Ebrahim Firouzi

He is one of the newly converted Christians. Mr. Firouzi has been arrested and sentenced to prison by different courts, several times because of his beliefs

<coverage-outsourcing id='220'> He was arrested in the town of Rabat Karim on charges related to Christian proselytization, distributing the bible and establishing home churches </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='223'> Pardoned under the law and conditionally released rom prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='226'> Arrested in Tehran by security agents. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='228'> Released from Evin Prison on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='229'> Put on trial by the Revolutionary Court in Robatkarim presided by Judge Babaie. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='230'> Sentenced to one year in prison and two years exile in Sarbaz in Sistan-Baluchestan Proince by the Revolutionary Court in Robatkarim. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='231'> Ebrahim Firouzi and Sevada Aghasar were arrested by security agents in Karaj and taken to Evin Prison's Watd 209 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='232'> He was transferred to Evin Prison's Ward 350 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='233'> He was transferred from Evin Prison's Ward 350 to Rajaee Shahr Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='234'> He was put on trial at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghisseh. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='235'> Judge Moghisseh sentenced him to five years in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='236'> He went on a hunger strike to protest against being held at Ward 10 of Rajaee Shahr Prison and the authorities insistence on bundling the charges against him. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8082'> Arzhang Davoudi embarked on a hunger strike. This strike lasted for about a month and a half. Later, Ebrahim Firouzi and Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, also began a strike in solidarity with him </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7518'> His mother published a video, asking the authorities of the judiciary, to review the situation of her son. In this video she said that she is old and blind and it is for this reason that she hasn’t been able to visit her child </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7390'> According to HRANA, he had previously written in a letter that because the court did not allow new evidence for his defense, he will not appear in the Appeals Court. But the prison authorities beat and abused him, violently forcing him to appear before the court. But, in any case, the hearing had to be postponed because of the absence of one of the judges </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7516'> Went on a hunger strike in protest to the beatings and abuse that he has received </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8365'> His physical health deteriorated because of periodic allergies but the wardens didn’t listen to the demands for help of other prisoners. After several hours and his return to normal health, he wrote a letter to Mr. Gerami, the head warden of ward 10 of Rajaei Shahr prison, claiming that the prison guards of the Lajevardi shift headed by Mr. Tarkashvand were responsible </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8691'> Ebrahim Firouzi wrote a letter opposing the issuance of cell phones with cards that made them available to call only five pre-picked by the prison authorities. Ebrahim Firouzi wrote, that due to this plan, the prisoners are unable to contact their plaintiffs to ask for their forgiveness, they also can’t contact their families or lawyers. Human Rights Activists claim, that with this plan, the possibility of contacting family and friends in Tehran and Karaj had also been diminished and the prisoners face obstacles in procuring their daily needs </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10392'> In a letter to workers, teachers, and students, a group of Rajayi Shahr prisoners supported their protests. The signatories were as follows: Abolghasem Fouladvand, Reza Akbarri Monfared, Saeed Masouri, Mohamad Ali Mansouri, Saleh Kohandel, Ali Moezzi, Hassan Sadeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Jaber Abedini, Ebrahim Firouzi, and Khaled Hardani. According to Hesar News reports, a few days later, the same prisoners - except Jabe Abedini - along with Arzhang Davoudi, signed another letter in support of a conference in Paris and called it a conference to "empower the movement for demanding justice". Some of the signatories published other solo or group letters later on </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10926'> “The Political Prisoners Alliance for Regime Change” website, published a letter that, it claimed, was written by Asoo Rostami, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Ebrahim Firouzi and Khaled Herani. These four individuals in their statement, praised the “courageous resistance of the valorous people of Syria and Halab” and announced that “we will fight the repression and meddling by the Iranian regime, we will also counter their efforts and have no qualms in giving our freedom in the defense of the innocent people of Syria” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11726'> He and 13 other prisoners of Rajayi Shahr Prison wrote a letter in support of Saeed Shirzad's demands and invited the prison authorities and the Judiciary to respect the prisoners' "natural rights". The letter is documented in Saeed Shirzad's page </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14059'> The Court of Appeals was convened to review the sentence of five years incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12040'> In a letter to Asemeh Jahangir, he and a group of nineteen prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison expressed their concern about Saeed Shirzad's conditions. The letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14047'> Mohabat News reported that his sentence of five years incarceration has been confirmed </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16953'> According to Mohabat News he announced in a published letter that he was undertaking a 10 day hunger strike in solidarity with Christians who are imprisoned with “unfair and heavy sentences” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19452'> 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='20416'> 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='27232'> He was released </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31413'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/persiannewsiran/iran-human-rights-christianity-0'> "I believe the exile sentence is intended to harass citizens," Ebrahim Firoozi told VOA. According to the interview, the Rasak city has no medical center, and patients have to go to nearby cities for medical treatment. There is only one pharmacy in the city where many medicines are not available there. Mr. Firoozi went to the city of Rasak in November 2019 to serve his exile sentence, but the date of his presence is recorded as April 2020. For this reason, his exile has been extended for eight months; While he has not been absent </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>