Kamyar Fakour

Kamyar Fakour is an environmental journalist and a labor activist. He has been arrested several times for his activism.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='41140'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/69835'> He was arrested on International Workers’ Day at the same time as a protest gathering in front of the parliament. According to an Iranian labor organization, there was a protest gathering in front of the parliament after a call to protest by more than 20 organizations and associations of workers, pensioners, and students on International Workers Day. Many workers and protesters were violently assaulted and wounded by the security and police forces during the protest. Kamyar Fakour was among the arrested protesters. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41141'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/70047'> According to Free Iranian Workers’ Union, he was released from the Greater Tehran prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41142'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/88688'> Free Iranian Workers’ Union reported that he was arrested during a gathering of workers, pensioners, and teachers in front of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41143'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/88766'> Iranian Free Workers Union wrote that Mr. Fakour was arraigned at the second branch of the investigation at Evin Prosecutor’s office and was returned to ward 209 of Evin Prison after. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41144'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/88923'> He was released from Evin Prison on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41145'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/93992'> Free Iranian Workers Union reported that he was summoned by Information Ministry agents along with a group of labor activists. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41146'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/94299'> According to Free Iranian Workers Union, Judge Afshari at the 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced Kamyar Fakour, to eight months in prison, 50 lashes, 150 million rials fine; his sentence was suspended for five years. Later Kamyar Fakour tweeted that the court actually sentenced him to two years and eight months in prison. According to the report, Mr. Fakouri was ordered to get permission from judicial authorities for traveling abroad; he was also ordered to attend mandatory counseling “to control his excitement,” report any change in employment, residence, or move, and avoid social and political activism on social media. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41147'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/96029'> Free Iranian Workers Union reported that after arriving at the Evin verdict enforcement office, Mr. Fakour found out that despite the previous announcement, his cash fine was not suspended. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41148'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/news/09-06-2022/#rz-718973'> He was arrested by the security forces at his house and transferred to Evin Prison. According to Radio Zamaneh, the security forces searched his house and confiscated some of his personal items including his phone and laptop. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41149'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/101945'> Free Iranian Workers Union reported his release on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41150'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/FakoorKamyar/status/1556970407558881284?s=20&t=m_oyzmVEAr2rKqiAl4Di2Q'> Judge Afshari at the revolutionary court sentenced him to one year in prison for propaganda against the regime. Kamyar Fakour tweeted that with the new sentence being enforced, two years of his previous case will also go into effect, and he will serve three years in prison for both cases combined. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44060'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiozamaneh/96280'> He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46743'> <reference source='https://ifj-farsi.org/?p=9323&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter'> His one-year prison sentence was enforced and he was transferred to ward 8 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46746'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38884/'> The trial of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi was held in Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under the chairmanship of Judge Abolghasem Salavati. According to HRANA's report, this couple has defended themselves against the accusation of assembly and collusion to act against the security of the country and propaganda against the state. According to the article published on Mrs. Ahmadi's personal page, since their case was not registered in the Sana system, it was not possible to hire a lawyer, and as a result, the lawyer was not present at the court session. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46748'> The 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Salavati, sentenced Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour to prison. According to Atlas sources, Mrs. Ahmadi was sentenced to five years for the charge of assembly and collusion to act against the security of the country, and to one year for the charge of propaganda against the state, and Mr. Fakour was sentenced to one year in prison for the same charge. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, five years of imprisonment is enforceable for Servanaz Ahmadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48255'> <reference source='https://t.me/tehran_association_journalists/980'> The committee for following up on the situation of detained journalists stated in an announcement that a number of journalists, including Kamyar Fakour are still detained. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47399'> He was released from prison. