Abdolreza Ghanbari

He was fired from his position in the Ministry of Education upon his arrest. This decision was communicated to him in prison. Prison authorities prevented him from filing an appeal to the Ministry of Education's ruling. His wife , who is also an educator, is consistently threatened to be fired from her position by the Intelligence Ministry

<coverage-outsourcing id='1195'> He was arrested during a class session in Modarres High School in Hesar Amin Pakdasht by five agents of the Intelligence Ministry and transferred to Ward 2A of Evin Prison. His interrogation lasted for 25 days before his trial date and he was under extreme physical and emotional pressure during this period </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1197'> He was tried in a court presided by Judge Salavati without his family's knowledge. He was not given the option of choosing his defense attorney and was not given the opportunity to meet with his family or his appointed attorney. During the trial, he confessed to participating in the Ashoora protests and having relations with the People's Mujahedin of Iran </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1196'> He was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin Prison after one month of solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1198'> He was sentenced to execution by Branch 15 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court on the charge of " Enmity against God through relations with an opposition group". Ghanbari's sentence was subsequently upheld in Branch 36 of Tehran's Provincial Court presided by Judge Zargar under mysterious conditions and without following the legal process or paying mind to the defendant's right to appeal </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1199'> His request for amnesty and clemency was denied by the Amnesty and Clemency Commission of the Tehran Province Judiciary </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1200'> His death sentence was overturned in the Supreme Court and his case was sent to the first Branch of Tehran's Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Naser Sarraj </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1203'> He and 25 other prisoners from Ward 350 began a hunger strike in protest of 10 political prisoners from Ward 350 having been transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240 the day before. This cost them their family's visitation rights </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1201'> His trial was held in Branch 1 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1202'> He was tried in Branch 1 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Naser Sarraj and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in exile to Barazjan Prison, The defendants was also pressured by Evin Prison management, by request of the Intelligence Ministry, to dismiss his attorney, Alizadeh Tabatabai. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1204'> The sentence issued by Branch 1 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court was overturned by the Supreme Court. The Court ultimately sentenced Ghanbari to 10 years in prison without exile. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1205'> The defendants was exiled to Borazjan Prison from Ward 350 of Evin Prison. He began a hunger strike in protest of this exile </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1206'> He was transferred from Borazjan Prison to Rajaee Shahr Prison and is currently incarcerated in Hall 12 of this facility </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5527'> After retrial was accepted, due to the elimination of Article 186 of the Islamic Penal Code, he was released from Rajayishahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='24547'> Case of Abdolreza Ghanbari was retried in the Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Courts headed by Judge Moghise and his sentence was increased to 15 from 10 years </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='24548'> He was arrested and transferred to Evin prison's ward 8 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='24549'> According to HRANA, he was transferred to Rajaei Shahr prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28088'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-23090/'> He was released from prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>