Hamzeh Darvishi

Hamzeh Darvishi is from Talesh. He was sentenced to prison for a long time on the charge of membership in ISIS.

He has said that fundamentalists forces deceived and drew him to Turkey and later transferred him to Syria. He was in an ISIS prison for some time and then escaped to Iran and surrendered himself to the security forces. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='18361'> Was arrested. He was released on bail, two months later, from Evin prison’s ward 209 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18362'> Was arrested. According to HRANA, after enduring 100 days of incarceration at the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Center in Rasht, Lakan prison in Rasht, and the quarantine ward at Evin prison, he was transferred to ward 4 of Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18365'> According to Harana, two Evin Prison soldiers by the names of Amir Mohammadzadeh and Amir Hossein Ahmadi and a Taleghani Hospital employee with the last name "Arab" assaulted and battered a Sunni prisoner named Hamzeh Darvishi. According to the report, the battery was so severe that one of his ribs was fractured and there are bruises under his eye and on his chest. Prison authorities have not reacted to his lawsuit yet </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18366'> HRANA reported that his family has been threatened by the ministry because of their pursual of their son’s case. According to this report, in addition to physical problems he is also suffering from stress related and mental illness </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18363'> He was tried at branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, headed by judge Moghiseh, for charges of “warring against God through membership in Daesh (ISIS)” and “illegal exiting of the country” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18364'> He was given a sentence of 18 incarceration. After protests the case went before the Supreme Court of Iran, but the Supreme Court confirmed the verdict. With the application of article 134, the sentence will be 15 years </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18367'> HRANA published a letter by Hamzeh Darvishi, writing that the letter is from months ago, and that the psychological and physical condition of the prisoner has deteriorated to the point where he can’t even complete his daily tasks. Mr. Darvishi has written in his letter, that in the year 2014, he travelled to Turkey to help an injured friend who was a member of ISIS but who regretted and wanted to return to Iran. There he was kidnapped by ISIS members and taken to a region under the group’s control, because of his protest against the suicide missions of ISIS in the Kurdish areas of Hasakah, Syria, he was imprisoned and tortured to the point of breaking all his teeth and injuring his stomach and chest. He fled during transfer to medical centers and after entering Turkey with coordination of the Embassy and Intelligence forces, returned to Iran. He was incarcerated for two months in solitary cells of ward 209 of Evin prison, and then released on bail and started the Belderchin Khazar orphanage, and finally, in 2016, he was arrested once more and sentenced to prison. He asks in his letter, “Based on what law, what logic, what moral authority can you punish someone who has been sacrificed?” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18510'> HRANA reported that he embarked on a hunger strike nine days ago </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18580'> He was transferred to hospital, according to HRANA </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18887'> According to HRANA, he ended his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19051'> According to HRANA embarked, again, on a hunger strike because of the “broken promise of authorities” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20981'> He was transferred to Razi psychiatric hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20982'> Returned to prison and was transferred to ward 5 in solitary confinement. HRANA, relying on informed sources, reports that his health has significantly deteriorated in recent times and he needs to be transferred to a mental health institution </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21514'> Kurdistan’s Human Rights Network has reported that his hunger strike has continued. According to this report, the head of the prison impeded his transfer to the hospital and gave him the message that “I told you before that you will go out in Hydrochloric acid (you’ll be dead when you leave this place)” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='22234'> HRANA published a report on beating, threatening and harassings against him </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23169'> Wrote an open letter regarding the resilience of the Iranian nation in their quest to achieve freedom and the rights of sunnis and prisoners. This letter, which has reached Atlas, is included in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23253'> According to statements made to Atlas by an informed source, the Tehran Attorney General and a few intelligence representatives met with Hamzeh Darvish and asked him to redact his article on “the suppressive relationship of the Ministry of Intelligence with Sunni practitioners” through a video conference in the upcoming week. Otherwise, he will be transferred to one of the prisons in a central provinces, such as Kerman. In addition, he was subjected to solitary confinement for a number of hours </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24678'> Was transferred to solitary for two weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24296'> He wrote a letter about constant harassment of her family by two intelligence officers in Rasht nicknamed Naseri and Hosseini </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27751'> According to Political and Civil Prisoners defending campaign, Hamzeh Darvish was brought back to Rajai Shahr Prison a week after his sudden transfer to Rasht's Lakan Prison. It has been done due to Mr. Darvish's hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27912'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C.pdf'> Hamzeh Darvish expressed concern over the unusual facts in prison and the danger of prisoners' lives, in a letter. He requested human rights activists and the international community to follow up on the situation. He states: since the prison presidency's changing, the situation of prisoners has become much more difficult than before. The full text of the letter is available at the link below, as well as the "Confirmatory Evidence" of this page </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28128'> <reference source='hra-news.org/2019/hranews/a-23081/'> According to Hrana, he was beaten and transferred to solitary confinement </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28311'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23326/'> Mr. Darvish made only one phone call with his family 18 days after his transfer. At the time of transferring, the prison's solitary confinement capacity was completed, so he was placed in prison's quarantine for one day. Mr. Darwish told his father: I was transferred for complaining about the prison director, so they want me to withdraw my complaint. I was told I had to request for transfer to Rasht Lakan prison. If I refuse, they would not return me to the general ward. The Deputy Judiciary Officer of Rajai Shahr Prison also said: Hamze Darvish's transfer came after his insult to the prison director. This transfer is punitive and he will be returned after 40 days </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28324'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23348/'> Hamze