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49760'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40214/'> Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi were sentenced to a total of four years and two months in prison by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that based on the verdict issued by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province that was communicated to these people, the sentence of Mr. Fakour was reduced to eight months of imprisonment and that of his wife, Ms. Ahmadi, was reduced to three years and six months of imprisonment. According to HRANA, Mr. Fakour announced in this regard that "despite the closing of a number of cases of arrested and imprisoned citizens, our case was not closed, and only the amount of our imprisonment has been reduced." Atlas has assumed that Ms. Ahmadi's enforceable sentence is three years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50931'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/16353'> A number of trade union activists and defenders of workers' rights meeting with the family of Mohammad Habibi were arrested by the security forces at his house. According to the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Associations of Iran, Reyhaneh Ansarinejad, Asal Mohammadi, Hirad Pirbodaghi, Anisha Asadollahi, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, Kamyar Fakour, Hassan Chertabi, Zhaleh Rouhzad, Ahmad Heydari, and Oldouz Hashemi are some of the activists who were arrested by security agents and sent to prison. According to the officials, they were transferred to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar. According to the story of Khadijeh Pakzamir, the wife of Mohammad Habibi, during this arrest, the physical condition of one of the attendees deteriorated due to the attack by the security forces, and despite asking the agents to call the emergency services, he was initially taken to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar, and after his condition worsened again, he was transferred to Imam Sajjad Shahriar Hospital. According to this report, after an hour of searching, inspecting, and confiscating Khadijeh Pakzamir's laptop and mobile phone, she was also transferred to the follow-up office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shahryar. According to Ms. Pakzamir, after she and other arrested people were questioned for several hours about this meeting, she was released at around one o'clock in the morning on April 29 along with a large number of detainees, but the other 9 people were transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and kept in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51040'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41043/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The prison sentence of Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour was enforced. Announcing this news, HRANA wrote that they were transferred from the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison to the general population ward of this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51744'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CsV8mj5ONc9/'> His attorney, Erfan Karamveisi, wrote on his Instagram that Kamyar Fakur is kept in Ward 8 of Evin prison without observing the principle of separation of prisoners based on crimes. He further added that recently, a large number of prisoners from the Great Tehran Prison were transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison, and for this reason, the prisoners in this ward are more than its capacity. Mr. Fakour recently requested to be transferred to Ward 4 or 6 of Evin prison, but his request has been ignored by the prison authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51924'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news-1/117295'> Ali Younesi, Miryousef Younesi, Amirhossein Moradi, Seyed Javad Seyyedi, Kamyar Fakour, and Arash Johari were banned from visitation. According to IranWire, the ban on visiting these prisoners was imposed by the order of the head of Ward 4 of Evin prison. Jafar Ebrahimi and Rasoul Bodaghi, two imprisoned teachers present in this unit, have also refused to go to the visitation hall in support of these prisoners. IranWire wrote: > The head of Ward 4 of Evin prison has clearly stated before that he has a problem with political prisoners and since visiting is a privilege for a prisoner, he has the right to deprive these political prisoners of this privilege whenever he wants. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53208'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4mdfh9d6'> Erfan Karamveisi, the lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, said in an interview with Sharq TV: > Two series of prosecutor's offices have written that Sarvenaz and Kamyar will be granted amnesty and if the necessary preparations are made they will be released, but unfortunately, the head of the prosecution of Evin disagreed with this claim and said that it was stated in the verdict of Sarvenaz and Kamyar that these two people are not eligible for amnesty." Karamveisi added that he received the following response from the relevant officials on June 21: The second time that the prosecutor's office wrote a letter and requested to know the reason for not pardoning these two people, they told me that there is no reason to give you an answer on this matter, any other authority about the reason for not pardoning Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour! They said that only the half-line that is mentioned (the aforementioned are not subject to amnesty) is enough for your information. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53206'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4mdfh9d6'> In an interview with Shargh channel, Erfan Karamveisi, the defense lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, announced that he will file a request for retrial in the Superior Court next week. Saying that Sarvenaz Ahmadi is in the women's ward of Evin prison and Kamyar Fakour is in Evin's 4th ward, Karamveisi said about their conditions in the prison: > Given that Mr. Mahmoudi has just taken over as the head of ward 4, this ward is somewhat tense. Servenaz and Kamyar have a private visit one day a week and they can meet with their family one day. If possible, they will have a visit with me as their lawyer this week. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53210'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43017/'> HRANA, quoting Erfan Karamvaisi, the attorney of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, wrote that the case of his clients has been sent to the Superior Court. Karamveisi also stated that the suspended sentence of Kamyar Fakour's two-year imprisonment for the charge of disturbing public opinion in the case from 2021 issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has been enforced, and therefore eight months have been added to Mr. Fakour's current prison sentence. According to Mr. Karamveisi, after the follow-ups and inquiries, paragraph C of the first part of the amnesty circular (no affiliation in hostile and subversive groups) has been announced as the reason for the amnesty refusal. This lawyer also stated: > The request for a leave of absence of Sarvenaz to carry out projects related to the university thesis has also been opposed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53113'> <reference source='https://t.me/bidarzani/13277'> Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour were transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, along with a number of other prisoners of Ward 4. The reason given for transferring them from the prison at the time of transfer was to attend the court session. This decision has been taken while the investigation of Jafar Ebrahimi's physical condition should have been done immediately based on correspondence with the officials of Evin prison. In the case of Kamyar Fakour, considering that his wife, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, is in the women's prison of Evin, this transfer was illegal. