• <coverage-outsourcing id='24761'> According to a claim by Iran's state TV, he was arrested during the Green movement but was later acquitted of all charges </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24762'> He left Iran in the year 2014 or 2015, according to a claim by Iran’s state TV </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24740'> Ariasab Bahvanad and Mahizad Poshpanah who, according to their own statements, had come back to Iran to fight the Islamic Republic, were arrested and sent to Evin </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24743'> The government broadcast these confessions from its official television. A large number of political prisoners whose confessions were broadcast on governmntal TV have later said that they were forced under torture to say words they didn’t belivee in </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24739'> On this date, he signed a letter together with other political prisoners of Evin prison on the occasion of the passing of women’s rights activist Parvin Bakhtiarnejad. Five months later another letter was published with his signature </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24741'> According to what his lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aqasi, told IRNA, Ariasab Bavand has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on the charge of “forming and running oppositional groups,” 18 months the charge of “Propaganda against the system,” three years on the charge of “insulting the supreme leader” and three years for “illegal trespassing of the border.” Also, Mahizad Poshtpanah has been senencted to five years in prison for “membership in Unity of Provincial Councils Party”, one year in prison for “Propaganda against the system” and one year for “illegal trespassing of the border.” With the application of article 134, Ariasab Bavand will see a reduced sentence of 15 years and Mahizad Poshtpanah, that of five years </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24742'> According to Khabar Online, he was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>