Darwish was returned to the general ward of Gohardasht Prison. Authorities did not give him a blanket or warm cloth while he was kept in solitary confinement. He was suffering from kidney pain but deprived of effective medical care </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30944'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/45267.htm'> He was taken to Lakan Prison in Rasht. He was returned to prison a few days later from transferring to the intelligence office. He has gone on a hunger strike over "misbehavior" by intelligence agents and his deprivation of proper hygiene, food, and clothes </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31432'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25512/'> About two months after his transfer to Rasht Prison, he is still being held in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32192'> He went on a hunger strike to object to his lack of life-safety in Rasht's Lakan Prison and to request getting transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32191'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/48562.htm'> He has released a letter from prison describing tortures, beatings, as well as intelligence and security agencies' cooperation requests and death threats. "It has been three months now that they have been trying to force me to cooperate with them by beatings, threats, and psychological pressure," he said in a part of his letter. They say, "if you do not cooperate, we will make you feel hope-sick and miserable. We will kill you and say you died from Coronavirus. We will transmit hepatitis and AIDS to you and sterilize you. We won't let you out of prison safe and healthy. Through our agents in prison, we will make you disabled; we'll tell them to blind your eyes and injure your kidneys with a knife." In another part of his letter, he refers to his hunger strike and the prison officials' behavior in response to it. He says that he was taken to solitary confinement on the second day of his strike and held handcuffed and foot-cuffed for three days and three nights in a semi-upright position. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32263'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26346/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> Intelligence agents "tortured" him and forced him to break his hunger strike during their presence at Rasht Prison. "You have 10 days to open your mouth and start to cooperate," the officers told Mr. Darvishi at the end. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32264'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26346/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The intelligence agents returned to Rasht Prison after about 10 days. They subjected Hamzeh Darvish to "physical torture" again after realizing that he was not willing to cooperate with them. A source aware of how he was tortured told Hrana: > They poured cold water on Hamzeh's body and wrapped three blankets around him so that the torture signs would not remain on his body. They beat him heavily in several parts of his body afterward." The officers tried hard to persuade Mr. Darwish to accept their request under torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32540'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26399/'> He was transferred from prison to another location. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32768'> In an audio file released from prison, he has sharply criticized Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's Chief Justice, as well as intelligence agents and prison officials. He speaks about the prison officials' indifferent attitude toward the sick prisoners' lives and refers to the cruelty practiced against some political prisoners in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. In this audio file, he talks about the long process of his case retrial. He says: > Four years have passed since I requested a retrial, and the Supreme Court has said that the retrial request cannot be accepted before it is approved by the Ministry of Intelligence. He says he is tortured in prison every week. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38688'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-33103/'> in the seventh year of his 15-year prison sentence, Hamzeh Darvish wrote an open letter to Javaid Rehman, the special reporter of the UN on human rights in Iran, and objected to the violation of his human rights and asked for an investigation. In the letter, he asks to be moved to the political prisoners' ward in Evin or Rajaei Shahr Prisons, access to an attorney of his choosing, and for his retrial request to be accepted. He also mentioned his bad health and infection in his head which has caused vertigo and severe headaches. He said medication has not helped him and he hasn't been treated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38689'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-33648/'> The investigation session for his new case at branch 16 of the public and revolutionary court of Rasht was held online in prison. He has been charged with insulting the leader and the founder of the revolution, and propaganda against the state. The case was brought against him with the complaint from the Ministry of Intelligence after the release of an audio file online in which he discusses the conditions in his prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38695'> He went on hunger strike to protest his condition in Lakan Prison and demanded to be returned to Rajaei Shahr Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38690'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-33758/'> He is still on hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38692'> According to IPA sources, after promises from the authorities, Hamzeh Darvish ended his hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38694'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34093/'> He went on hunger strike in protest of the new case against him in prison, receiving a prison sentence without access to an attorney, and being denied the right to appeal the ruling. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38693'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34024/'> The primary branch of the revolutionary court of Rasht sentenced him to 18 months and one day in prison for insulting the leader and the founder of the Islamic Republic, and seven months and 16 days in prison for propaganda against the state. After article 134, 18 months and one day is enforceable. He received the ruling in Lakan Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40204'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35466/'> HRANA reported that Hamzeh Darvishi has heart disease and ear infection but he has been denied sufficient medical treatment. According to the report, previously one of Mr. Darvish's ears had started to bleed after a beating, and the ear is now infected and he has suffered some hearing loss. