Reza Norouzi

Reza Norouzi is from Sarab in East Azerbaijan province. In May of 2021, he and his wife and two children started chanting against the Islamic Republic in Inqilab Square in Tehran and asked people to join the “No to the Islamic Republic” campaign. He has been sentenced to five years in prison.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='40614'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1546106981588635649'> Reza Norouzi was arrested by the agents of the Information Ministry. Human rights activist Arash Sadeghi announced on Twitter that Mr. Norouzi was transferred to Evin Prison after two months in solitary confinement. On May 17th, 2021, Reza Norouzi along with his wife and two babies started chanting against the Islamic Republic and in support of Prince Reza Pahlavi in Inqilab Square in Tehran and asked people to join the “No to the Islamic Republic” campaign. Sources told IranWire that his wife also burnt her hijab in solidarity. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40615'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1546106981588635649'> Reza Norouzi was sentenced to five years in prison. Arash Sadeghi tweeted that the 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Iman Afshari has sentenced him to the sum of 10 years in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security and propaganda against the state”. Mr. Sadeghi reported that the appeal court has confirmed the sentence. After applying article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, five years of this sentence is enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40616'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1546106981588635649'> Arash Sadeghi announced on Twitter that while Mr. Norouzi is serving his sentence, a new case has been opened against him. According to Mr. Sadeghi, Reza Norouzi was severely battered in ward four during a fight with several financial prisoners and some prison guards and was taken to ward 240 for eight days as punishment. Arash Sadeghi added that Norouzi was arraigned at the first branch of the prosecutor’s office at Evin Prison for “disrupting prison order and insulting the authorities” and has been moved from ward four to ward eight. Mr. Sadeghi reported that after this incident, Reza Norouzi was denied work in the prison; due to his incarceration, his family is in severe financial need, and he works in prison to send money to his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41361'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36556/'> Branch 1206 of the public and revolutionary court of Kachooei sentenced Reza Norouzi to pay 180 million rials in fines and 74 lashes. According to HRANA, this case was brought against him after an altercation between Mr. Norouzi and the warden of detention center 4 of Evin Prison. The other part of his case for insulting the leader has been referred to the 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42715'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37367/'> Reza Norouzi, Mehdi Naghavi, and Mahan Jalaldoust were transferred from Evin Prison to Gohardasht (Rajaei Shahr) Prison. According to HRANA's sources: > Evin's atmosphere is heavy with security. Special forces were deployed to Evin Prison today and they were chanting Heidar, Heidar (a religious reference) to agitate the prisoners. There is more security pressure in Rajaei Shahr Prison as well. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48080'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/arsham_rezaee/status/1629866732473942017'> Former Political Prisoner Arsham Rezaei reported on Twitter: > This morning, they claimed to be taking Reza Norouzi out of the prison to the 5th branch of the revolutionary court, but they have not returned him yet." > Mr. Rezaei said Reza Norouzi's wife and two children were arrested at the same time as him and spent two months in solitary confinement and were released after. > Arsham Rezaei explained that Reza Norouzi's older son was two years old and his younger son was two months old at the time. They were arrested along with their parents and since the detention center does not provide formula, Reza Norouzi's wife had to feed cheese to her son. Due to the "inhumane conditions of the detention center, his two-month-old son had convulsions twice in two months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48555'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/HosseinQashqaei/status/1631965846254788608'> After three days under torture in ward 241 of Evin Prison, Reza Norouzi was returned to Gohardasht Prison. Former political prisoner Hossein Ghashghaei reported on Twitter: > Reza Norouzi's life is in danger. After three days of torture in ward 241, he has recently returned to Rajaei Shahr Prison, but because of the blows to his head, his head feels heavy, his ears are ringing, and he has urinated blood. The prison infirmary is ignoring him and refuses to send him to the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48725'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/yashartabrizi2/status/1632387434343194625?s=20'> Former political prisoner Yashar Tabrizi reported on Twitter that he has talked to prisoners in Reza Norouzi's ward and they say he is in bad shape and despite the order of the infirmary, the security is blocking his transfer to the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51026'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40922/'> Meisam Dehbanzadeh, Majid Roshannejad, and Reza Norouzi were transferred to Tehran prison. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote, "Mr. Dehbanzadeh, Norouzi, and Roshannejad were beaten by the prison officials in the quarantine of the Greater Tehran prison, and after that, in order to put more pressure on them, they were transferred to the fourth ward of this prison, which is where prisoners of violent crimes are kept. This has worried their families and those close to them." