Saeed Pourheydar

He was, also, arrested in during the 2009 post election protest. After being released, he resided in Turkey and America for a period of time. In early 2015 he returned to Iran and was arrested.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='14888'> He was arrested upon his return to Iran and taken to Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14890'> He was transferred to the general wards in Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14889'> According to HRANA he is in a bad condition in Evin prison. Saeed Pourheydar’s kidneys bled during interrogation and solitary confinement and he was not given adequate medical attention. He was given charges such as, “assembly and collusion against national security, propagating against the state, insulting the leader, and publishing falsehood on the internet”. Presently, he awaits the setting of a date for his trial on these charges, in ward 8 of Evin prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14887'> According to HRANA, he was transferred from Evin prison's ward 8 to Rajaei Shahr prison's ward 1 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14891'> HRANA reported that due to his hunger strike he was taken to the infirmary or a medical center outside of the prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5165'> The defendant was informed that he had been sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Moghiseh in Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. The defendant was arrested following the 2009 protests and left the country for Turkey and the U.S after his release. He returned to Iran in 2014, which resulted in his arrest and transfer to Evin Prison. The defendant was interrogated and transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison before being transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14892'> After the death of Shahrokh Zamani in Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj, along with several other political prisoners he wrote a letter to Zamani’s family </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5709'> It was reported that the defendant sowed his lips shut and began a hunger strike in order to shed light on his case and be transferred to Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11718'> Farid Azmoudeh, Jafar Eghdami, Saeed Pourheidar, Behzad Tarahomi, Vahid Tizfahm, Khaled Hardani, Latif Hassani, Vahed Kholoosi, Kayvan Rahimian, Saeed Rezaee, Jaber Abedini, Ebrahim Firouzi, Saeed Massouri, and Payam Markazi wrote a statement in support of Saeed Shirzad's demands and invited the prison authorities and the Judiciary to uphold the "natural rights" of prisoners. The letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of Saeed Shirzad's page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19465'> After the collective transfer of the political and ideological/religious prisoners of Rajaei Shahr prison to a new ward, a number of them began a hunger strike.This widespread hunger strike led to the prison guards and staff’s mistreatment of prisoners’ families, threatening of prisoners, putting prisoners in solitary confinement and withholding medical treatment and medicines. The collective protest was met with the media reaction of the judiciary, and the support of human rights organizations and some of the civil and political activists. Because some of the prisoner terminated their strike sooner and some of them were, also, transferred to solitary cells, the list of names changed during the period of the hunger strike, but in general, the names of prisoners who partook in the hunger strike, whose names have been confirmed by verified lists, are as follows: Majid Asadi, Jafar Eghdami, Saeed Shirzad, Saeed Masouri, Shahin Zoghitabar, Reza Akbari Monfared, Abolghasem Fouladvand, Hasan Sadeghi, Reza Shahabi, Mohammad Nazari, Payam Shakiba, Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, Mohammal Ali Mansouri, Ebrahim Firouzi, Amir Ghaziani, Vahid Sayad Nasiri, Hamid Babaei, Zanyar Moradi, Loghman Moradi, Houshang Rezaei and Saeed Pourheydar. Among them Saeed Shirzad, Reza Shahabi, and Mohammad Nazari’s hunger strike lasted longer than 50 days.The last two, had continued their hunger strike in protest to the situation of their own cases </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20612'> HRANA in its reports, wrote of the developments after the transfer of political prisoners to the 10th hall of ward 10 and that Mostafa Mohebbi (head of the Tehran prisons organization), Mohammad Mardani (the head of the prison), Mostafa Ziaei (current prison director), Kohandani (supervisor judge of the prison) And Sigaroudi (prison’s judicial deputy) have been involved in various transitions and subsequent catastrophes. According to current and former chiefs, restrictions have been imposed with Mostafa Mohebbi's orders and supervision. According to the report, most of the political prisoners’ belongings were not returned to them, and some of them were sold in other prisons; heating facilities, ventilation and hot water do not work properly, and prisoners have to heat the kettle for bathing. The prison authorities detached the Baha'i prisoners from the others and isolated them in the hall of the hall 11. On the orders of Mohammad Mardani and in collaboration with Mr. Kohandani and Mr. Sigaroudi, cases have been opened for Saeed Massouri, Reza Akbarimonfard, Saeed Shirzad, Hassan Sadeghi, Amir Ghaziani, Jafar Eghdami, Abolghasem Fouladvand and Ebrahim Firoozi, eight prisoners who were transferred to the solitary confinement during their hunger strike, with allegations of "insulting the leadership, shouting slogans against officials and disturbing the prison’s order." Shortly afterwards, Saeed Pourheidar, Saeed Shirzad, Amir Ghaziani and Ebrahim Firoozi were also accused of "destroying public property". Access to the store and open space is also limited, prisoners are abused and mistreated by the prison authorities when getting transferred to the hospital or court, and that the political prisoners do not have access to newspaper and there is only one TV in the hall </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20629'> He was released </coverage-outsourcing>