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41189'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36431/'> A source reported that after Mr. Darvishi's health deteriorated and he requested to be taken to the infirmary, some prison authorities refused and severely beat him with a metal poll and after death threats, they transferred him to an undisclosed location. A source told HRANA that despite his family's repeated follow ups, they have not received a response about his situation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47364'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=400083'> He was transferred to solitary. HRANA reported that after his verbal altercation with prison authorities for denying him furlough, he was transferred to solitary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47363'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=400083'> He was denied communication and visitation. HRANA reported that after the altercation in prison he was denied communication and his family found it out after calling the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49349'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38333/'> HRANA reported that 20 days after Hamzeh Darvish's altercation in prison, his family was able to visit him for five minutes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49350'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38333/'> HRANA reported that he has not called his family since their last visit and the prison authorities do not offer a clear response to the family about his situation. According to the sources, although he was in solitary during the Lakan prison altercations, he is facing a new case against him. According to the report, his family's requests for his transfer to Gohardasht or Evin Prisons has been ignored. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47373'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=400083'> HRANA reported that he has been denied communication and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51753'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41170/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> After more than seven months of solitary confinement, Hamzeh Darvish was transferred to the 8th ward of Lakan prison (death row). According to HRANA's report, in addition to not respecting the principle of segregating prisoners based on "crimes", they are also denied family visits. The report stated that a new case has been opened against him in connection with the clashes in September 2022 with the complaint of the Prisons Organization. This case has been referred to the first branch of Rasht Revolutionary Court and is being processed. HRANA, quoting its sources, wrote that Mr. Darvish was charged by the 16th branch of the Rasht investigation for "insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, assembly and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the country's internal security, arson, intentional arson, and intentional destruction of buildings and properties with the intention of Confronting the Islamic government and insulting the leadership." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59913'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42759/'> According to HRANA, his hearing was held in the first branch of Rasht Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59914'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42759/'> According to HRANA, the first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, presided over by Judge Ahmad Darvish Goftar, sentenced him to five years in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion against the security of the country, five years in prison for the charge of participating in deliberate destruction to oppose the system, two years in prison for the charge of insulting the leader and the founder of the Islamic Republic, and exile to the city of Ramhormoz for deliberately burning the prison building and its belongings to oppose the system. According to the first article of the charge of destruction, it seems that the punishment issued was under the charge of waging war against the system. Therefore, with the application of Article 135 of the Criminal Code, five years of imprisonment and exile can be enforced. According to HRANA's report, it is stated in the document that during the exile, Mr. Darvish is prohibited from any kind of socializing, communication, and contact with others, except for his relatives. If he repents he can be pardoned by the leader after spending one year in exile. In this report, quoting a source, it is stated that this case was opened with the complaint of the Prisons' Organization following the fight in the prison in September 2022. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59916'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42759/'> According to HRANA, he has been denied family visits by the order of the prison authorities for 10 months now. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59917'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42809/'> He attempted suicide by swallowing pills. According to HRANA, he was transferred to a hospital in Rasht after attempting suicide and is hospitalized. It is stated in this report that he committed suicide by taking 12 diazepam tablets in protest against the sentencing of 14 years of imprisonment in exile and is hospitalized with handcuffs and shackles. HRANA quoted a source and wrote: > After the follow-up of Mr. Darvish's family members, it was revealed that his stomach was pumped in the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59918'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43174/'> HRANA reported that a few days after the suicide attempt, he was returned from Razi Hospital to the solitary cell of Lakan Prison in Rasht. It is stated in this report that since his return to prison, he has been on a hunger strike to protest the 14-year prison sentence in exile and the lack of consideration of his demands. Recently he has been denied family visits and phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59919'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43219/'> According to HRANA, without observing the principle of segregation of crimes, he was returned from solitary confinement to Ward 8 of Lakan prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59920'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43996/'> HRANA reported that he was stabbed in the back with a knife by the prisoners of the 8th Ward of Lakan Prison in recent days. According to this report, he was stitched and bandaged after being transferred to the prison hospital. In this report, quoting a source, it is stated: > The mentioned ward is for prisoners with death sentence. So far, the warden and officers of this prison have not dealt with the prisoners who attacked Hamzeh. They didn't even check the prison cameras. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59921'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44581/'> According to HRANA, he went on hunger strike to protest his detention in Ward 8 of Lakan prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59922'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44581/'> According to HRANA, on the orders of the warden of Lakan prison, he was transferred to one of the solitary cells of the prison, and was denied phone calls and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59923'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48492/'> According to HRANA, he committed suicide again by swallowing pills and was transferred to Razi Hospital in Rasht. In this report, it is stated that Mr. Darvish did this in protest against the 14-year prison sentence issued against him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59924'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48492/'> According to HRANA, despite the need for continued specialized medical care, he was returned to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59925'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48705/'> HRANA reported that he was transferred to solitary confinement in recent days and was denied phone calls and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60497'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48955/'> HRANA wrote that he was returned from solitary confinement to the 8th hall of Lakan prison in Rasht, and he is still kept in the violent crimes ward without observing the principle of segregation of crimes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>