Mehdi Farahi Shandiz

<p>Mehdi Farahi is holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Isfahan's Technical University and in married to Ahmadi Nejad's cousing</p>

<coverage-outsourcing id='1537'> He was arrested in the Labourer's Day gathering in Laleh Park. He was sentenced to nine months in prison. During this arrest his personal belongings including documents were confiscated </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8950'> He spent the first three days of his arrest at the Security Police of Tehran, after that, because of failing to furnish bail, he was taken to another detention center and one month after that he was transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1538'> After repeated visits to the Revolutionary Court to retrieve his confiscated belongings( Passport, National Identification Card, Computer..) , he was refused entry to the branch. Due to his resistance to the decision of the court he was arrested and tried in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of "Insulting the Supreme Leader and Ayatollah Khomeini and Disruption of public order ". He was sentenced to two years in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1552'> He began his three year incarceration in Ward 350 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1541'> He began a hunger strike in protest of the house-arrest of the leaders of the Green Movement and was transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1542'> He was transferred to Ward 350 due to writing slogans </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1546'> He was transferred to solitary confinement for 20 days due to chanting slogans in Ward 350 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1549'> In January 2013 Javad Momeni, Deputy director of Evin Prison, and Abbasi, Head of Ward 240, subjected the defendant to severe physical beatings due to his not agreeing to write a letter of repentance. The defendant's arm was broken in this episode and he was left in his cell without any medical care. He spent the rest of the year in solitary confinement and was finally transferred to Ward 8. On the day of the election he was transferred back to Ward 240 and subjected to beatings by Abbasi again, sustaining injuries in his rib cage. He was kept in solitary confinement for two months while he suffered from pain in his rib cage and lower back and an injury on his leg. There were no inmates in the cells next to his and he was still listed as being held in Ward 8 in the prison's computer sytem </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1548'> He was transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1543'> He was transferred to Ward 209 and held in solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8951'> In an interview with HRANA he said, “once when I was shouting slogans of death to khamenei, the prison guards brought a pro regime prisoner into my cell … in his attack he injured my eye, meaning in reality, my eye having been hit now has a large black spot which keeps me from seeing” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1550'> He was transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240 for tearing up a picture of the Supreme Leader </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1539'> He was transferred from Ward 8 of Evin Prison to Hall 2 of Ward 1 of Rajaee Shahr Prison, where dangerous criminals are held. HRANA has been told that, it is most likely for, “not standing up when the Islamic Republic’s national anthem was being played, I believe, it was for Eid Ghadir celebrations” I was exiled to a non-political ward in Rajaei Shahr prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8952'> Even though his sentence term had come to an end, he remained in prison because he had two open cases in branches 15 and 28 of the Revolutionary courts, for charges such as, “insulting the leader” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1551'> He was transferred to solitary confinement in Rajaee Shahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1553'> He was sentenced to an additional three years in prison by Judge Salavati </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1554'> He was sentenced to three additional years in prison by Judge Moghiseh </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10384'> Hesar website published some letters by him in this year, where he severely criticized the Iranian regime’s authorities and notables, including Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9079'> Hesar reported that after his transfer to the new ward he was placed in solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9831'> HRANA reported that he was summoned to the prison office to begin his release with an electronic monitor leg cuff, but he hadn’t filled out the form and was, thus, kept from being released. According to the plan for his release, he had to pay three million Tomans for leasing the electronic cuffs and another two hundred and fifty thousand Tomans each month until the end of his sentence. A few days later he published a letter strongly criticizing his release plan and maintained that the leaders of the regime deserved being chained </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10111'> Twelve prisoners of ward 4 in hall 12 of Rajayi Shahr prison in Karaj announced their support of Maryam Akbari Monfared's lawsuit and demand for justice. This letter was published by Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Activists in Iran, and is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. The signatories are as follows: Reza Akbari Monfared, Saeed Shirzad, Mohamad Ali Mansouri, Behnam Mousivand, Saleh Kohandel, Saeed Masouri, Javad Fouladvand, Hassan Sdeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Ali Moezzi, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, and Khaled Hardani </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10206'> According to “No to Prison, No to Execution”, after he was warned that five more years have been added to his imprisonment, he broke the frame of the picture Iranian regime’s leader and tore the picture. According to this report, after this, deputy chief of the prison Mr. Amirian and the legal deputy of the prison Mr. Zare assaulted and beat him </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10395'> In a letter to workers, teachers, and students, a group of Rajayi Shahr prisoners supported their protests. The signatories