Reza Mehregan

He is a constitutional monarchist who signed the famous letter of 14 activists demanding the resignation of the leader of the Islamic Republic. He has been arrested many times.

<coverage-outsourcing id='26495'> A strongly-worded statement was published by 14 political activists inside the country calling for the resignation of Ali Khamenei and fundamental changes to the constitution. It led to similar 14-person statements inside and outside the country. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41223'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/65569.htm'> According to the Campaign for Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, he was attacked by three unidentified assailants in the street and was severely hurt. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26496'> A number of political and civil activists who had gathered in front of the appellate court for Kamal Jafari Yazdi were arrested. They were first sent to Vakilabad Prison and three days later to Mashhad’s Intelligence Ministry detention house. Based on some reports, all the arrested men staged a hunger strike. A number of the arrestees were signatories to the 14-person statement. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26497'> Fars News Agency, which is close to the IRGC, reported the following: “Today, several anti-regime elements who were seeking a plan to create disorder and disrupt security were arrested in a meeting in Mashhad. The arrestees have relations to the counter-revolutionary groups abroad. They have relations with groups that seek the overthrow the regime and designs to organize clashes in the city.” A few days later, Hassan Jafari, the deputy provincial governor of Khorasan Razavi province who is in charge of the political department, repeated the same claims and said the political activists had not been arrested because of their letter to Ali Khamenei but because of their attempts to “overthrow” the regime and “contact people abroad.” The provincial offices of the Intelligence Ministry also published a statement that said that the arrestees were seeking “new conspiracies and chaos” and that “they had a mission as the parliamentary elections approached; they were to plan contacts with critical candidates, make them bolder in their positions and thus use open political space to create chaos and further domestic clashes. With creating new disunity, they were to further the goals of the enemies of the Iranian nation.” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26524'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-21707/'> Was arrested in a village in Ramsar by security forces. Forces had beat him up during the arrest, according to IranWire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26523'> According to IranWire, quoting Mr. Mehregan, he was first arrested by the army intelligence during his conscription service. This was in 1996, which led to the charges of “acting against national security” and “propaganda against the regime”. According to Mr. Mehregan, he spent six months in the Intelligence Ministry’s detention house in Kerman and was consistently “tortured”. He continued by telling an IranWire reporter that he was tortured eleven times from 1999 to 2001, five of which led to convictions. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28348'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/41185.htm'> Branch 26 of Tehran’s revolutionary court headed by Judge Afshari sentenced Reza Mehregan to prison and the lash's blows. He was convicted of “gathering and collusion for acting against national security,” “propaganda against the regime,” and “disrupting the public order,” which came with respectively five years, one year, and one discretionary year in prison plus 74 blows of the lash. Additionally, he was sentenced to two years of exile to Jafarabad (in South Khorasan province). After the application of Article 134, he will have to serve five years in prison in addition to exile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29520'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24103/'> He was sentenced to six years in prison by The Tehran Appeals Court. With the application of Article 134, he will have to serve five years in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32991'> He suffered a brain aneurysm. Due to the resulting paralysis on the left side of his body which was confirmed by the infirmary doctor in Evin Prison, he is unable to walk or do basic personal chores; but he is still being denied medical treatment and transfer to a medical center outside the prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32992'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/542225'> According to Zamaneh, Mr. Mehregan has gone on hunger strike in protest of the illegal rulings by some of the revolutionary court judges such as Ahmad Zargar, Abolghasem Salavati, and Mohammad Moghiseh against political prisoners, his ban from family visits for 14 months, and being denied medical treatment for his heart disease and the complications from his brain stroke. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33652'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27681/'> Mohammad Abolhasani and Reza Mehregan were transferred to the second branch of the investigation at Evin Court to be arraigned for their new case; They have been charged with propaganda against the regime. The case was brought against them for holding a memorial in prison for the victims of the November 2019 protests. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36544'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31256/'> He went on furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36551'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news/tehran/51773'> He went on a hunger strike in protest of being transferred to the quarantine ward of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41221'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/65569.htm'> He was temporarily released on bail. Due to his parole request, his furlough has been extended until the final decision is announced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41222'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/65569.htm'> Tehran's attorney general denied his parole request and he returned to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41220'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3bRCgxc'> He was transferred to Loghman Hospital but despite his terrible health, he was returned to prison for refusing to get handcuffed to the hospital bed. IranWire reported that he is suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease, but he wasn't even transferred to the prison infirmary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40097'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1537034859507507201?s=20&t=kSFcaVN3xD05skRt7ipdYw'> Reza Mehregan is still being denied medical treatment for his heart disease and blood pressure. His attorney Ali Sharifzadegan tweeted that he is being denied medical care because he refuses to wear shackles and be handcuffed to the hospital bed. He pointed out that according to regulations, shackles and handcuffs are only to be used for violent crimes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41219'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1558502131661000704'> He went on a hunger strike in response to the lack of medical treatment in Evin Prison. Political activist Arash Sadeghi tweeted that according to the prison doctor, Mr. Mehregan must be released on medical furlough to continue his treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>