Vahid Chavaran

Vahid Chavaran is from Abdanan. In 2023, he was arrested and sentenced to long-term imprisonment in connection with the Women, Life, Freedom uprising.

<coverage-outsourcing id='57406'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/07/97'> According to Kurdpa, he was arrested at the Urmia border while he was trying to leave the country. According to Kurdpa's report, he was wanted by the security forces due to his active participation in the uprising of Women, Life, Freedom, and the security apparatus raided his house several times, but they did not succeed in arresting him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57407'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/07/97'> Vahid Chavaran started a hunger strike. Kordpa, while publishing this news, wrote that his strike was in protest against torture and forced confession. This source explained that Mr. Chavaran was forced to confess against himself due to severe torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57408'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43108/'> HRANA wrote that he is being kept in the Ilam Intelligence Detention Center and is waiting for the court to be held. According to this report, he was charged by the first investigation branch of the Dehloran Prosecutor's Office with "participating in fighting by drawing automatic light weapons to kill and intimidate the public in a way that undermined the security in the public places of Dehloran city in February 2023, assembly and collusion with more than two people to commit a crime against the country's internal security, participation in public order disturbance and display of force and shooting with firearms that resulted in the injury of a police officer, participation in intentional assault and participation in the initiation of intentional murder with an automatic light weapon and participation in the destruction of public property (central police station car) with the intention of confronting the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57410'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/ycs2zs97'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Vahid Chavaran, Mohammad Hossein Haseli, Naser Rezaei, and Bakhtiar Mohammadzadeh went on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59671'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/ycs2zs97'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that Vahid Chavaran, Mohammad Hossein Haseli and Naser Rezaei sewed their lips a day after the hunger strike started, following the disregard of the officials of the Ilam Central Detention Center to their demands. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57415'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202309100020'> According to Iran International, at the same time as Vahid Chavaran's hunger strike, his family started a sit-in in front of the governor's building in Abdanan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57412'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/09/149'> Kurdpa wrote that Hossein Ashouri, Azim Yadegari, Farshad Ayini, Saadollah Ayini, Mohammad Hossein Haseli, Vahid Chavaran, Naser Rezaei and Bakhtiar Mohammadzadeh have been summoned to the Criminal Court of Ilam. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57409'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43108/'> HRANA wrote that his arrest order was recently extended for a month. This action was taken while Mr. Chavaran had been in temporary detention for four months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='61821'> <reference source='https://hengaw.net/fa/news/archive/63782'> According to Hengaw, eight protesters from Abdanan, Dehloran, and Darehshahr in Ilam province were sentenced to a total of 64 years in prison by the first branch of the Ilam Revolutionary Court headed by Rajab Mohammadi. According to this report, Naser Rezaei, Vahid Chavaran, and Mohammad Hassan Haseli were each sentenced to 12 years in prison and exiled to Kerman, Zahedan, and Mashhad prisons. Also, Saadollah Ayini was sentenced to 12 years, Azim Yadgari to 10 years and Hossein Bapirvand, Bakhtiar Mohammadzadeh, and Farshad Ayini were also sentenced to two years in prison. HRANA also wrote in a report that Nasser Rezaei, Vahid Chavaran and Mohammad Hassan Haseli have been accused of charges such as participation in Moharebeh by pulling automatic light firearms, disturbing public order, and insulting the leader. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57411'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46309/'> Vahid Chavaran attempted suicide by swallowing a pill in protest against the issuance of a long-term prison sentence and is now hospitalized with a ban on visitation. According to HRANA, the second branch of the Ilam Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Rajab Mohammadi, sentenced him to 12 years in Zahedan prison. "Participating in Moharebeh by pulling light automatic firearms, disrupting public order, and insulting the leader" are the charges or examples that led to his conviction. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57413'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46344/'> He was returned from the hospital to Ilam Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57414'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46743/'> HRANA wrote that Mr. Chavaran protested the court's verdict and his case is awaiting re-examination. According to the report, he is kept in Ilam prison while deprived of visitation rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='64042'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-50977/'> HRANA reported that Vahid Chavaran, Mohammad Hossein Haseli, and Naser Rezaei have been deprived of family visits for more than eight months by order of the judge of the case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>