Mohammad Seifzadeh

He is a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre. He the Head of the Defense and Monitoring Committee, the Committee for Fair and Just Elections in Iran and a member of the Central Committee to Protect Freedom of the Press

<coverage-outsourcing id='4807'> He was summoned due to his founding of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre. After being informed of his charges, he was released on bail. He was charged with "Attempts against national security" and "Propagating against the system". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4803'> The defendant penned a letter to the former president of Iran, [Mohammad] Khatami, wherein he highlighted the widespread violations of the law in the Judiciary. He announced that there is no solution to this issue except for the dissolution of illegal organs within the judicial system such as the Revolutionary Courts and the Special Clerical Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4805'> He was tried in Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati and was sentenced to nine years in prison and a 10-year ban on practicing law. According to Mohammad Seifzadeh, this sentencing was related to the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in 2008. The legal proceedings of this closure were continued after the unrest of the 2009 elections. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4804'> He was arrested in Urmia. Despite the defendant's request to contact his family on the day of his arrest to alert them , he was not allowed to use a phone for a few weeks after his arrest. His family were unaware of his whereabouts in this period. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4811'> He was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison after one month of detention in the Urmia Intelligence Ministry's lock-up. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4810'> It was reported that he was transferred to the General Ward of Evin Prison after spending one month in solitary confinement in Ward 209. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4808'> His sentence was reduced to two years in prison by Branch 54 of Tehran Province Appeals Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4754'> It was reported that Mohammad Seifzadeh, an imprisoned attorney, is in unsuitable physical condition due to suffering from Spinal disc herniation and needs medical attention from a specialist. Despite these reports, Jafari Dolatabadi, the Tehran Prosecutor, has not agreed to allow this prisoner to be transferred to hospital to receive treatment. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4802'> He was summoned to the court and informed that he is being charged with "Propagating against the system". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4813'> The first trial session to address the charges regarding the issuance of statements and illegally leaving the country. The defendant refused to appear in the courthouse. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4814'> Due to the fact that the defendant did not participate in his first trial session, a second trial was held. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4815'> A third trial was held to address his charges in Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court, yet the defendant refused to appear in the courthouse. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4812'> He was transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison as punishment for not attending his trial. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4816'> Another trial session was held to address the defendant's charges in Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court. The defendant refused to participate in this trial as well, citing the court's illegitimacy. His legal defense was handed to the presiding judge by his attorney. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4755'> The defendant, one of the incarcerated founding members of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre, was transferred from Ward 350 of Evin Prison in the last months of his sentence. The defendant was transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj under the pretense that he was being transferred to the Medical Ward. He was not given a chance to collect his personal belongings or bid his ward-mates farewell. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4756'> He was tried in Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Salavati, and sentenced to six additional years in prison. This sentence was relayed to the defendant in prison. The defendant was charged with "Assembly and collusion against national security" and sentenced to six additional years of incarceration by Judge Salavati due to his participation in a joint statement which was issued from a number of prisoners regarding the death of Ezatollah Sahhabi and Hoda Saber, as well as writing a letter to Mohammad Khatami from prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4801'> It was reported that the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) and the OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture ), issued a statement condemning the continued incarceration of the defendant, a human rights activist and a member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4809'> It was reported that the defendant appeared in Branch 54 of Tehran Province Appeals Court to defend himself from the charge of "Writing letters and signing group statements in prison". He had not attended the five previous trial sessions that were held in the Revolutionary Court, but had only handed his written defense through his attorney, as he did not recognize the Revolutionary Court's legitimacy. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4757'> It was reported that the defendant's six year sentence was upheld by Judge Movahed in Branch 54 of Tehran Appeals Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4753'> He was transferred to Tehran Heart Hospital and hospitalized due to a heart problem that arose while he was incarcerated in Hall 12 of Rajaee Shahr Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5478'> He was released at the end of his sentence. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25933'> Nasrin Sotoodeh, Shirin Ebadi, Narges Mohammadi, Payam Akhavan, Jafar Panahi, Mohsen Sazgara, Mohammad Seyfzade, Hasan Shariatmadari, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Abolfazl Qadiani, Mohsen Kadivar, Kazem Kardavani, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Maleki and Mohammad Noorizad issued an appeal that called for peaceful transition from the Islamic Republic toward a parliamentary secular democracy based on free vote of the people, full observation of human rights and lifting of all discrimination especially full equality for women, ethnicities and religions in all cultural, social, political and economic fields. According to the undersigned “forty years of experience shows that the Islamic Republic of Iran can’t be reformed” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50744'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32272781.html'> Mohammad Seifzadeh told Radio Farda that he was summoned many times because of writing a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations and was under pressure to ask for amnesty, which he refused. In an interview with Radio Farda, he announced that after being summoned to the prosecutor's office, he went there with two lawyers, but the investigator did not accept their representation. Mr. Seifzadeh also told Radio Farda that in this meeting, he was informed of the accusations of propaganda against the system and disseminating lies to disturb public opinion, and then he was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50743'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1651315104695083009?s=20'> By releasing a video, Mohammad Seifzadeh announced that he was summoned to Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of propaganda against the state and disseminating lies on Saturday, and announced that he will not appear in this court. In this video, which has been published on social networks, he called the courts of the Islamic Revolution "illegal" and said that he would not participate in the court sessions and would not send a defense. Mr. Seifzadeh also added that he is ready to go to prison again despite his many illnesses. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51266'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41137/'> According to the Human Rights Defenders Center, the court session of Mohammad Seifzadeh and Marzieh Nikara was held at branch 29 of the Tehran Revolution Court, presided over by Judge Ali Mazloum. During this session, Mr. Seifzadeh and Ms. Nikara were accused of propaganda against the state and disseminating lies. They were sentenced to a year in prison. Based on this report, Ms. Nikara was present during the hearing, but Mr. Seifzadeh's verdict was issued in absentia. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52826'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/mohammad-seifzadeh-marzieh-nikara-human-rghits-iran/7152280.html'> Mohammad Seifzadeh and Marzieh Nikara were summoned to the 36th branch of the Court of Appeal to "take a pledge (expression of remorse and commitment not to repeat a similar intentional crime) and use amnesty". While announcing this news, Voice of America's Farsi department wrote that according to the electronic notice, they have 10 days after entering the summons in the system to appear at the appeals branch to "explain". According to this report, Mohammad Reza Borji is the head of the Court of Appeal. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53434'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42465/'> His sentence of one year imprisonment for the charge of propaganda against the state and disseminating lies was confirmed by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province and he was referred to Unit 1 of sentence enforcement at Evin Prison. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that Mohammad Seifzadeh will go to the aforementioned sentence enforcement unit on Wednesday, July 25, at 9:00 am. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>