Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi

Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi is a former student activist and defense attorney to several political prisoners. Mr. Kamfirouzi was arrested during the national uprising in 2022 while he had accepted several arrested protesters as clients.

<coverage-outsourcing id='45355'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5EDGhSzSA'> In a meeting of university students with Ali Khamenei the leader of the Islamic Republic, Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi offered criticism about human rights violations and asked for the state to respect the fundamental rights of the people including the right to free speech, free association, free assembly, and equality of all people in front of the law, which have all been recognized in the Islamic Republic's constitution. He also mentioned that people who have expressed their disagreements with Khamenei publically have faced suppression and legal cases. In his nine minute speech Mr. Kamfirouzi challenged many of the Islamic Rpeublic's policies that are mostly related to violating human rights. The video went viral and has been remembered and reposted many times over the years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='45344'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/30697092.html'> He was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the leader (suspended for five years) and in addition he was to travel to Shiraz 60 times and report to the IRGC Intelligence there. Mr. Kamfirouzi announced the news on Twitter and explained that the sentences were only because of a few of the critical sentences that he uttered in front of the leader of the Islamic Republic: > There are criticisms about the leader's actions in defense of citizen's rights and freedoms," and "If the leader is not aware of the violations of the rights of citizens, that is regretable, and if they are aware of it, it is a hundred times more regretable . After his speech to the leader, the IRGC Intelligence brought several suits against him which eventually led to his conviction. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='45347'> <reference source='https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/988350'> The first branch of the appeal court of Fars province cleared him of the charge of insulting the leader. According to IRNA, the judges states that Mr. Kamfirouzi never accepted the charge of insulting the leader. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='45311'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/73268'> Mohammad ALi Kamfirouzi was arrested by the security forces. His attorney, Mohammad Ali Bagherpour told Emtedad that it seems he was arrested after visiting Evin court to follow up on his own clients' cases. He said there was no information on Mr. Kamfirouzi's situation for 24 hours until they went to Mr. Kamfirouzi's home with his sister to check on him and realized that the security forces have brought Mr. Kamfirouzi home at the same time in handcuffs and blindfold to search his house. Mr. Bagherpour stated that his client's arrest was illegal and he had not received any summons or warning in advance. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='45313'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/mkamfirouzi/status/1609958372677242880?s=20'> Mohammad Kamfirouzi tweeted that his brother has been denied the family visit and access to his attorney and his last call with family was 10 days ago. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>