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51078'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1656189277531717632'> Erfan Karamveisi, Reza Norouzi's lawyer, posted a tweet on his user account reporting the attack of several prisoners of general crimes on his client. Mr. Karamveisi wrote that due to the intervention of other prisoners, no untoward incident happened to Reza Norouzi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51244'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1658173882929405967'> Erfan Karamveisi, the defense lawyer of Meysam Dehbanzadeh, Reza Norouzi, and Majid Roshannejad, presented new details of his clients' cases and said, "Today, after going to the Greater Tehran Prison and following up on my clients' condition, I found out that Meysam and Majid have a case related to the Evin fire incident in Branch 5 of Tehran's 27th District Criminal Prosecutor's Office and is facing charges of "disrupting prison order, disobeying officers while performing their duties, and destroying prison buildings and equipment. The temporary detention of these people in the Greater Tehran prison is related to this case, and they have to wait for the decision of the Prosecutor's Office investigator in order to deposit bail or make a final decision." According to Mr. Karamveisi, Mr. Dehbanzadeh and Roshannejad "are not allowed to meet with a lawyer until the status of their case is determined in the prosecutor's office." Erfan Karamveisi also said regarding Reza Norouzi that he "will be released in 12 days after finishing his imprisonment." Mr. Karamveisi also stated that during the meeting he had with Mr. Norouzi, this political prisoner informed him about "the deplorable health condition of the 4th Brigade of Greater Tehran Prison, the use of drugs, the lack of drinking water, improper bathing and feeding of the prisoners in this ward." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52027'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41338/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> Meysam Dehbanzadeh, Reza Norouzi, and Majid Roshannejad were beaten and harassed by the officers of the Greater Tehran prison. HRANA quoted Erfan Karamveisi, their lawyer, who wrote that following the protest of these three prisoners against the violation of the principle of segregation of crimes in the Greater Tehran Prison, the officers of this prison assaulted Reza Norouzi, Meysam Dehbanzadeh and Majid Roshannejad with batons. As a result, Mr. Dehbanzadeh's head suffered a fracture. However, the authorities of the Greater Tehran prison refused to treat this prisoner. At the same time, officers of the Greater Tehran prison handcuffed Majid Dehbanzadeh to a bar for 24 hours. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51832'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Csv5bEItJnY/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=505f4cb8-e9a4-44f3-a5a9-2b0217abe0d9'> Erfan Karamveisi, the lawyer of Reza Norouzi and Meysam Dehban, announced his client's release from Tehran prison on bail. Mr. Karamveisi wrote on his Instagram that Reza Norouzi was released from prison after serving two years and one month of imprisonment and Meysam Dehban after serving one year and nine months of imprisonment with bail of 5 billion Rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52303'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1671810984585883649?s=20'> Erfan Karamveisi, Reza Norouzi's lawyer, wrote on his Twitter account that according to the notice issued by the first branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Norouzi must appear in this branch within five days from the date of the notice, in order to carry out the additional punishments included in his case. Mr. Karamveisi announced that his client was "banned from leaving the country for two years, ordered to produce two short films of his own words about the necessity of maintaining the peace and security of the people, preparing a manuscript of what is called the "corruption of the Pahlavi regime" by adapting a certain book, providing public services For two months (four hours a day) in removing deserts and clear uninhabited areas of garbage, and also to participate in the counseling session of "Movai Qom" for two hours, as supplementary punishments. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52304'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-political-prisoners-daily-news/7148656.html'> The Voice of America Persian quoted a source as saying that following the summoning of Reza Norouzi to the Evin courthouse, the judicial authorities informed his lawyer, Erfan Karamveisi, that a case was recently filed against his client with the accusation of blasphemy. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52306'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1673569401084190720?s=20'> In a video that was published on social networks, Reza Norouzi narrated a part of the events of his and his family's arrest in the Enghelab (Revolution) Square in 2021. In a part of his narration, he declared: > When I flipped through all the pages of history, I did not see any king or ruler who put a two-month-old child in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59442'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43810/'> Reza Norouzi was arrested by the security forces at his home. HRANA wrote that he was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59443'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44053/'> He was released from Evin Prison on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>