were as follows: Abolghasem Fouladvand, Reza Akbarri Monfared, Saeed Masouri, Mohamad Ali Mansouri, Saleh Kohandel, Ali Moezzi, Hassan Sadeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Jaber Abedini, Ebrahim Firouzi, and Khaled Hardani. According to Hesar News reports, a few days later, the same prisoners - except Jabe Abedini - along with Arzhang Davoudi, signed another letter in support of a conference in Paris and called it a conference to "empower the movement for demanding justice". Some of the signatories published other solo or group letters later on </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10707'> Declaring that he does not recognize the validity of these court hearings, he refused to appear in court, but he was assaulted and beaten by the prison guards, the head of security and Mr. Amirian, the chief warden for internal affairs of the prison, and he was violently forced to appear in court. According to HRANA, after returning from the court, he was transferred to solitary confinement. According to HRANA’s report, his sentence was completed more than two months ago, but because of a new case on the charge of “insulting the leader”, he remains under arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10881'> According to “Bam” after exiting solitary confinement he was transferred to non-political prisoners’ ward </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10925'> “The Political Prisoners Alliance for Regime Change” website, published a letter that, it claimed, was written by Asoo Rostami, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Ebrahim Firouzi and Khaled Herani. These four individuals in their statement, praised the “courageous resistance of the valorous people of Syria and Halab” and announced that “we will fight the repression and meddling by the Iranian regime, we will also counter their efforts and have no qualms in giving our freedom in the defense of the innocent people of Syria” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11162'> “No to prison, No to execution” reported that Mehdi Farahi Shandiz has been sentenced to three years incarceration and exile in Buin Zahra prison, for uttering the slogan, “death to Khamenei” and tearing the leader’s picture. In which court was Mr. Farahi Shandiz tried or what was his exact sentence, is still unclear for IPA </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='13525'> According to Bam, he was exiled to Buin Zahra prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14704'> Based on the reports published about Rajaei Shahr prison, he was returned in February or March 2017 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16203'> According to a report from “the political prisoners alliance for regime change” he was transferred to Qazvin prison on this date and after ten days in solitary confinement he was sent to the Karaj Central Penitentiary </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19313'> Numerous reports have been published about the denial to provide him with medical treatment in the Karaj central prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26567'> According to Hrana, four political prisoners in Karaj (Amirali Moradi, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Alireza Barzegar and Mohammad Riazat) published a letter to Ali Khamenei to explain the bad conditions of the Karaj prison. The letter reads: “We wonder: Why is it that in all of the Islamic World, of which you are the leader (!), Iranian prisons see the lowest observance of human rights? Don’t you claim that Islam is a religion of kindness?” The prisoners say drugs and other contraband are easily found in prison, whereas facilities are lacking. Many prisoners sleep in the hallways on the ground. There is no suitable heat and cold system. Prisoners have problems with bed bugs and louses. Addressing Mr Khamenei, the letter says: “Non-observance of human rights is not correct and is no way to go forward. Especially for you who claim to be running a government of divine justice.” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27857'> Two prisoners held in Karaj Penitentiary, Pouria Resalati and Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, were beaten by prison guards. It is reported that the reason for the guards’ actions was Mr. Resalati’s protest against the poor conditions in the ward. After Mr. Resalati was assaulted by the authorities, Mr. Farahi Shandiz objected to their violent behavior, which in turn led to him also being beaten. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38713'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/95895'> Mehdi Farahi Shandiz is imprisoned in Karaj Central Penitentiary without access to medical treatment. He was initially arrested 10 years ago to serve a three-year sentence, but new cases were opened against him during his imprisonment. Over the past decade, he has endured violations including physical and psychological torture, repeated beatings, exile, and being held in unsafe conditions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39482'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/100894'> After serving more than 10 years in prison, he was released from Karaj Central Penitentiary at the end of his sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='68213'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/21249'> According to the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Trade Associations, he was arrested along with several other educational activists by security forces in Tehran during the Teachers’ Day protest. The report states that Mr. Farahi Shandiz was beaten by security forces at the time of his arrest due to chanting protest slogans. One of the officers reportedly sat on his abdomen, exerting intense pressure that caused physical harm. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='68506'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/21287'> The Coordinating Council of Teachers' Trade Associations wrote that he suffers from diabetes and has been denied medical care in Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='68617'> <p>According to the Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Associations, his family's and lawyer's efforts and follow-ups with Evin Prison and other judicial and security institutions have gone unanswered, and no clear information has been provided regarding the arresting authority or his place of detention.</p> </coverage-outsourcing>