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53216'> <reference source='https://x.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1698382605958172698?s=20'> Erfan Karamveisi wrote in his account on X that a new case has been filed against his client Kamyar Fakour with accusations of disturbing the public peace and order and insulting the officials and officers of the prison in the third investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53128'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17574'> The Coordinating Council of Teachers' Union Organizations of Iran published a report on the latest situation of political prisoners exiled to Ghezal Hesar Prison and announced details about the unexpected transfer: > The transfer of these prisoners from Evin prison was done without prior notice and by deception and under various pretexts. This process of exile was done by resorting to handcuffs and shackles, as well as using violence, threats, and insults. This transfer was done while the names of these prisoners were not recorded in the books of Ghezal Hesar prison. According to the head of this prison, there is no way to accept these people." According to this report, all the exiles are kept in the Safe Ward of Ghezal Hesar prison, which is reserved for the punishment of prisoners, and due to the lack of minimum security in this ward, the exiled have to be on guard 24/7 to prevent the cell door from being closed and blocked. Based on the information published in the report of the Coordination Council, The Safe Ward lacks any cooking facilities and stores for shopping. As a sign of protest, the exiled prisoners refused to accept prison food from the first day of transfer, and due to the impossibility of cooking, during the past few days, the food of these prisoners has been limited to tea and biscuits. Also, this section lacks basic facilities such as drinking water and hot water for bathing. While announcing these matters, the Coordination Council added: > The exiled prisoners did not have any access to fresh air and were kept in a closed environment without ventilation for 24 hours. Apart from these cases, exiled prisoners are deprived of telephone as usual, and they are also denied the minimum facilities for treatment and health. The Coordination Council also wrote that the head of the Prisons Organization, Hayat al-Gheeb, was present at the prison of the exiled prisoners yesterday and emphasized that the transfer was done by his order. In the morning of Sunday, September 3rd, 2023, Loghman Aminpour, Saeed Masouri, Afshin Baimani, Sepehr Emam Jomeh, Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb, Mohammad Shafei, Saman Seydi (Yasin), Hamzeh Savari, Ahmadreza Haeri, Reza Salmanzadeh, Masoudreza Ebrahiminejad, Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour, 13 Political prisoners imprisoned in Evin and Gohardasht prisons (Rajaei Shahr) were deported to Ghezel Hesar prison by resorting to violence and without providing any explanation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53119'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3qWKwn7'> "Frontline Defenders" demanded the immediate release of Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fekur. This human rights organization calls on the Iranian authorities to overturn the conviction of Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamiyar Fakour and release them immediately and unconditionally. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53103'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17587'> In an audio message from Evin prison, Keyvan Mehtadi, while supporting Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour, protested the transfer of these people to Ghezal Hesar prison. In the past few days, Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour, together with 11 other prisoners, were suddenly transferred from Evin prison to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj and are living in bad conditions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53213'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/781159'> Sarvenaz Ahmadi announced her hunger strike in a letter from Evin prison. In this letter published in Zamaneh, Mrs. Ahmadi announced the reason for her hunger strike was solidarity with the hunger strike of 13 male political prisoners of Evin Prison who were transferred to Ghezal Hesar Prison in September and added that after the hunger strike ends, she will go on hunger strike again if necessary in protest of this deportation and repression in prison through exile, until her husband, Kamyar Fakour, is returned to Evin prison. In this letter, Ms. Ahmadi also mentioned that she and her husband were not allowed to visit each other after Mr. Fakour was transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53214'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17725'> Kamyar Fakour was sent back to Evin prison. According to the channel of the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Unions Organizations of Iran, Sarvenaz Ahmadi, the wife of Kamyar Fakour, announced in a phone call with her family that after Kamyar's return to Evin prison, they had a brief meeting. According to this report, Mr. Fakour is in quarantine in Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53328'> <reference source='https://x.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1728683872743797069?s=20'> Erfan Karamveisi, the lawyer of Kamyar Fakour and Sarvenaz Ahmadi, wrote in his user account on X that the request for the retrial of his clients' case was rejected by the 9th branch of the Superior Court because the request did not comply with any of the clauses of Article 474 of the Criminal Procedure Law. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53394'> <reference source='https://t.me/IFJFarsi/2665'> Kamyar Fakour's two-year suspended sentence was implemented. According to the International Federation of Journalists, Mr. Fakour's two-year suspended sentence for the charge of disturbing public opinion in the 2021 case has been enforced at the end of his eight-month sentence. According to the report of the Free Workers Union of Iran, the eight-month prison sentence of Kamiyar Fekur for the case related to 2022 ended in December. According to the verdict issued in February 2021, eight months of this sentence can be enforced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53723'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/121120'> He was sent on leave from Evin prison. While announcing this news, the Free Union of Iranian Workers wrote that Kamyar Fakour has been sent on a five-day leave with a bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>