Kamal Jafari Yazdi

<p>He was wounded and captured during the Iran-Iraq war. Kamal Jafari Yazdi has a Ph.D. in strategic management and has been teaching in non-profit private universities of Mashhad. He also signed the statement called 14 people or Leadership Resignation.</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='24357'> He was tried by the fourth branch of Mashhad Revolutionary Court and sentenced to 13 years in prison (Article 134: 10 years) </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24358'> A video of him was released on social media in which he strongly criticizes the Islamic Republic and Ali Khamenei. The video is attached in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24356'> He was arrested. He was released in bail about three months later </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26489'> 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='26491'> Fars News Agency, which is close to the IRGC, reported the following: “Today, a number of 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 more bold 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='26490'> A number of political and civil activists who had gathered in front of 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='26170'> His prison sentence was confirmed by the Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26412'> He was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26780'> A voice file was published from him, including severe remarks. In a phone call from prison, he detailed his arrest. He said the authorities had had an inappropriate behavior with him at the time of arrest and had beaten him up. Mr Jafari Yazdi added: “The judiciary prevented the application of Article 477 which would have helped me ask for amnesty as a disabled war veteran.” He also said that he had been staging a hunger strike since four days ago. Mr Yazdi pointed to the importance of the Statement of the Fourteen and said it asked for a total transition away from the Islamic Republic </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28328'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23281/'> Kamal Jafari Yazdi was transferred to the Mashhad Intelligence office for unknown reasons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29573'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/?p=4610&preview=true'> According to IPA, Three political activists linked to the statement of 14 people including Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, Abdol Rasoul Mortazavi, and Kamal Jafari Yazdi, were insulted and "beaten" by Mashhad prison guards. After transferring them to the prison guard office, The officers beat Mr. Mortazavi and called him "crippled". Mr. Sepehri and Mr. Kamali have been verbally insulted too. They were transferred to Vakilabad Prison's separate wards, and their personal belongings were seized by officers. Mr. Sepehri was beaten by criminal prisoners in ward 104 of Vakilabad Prison. He cites the reason for such behavior as a plan designed by officers. Mr. Sepehri went on a hunger strike to request for Separation of defendants </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31823'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/محدودیتهای-جدید-زندانیان-بیانیه-استع/'> According to IPA sources, several prisoners in the case of the letter to Khamenei have been denied access to phones: > Mohammad Nourizad, Hashem Khastar, Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, and Kamal Jafari Yazdi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36175'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/TaranehRaki/status/1407752125573107713?s=20'> Mohammad Hossein Sepehri's sister Fatemeh Sepehri announced in a video message that Mr. Sepehri and Kamal Jafari have been assaulted by the new head of ward 6/1 in Mashhad's Vakil Abad Prison. According to Ms. Sepehri, Ali Timaji initially beat up Mr. Jafari while cursing at him, and a day later he moved the personal belongings of the two political prisoners out of the ward. This is while all the political prisoners have been transferred to the break room. When Mr. Sepehri objected, he was also beaten up by Ali Timaji and one of his teeth was broken. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40335'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35270/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> Despite his illness, Kamal Jafari Yazdi has been denied sufficient medical treatment. HRANA reported that a source close to his family says according to Mr. Yazdi's doctor, his hand needs surgery. Previously the medical examiner had stated that incarceration will make Mr. Yazdi's illness worse; now with continued incarceration and lack of sufficient medical care, his condition has deteriorated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40336'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAeCpsuQ6M/'> According to Instagram reports by former political prisoners, Kamal Jafari Yazdi has been transferred to a hospital for his heart after passing out in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41036'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36199/'> Kamal Jafari Yazdi and Javad Lal Mohammadi were denied visitation and phone calls for 42 days. HRANA reported: “Mr. Jafari and Mr. Lal Mohammadi have been denied visitation and phone calls from July 21st for 42 days. They have been banned for chanting slogans during the break time in the yard.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40883'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/HengamehVahedi2/status/1549369634528305154'> Hengameh Vahedian Shahroudi daughter of Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi announced on Twitter that Kamal Jafari Yazdi has gone on hunger and medication strike. According to Ms. Vahedian, Mr. Jafari Yazdi has made this decision in response to the lack of sufficient medical treatment in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45494'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36199/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> HRANA reported that he is still in Vakil Abad Prison and being held in violation of the crime segregation principle. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45495'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/14718'> The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Unions reported that Hashem Khastar and Kamal Jafari Yazdi were transferred to solitary cells in Vakil Abad Prison of Mashhad. Hashem Khastar's wife Sedigheh Malekifard said the prison guards got into an altercation with Mr. Jafari Yazdi who was experiencing severe neck pain, so Mr. Khastar intervened to stop the altercation and this led to the prison guards and the ward supervisor with the two prisoners and eventually, Mr. Jafari and Mr. Khastar suffered broken arms and legs. They were then transferred to Ward 1-6 of Vakil Abad Prison. The two have been denied family visits and phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48935'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/14970'> Hashem Khastar and Kamal Yazdi were assaulted by murder convicts in prison. Mr. Khastar's wife Sedigheh Malekifard published a letter in the Coordinating Council's Telegram channel that says her husband has been denied phone calls and family visits for over a month. She mentions that it is the fourth year of her husband's prison and during this time he has been denied furlough and only had two family visits in person. She also reported that after being transferred to Ward 6-1 of Vakil Abad Prison, Hashem Khastar and Kamal Yazdi were assaulted by "two murderers who were transferred to the ward from other wards as the ward representative and ward disciplinarian." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48295'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39821/'> He was released from prison. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>