Masoud Kazemi

He has worked with Shargh and Ghanun newspapers as a journalist and has also been the editor of Voice of Persia magazine.

<coverage-outsourcing id='25160'> Was arrested. He had previously tweeted about about corruption in the industry ministry and had asked questions from Hessamoddin Ashena, an advisor to Hassan Rouhani, about the chain murders </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25161'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25163'> According to his lawyer, Judge Moghise has added two counts of “propaganda against the regime” and “gathering and collusion against national security” to his case. When the order was issued, these charges were taken off from the case </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25164'> New charges were added and the judge posted a 10 billion rial bail for him. He was arrested when unable to meet this </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25162'> Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moghise convicted Masood Kazemi of “publishing falsehoods, insulting the supreme leader and insulting other officials” and sentenced him to three prison terms of two years, two years and six months. Application of Article 134 reduces this to a two year sentence. His lawyer, Ali Mojtahedzade, had previously written that Judge Moghise had attacked Masood Kazemi in court with terms such as “God damn you”, “Your mouth should be filled with gunpowder” and “your tongue should be cut” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26068'> His lawyer wrote that his sentence was confirmed by the Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27950'> Whereas the Prisons Authorities and Prisons Organization have agreed to grant prison leave to him, but the prosecution has not assessed his leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27951'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/?p=3635&preview=true'> IPA's News Section published a report on his situation with the focus on prison leave denial by authorities. The related report is available at the link below, as well as the "Confirmatory Evidence" of this page </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29161'> Was released on furlough for a 20 days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29370'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23990/'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29904'> After the Coronavirus outbreak, Ali Khamenei ordered a large number of prisoner's freedom by issuing a directive. This directive (with several clauses ) has been mentioned to the political prisoners too. The political prisoners who have been sentenced under five years in prison will be released from prison by security agencies' approval. He was released from prison based on this directive </coverage-outsourcing>