me save my brothers life, you told me, ‘if he dies, it is not our problem’ and after that, you ordered a warrant for my arrest.” According to this report Mr. Hajilou imposed a restriction on Hedi never to visit the prison again </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11024'> Harana published a letter signed by a group of former political prisoners and families of political prisoners and victims. In this letter they have asked the prisoners on hunger strike to end their strike, because in current conditions where "there is no strong will for a widespread grassroots movement, hunger strike specifically has no sustainable result but the destruction and decay of freedom fighters and bringing joy to the regime authorities </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11114'> In an interview with Iran Wire, Shayesteh Sadat Shahidi announced that after Mr. Chaharmahali, warden of Evin Prison revoked Ali Shariati's phone privileges on his fifty-second day of hunger strike, Ali Shariati changed his hunger strike from wet to dry </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11537'> Elias Hazrati, a member of Iran's congress, wrote a letter to chief of judiciary asking him to give the necessary orders to meet the demands of Arash Sadeghi and Ali Shariati so that "they are not harmed and to grant them any rights that might have been violated" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11538'> Human Rights Activists in Iran group issued a statement inviting "the judicial authorities to act independently from security institutions" and while emphasizing the need to transfer prisoners on hunger strike - particularly Arash Sadeghi - to medical centers, they asked for opening the door to negotiation with the prisoners on strike, namely Ali Shariati, Saeed Shariati, Hassan Rastegari, Nezar Zaka, Mohammad Reza Nekounam, and Mehdi Koukhian </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11629'> In an interview with Zeitoon, Motahareh Parsi stated that Ali Shariati is determined to continue his hunger strike until freedom; they have not taken him to the prison clinic and he is in fact being held there like in solitary; he is under heavy mental pressure, and the prison warden has threatened him </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11633'> 1292 political and civil activists and Iranian citizens signed a letter pleading with Ali Shariati and Arash Sadeghi to end their hunger strikes. This letter was published in Kalame Tarnegar </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11658'> Thousands on Twitter used #SaveArash and #SaveAli in support of Arash Sadeghi and Ali Shariati </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11675'> A crowd of fifty gathered in front of Iranian embassy in Berlin in support of Arash Sadeghi, Ali Shariati, and Saeed Shirzad, and other prisoners on hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11709'> His family released a statement announcing that he will end his hunger strike if he is allowed to go on medical leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11706'> In his Instagram page, Ali Motahari stated that he is hopeful that the Judiciary will wisely resolve the case of Ali Shariati just as it did by ending Arash Sadeghi's hunger strike and Golrokh Iraee's temporary leave, "so that the enemies of the Islamic Revolution will not have an excuse for claiming of human rights violation" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11734'> According to Harana, Ali Shariati's blood pressure is 6.5 over 5, and his blood sugar is 60 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11690'> Twitter users supported him by using the #SOSAli. The support was so strong that made the hashtag the number one trend around the globe </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11749'> The spokesman for the Omid (hope) faction of the Majlis gave the news of the visit of two legal experts from the faction visited the judges of the cases against Arash Sadeghi and Ali Shariati, which took place “in a pleasant and intimate ambiance” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11969'> Asma Jahangir, special human rights rapporteur of the United Nations for Iran, along with Michael Forst, special rapporteur for human rights defenders, and Roland Adjovi, the special rapporteur to the UN for arbitrary arrests, in a statement, expressed concern regarding the long hunger strike, of Arash Sadeghi, Ali Shariati, Saeed Shirazi, Mohammad Reza Nekounam, Hassan Rastegari Majd, and Nizar Zakka, and warned that it may lead to death. These three United Nations special rapporteurs, while raising alarm over the dire condition of some of the political and ideological prisoners on hunger strike in Iran, asked the Iranian government for the immediate and unconditional release of prisoners arrested arbitrarily. According to Zamaneh, this statement underlined the special concern for those prisoners who were arrested because of peaceful efforts to defend and expand human rights in Iran </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11917'> In her Twitter page, Motahareh Parsi wrote that on the 71st day of his hunger strike, Ali Shariati is still determined and will continue his strike. According to Ms.Parsi, the prison authorities have denied Ali Shariati a thermos for the tea, and they take receipts for every cup of tea he drinks. They also refuse to buy mineral water claiming the prison has no budget </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11954'> On the seventy first day of the hunger strike he lost consciousness and the infirmary workers used this chance to connect him to an IV. According to Motahareh Parsi, as soon as he gained consciousness, he took off the IV </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11953'> Motahareh Parsi tweeted with her own personal twitter account, that Ali Shariati’s skin has turned yellow and the doctor has warned about liver failure </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12010'> According to a report by Zeitoon, some of former political prisoners went to his home and submitted a message asking him to stop his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12007'> Demand for his release was, once again, trending on Twitter </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12055'> َAli Shariati ended his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='13521'> 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='15699'> Hossein Taj, while informing about the reduction of Ali Shariati’s sentence from 12 years and 8 months to five years, in branch 54 of the court of appeals of Tehran, (stemming from, “insulting the authorities” and for two crimes at the same instance, “activities propagating against the state”), told ISNA that on May 10, 2017, his request for an appeal was sent to branch 33 of the Supreme Court of Iran, located in Qom. According to Hossein Taj, this branch had rejected Ali Shariati’s request for an appeal last year </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16354'> Kalameh reported that the chief warden of Evin prison, Mr. Chaharmahali, has prevented the transfer of Ali Shariati to the hospital. Based on this report, the ruling had been given to the prison during the time of Mr. Haji Moradi, but because of Mr. Chaharmahali’s “enmity” for political prisoners, the new head of Evin, has imposed the wearing of hand and leg cuffs by the prisoner during the transfer </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16864'> Shayesteh Sadat Shahidi told the The International Campaign for Human Rights that Ali Shariati ended his hunger strike with promises of freedom from the authorities, but five months has passed since then and they have failed to keep their promise </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19283'> 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='19775'> His lawyer told ISNA that the authorities and advisers of the case have agreed to the conditional release of Ali Shariati. He expressed hope that with upon the confirmation of the Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor he will be released by the end of the month </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20945'> He was released </coverage-outsourcing>