Khaled Fereydouni

Khaled Fereydouni is from Piranshahr. He was arrested by IRGC forces and sentenced to death by Mahabad revolutionary court on the charge of “war against God and state through membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan”. Urmia's appeal court reduced his sentence to life imprisonment in 2005.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='1144'> He was sentenced to execution in court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1145'> His sentence was reduced from execution to life in prison by the Appeal </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1146'> He was transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1147'> It was reported that he was summoned to the Dispatch Unit of Karaj's Rajaee Shahr Prison and threatened with exile. It is reported that he was informed of a new case being opened for him </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8713'> Roji Kurd reported that 17 years into his incarceration on a life sentence, the defendant has served the minimum 12 years necessary before being able to qualify for conditional release. According to this report, he is incarcerated in Hall 12 in Ward 4 of Rajaei Shahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12307'> IPA reported that Mohammad Nazari, Omar Faghihpour, and Khaled Fereydouni were transferred with their belongings to another prison in Tehran. But due to what was referred to as “miscoordination”, prison authorities returned them back to Rajaei Shahr Prison. It was mentioned that the three will be transferred later. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19945'> An altercation occurred between a prison staffer named Mollazadeh and Mohammad Nazari and which led to the assault and battery of Mr. Nazari, who was in the infirmary to treat the effects of his hunger strike. After Omar Faghihpour and Khaled Fereydouni protested the assault, all three were transferred to Urmia Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33539'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/43280'> According to IranWire, the prison authorities promised Omar Faghihpour and Khaled Fereydouni that they will be released in October by the “supreme leader’s pardon”, but they had lied. It was not the first time that this had happened. It seems the authorities had told them that they will be released with a pardon several times just for psychological pressure. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37978'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=15706'> Omar Faghihpour, the co-defendant in Khaled Fereydouni’s case, was released after 20 years from Urmia Central Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37976'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17289'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, 47 political and civil rights prisoners refused to take prison rations in protest of the possibility of their transfer to a high-security ward. Recently the prison warden announced in a meeting that a new ward has been built for political and religious prisoners and in the upcoming days all those prisoners will be moved to the new ward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37977'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17344'> Khaled Fereydouni, one of the prisoners on strike, was transferred to solitary confinement by the order of prison officials. He is serving the 21st year of his prison sentence and has been denied furlough and parole. In recent days the prisoners on strike have been denied weekly family visitation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38096'> IPA reported that special forces of Urmia Prison were charged in the political and ideological prisoners’ ward and used violent methods to transfer them to the new security ward. The agents severely battered any prisoner who resisted the transfer and destroyed their personal belongings. Hatam Ozdemir, Hamed Ghareh Oghlani, Khaled Fereydouni, Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, Keivan Rashozadeh, Kamran Ghasemi, and Nayeb Askari were battered and transferred to solitary confinements. Keyhan Mokrem’s head was severely wounded. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38138'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3KjZus0'> He went on his first leave after 21 years in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40946'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=18636'> Khaled Fereydouni was released after 22 years in prison. Kurdistan Human Rights reported that Mr. Fereydouni was released from Urmia Central Prison after receiving a pardon from the judiciary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>