Ahmad Reza Haeri

<p>He is from Ilam, but living in Tehran. Mr. Haeri received a prison sentence and flogging for protesting the "beating" of prisoners in Ward 350. He has been identified as the representative of the injured prisoners' families. Beating the prisoners in ward 350 happened in 2014, which became known as "Black Thursday."</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='31721'> "Our representatives should be present with the inspectors," said the political prisoners in Ward 350. Their personal belongings had previously gone missing while searching the ward. Agents then rushed into Ward 350, beating prisoners and seriously injured many of them. Later, political prisoners were divided into several wards and prisons </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31722'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f3-protesters-arrested-tehran/25358414.html'> Many people gathered in front of the Presidential Office to protest the beating of prisoners. At least five people named "Sohrab Salehin, Nadi Sabouri, Milad Pourisa, Javad Mohajeri, and Setareh Davoodi" were arrested. These people interrogated in the 2-A ward </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31720'> Sarollah Camp arrested him for protesting against the "beating" of political prisoners in Ward 350. Mr. Haeri was arrested about 20 days after attending a rally in front of the presidential office </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31723'> Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati, sentenced six defendants to prison. Milad Pourisa was sentenced to six years and three months in prison on the charge of "Assembly and collusion against national security" and another charge. Ahmad Reza Haeri and the other defendants received three years and six years in prison for the same charge mentioned above </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31724'> Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Zargar, confirmed the defendants' sentences. Ahmad Reza Haeri requested a retrial later, and his sentence was overturned in Branch 28 of the Supreme Court, presided over by Judge Izadpanah </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31725'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/39xpn5u'> According to Hengaw, He was arrested in the Judgment Enforcement Branch of the Evin Court. After being flogged, he was transferred to Fashafoyeh Prison to serve his sentence. After Mr. Hairi's sentence's overturning in the Supreme Court, the case was referred to the Appellate court. Branch 54 of the Tehran Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Babaei, had sentenced Ahmad Reza Haeri to six months in prison and 74 lashes recently. The verdict was issued on the charge of "disturbing public order," and it seems that "propaganda against the system" was another charge against him </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33011'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26947/'> He was released from Fashafuyeh Prison on parole. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37284'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b4%da%a9%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%e2%80%8c%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%9b-%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%b6%d8%a7/'> He was summoned for cyber crimes after a complaint filed by the Prisons Organization. He has been charged with "disseminating lies, slander, and insults". Mr. Haeri has written about human rights violations in Iranian prisons and the conditions of political prisoners for a long time. It seems the reason for the summon is his activities regarding the conditions of prisons and political prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40583'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35124/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> According to HRANA, the IRGC Intelligence agents searched his home and confiscated some of his personal items. The agents asked him to report to Evin court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40584'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1541388606253809664?s=20&t=Yk67Oemw9ReWOOmEmWpCag'> Ahmad Reza Haeri was arrested by IRGC Intelligence agents and taken to ward 2-Alef of Evin Prison. Human rights activist Arash Sadeghi tweeted that nine IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Mr. Haeri without a warrant and confiscated his cellphone and laptop as well. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40796'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35977/'> Ahmad Reza Haeri was transferred to the general population ward of Evin Prison after his last defense. According to HRANA, he has been denied family visits and access to an attorney since the arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40921'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/68577'> His attorney Ramin Safarnia told Emtedad that Mr. Haeri has been arraigned for the charges of propaganda against the state and conspiracy against national security. He said during this time he has not had access to his client's case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41023'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ramin1safarnia/status/1554936438437060608'> His attorney announced that Mr. Haeri has been released on bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41713'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ramin1safarnia/status/1564932161429557248'> The 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced Ahmad Reza Haeri to four years and four months in prison. His attorney announced on Twitter that his client has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for acts against national security and eight months in prison for propaganda against the state. (If confirmed by the appeal court, three years and eight months in accordance with article 134. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50536'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ahmadreza_haeri/status/1645775287299330049'> The arrest warrant was issued by the sentence enforcement branch of the Evin courthouse. Ahmad Reza Haeri posted a tweet on his page and wrote: > Today, the warrant for my arrest was issued by the sentence enforcement unit of Evin, while yesterday I was notified to the guarantor to present myself to the bailiff to enforce the sentence of three years and eight months, otherwise the bail will be confiscated." He also wrote that his bank account has been frozen and a "seizure order has been issued for his car. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52429'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41069/'> HRANA wrote that Ahmad Reza Haeri went to Evin prison after the judiciary pressured the person who put up his bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52432'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/78993'> He was sentenced to prison for three months and one day by Branch 1040 of Tehran Criminal Court 2 in absentia, based on the complaint of the Tehran Provincial Prisons Organization, on charges of publishing falsehoods. While announcing this news, he wrote that among the documents of this verdict were his writings about the death of political and non-political prisoners, including Sasan Niknafs and Amir Hossein Hatami in 2021 in Tehran prison. According to the Emtedad report, this sentence was issued while the senior officials of the Prisons Organization were summoned to court last week in the case of the death of Amir Hossein Hatami with the complaint of his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59560'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/783542'> Ahmad Reza Haeri, in a letter addressed to Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, head of the judiciary, protested against discrimination against some prisoners. In this letter, which was published by Radio Zamaneh, Mr. Haeri stated "I am suffering from emotional abuse through cutting off phone calls and being denied face-to-face visits with my wife and young daughter" </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59561'> <reference source='https://x.com/majiddorri/status/1716818159154704682'> Majid Dari, a former student activist, wrote on his Twitter account while publishing a picture of a group in which Ahmad Reza Haeri was among them, that the 10 prisoners transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison have been denied family visits so far. According to Mr. Dari, Hasti, the 9-year-old daughter of Ahmad Reza Haeri, has been deprived of seeing her father for the past three months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59563'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202311200705'> In a letter, a copy of which was obtained by Iran International, Ahmad Reza Haeri wrote: > Saman Yasin has not been taken to any court except in the same show court session in November last year, and his lawyer is not allowed to access his case either. Saying that Saman Yassin's condition is not good these days, Haeri emphasized in a part of his letter: > The investigators of his case seem to be seeking the mental and psychological collapse of this young man; because he did not give in to their demands in the face of that amount of pressure and torture. In another part of this letter, the description of Yassin's mock execution and mental torture during his interrogation by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in November 2022, has been quoted directly from him. In a part of his narration, Yasin said: > An officer said, "Your execution order has arrived .... I had heard what this sentence meant from other prisoners! I was frozen. He gave me a paper and a pen and said: > Write a will if you have any." I said I have written it before. It's in my stuff. According to Yasin, he was so shocked at that moment as if he was having a terrible dream and was waiting to be woken up by the sound of someone's scream. According to Haeri's letter, Yassin continues as follows: > I was waiting every moment for the rug to be pulled from under my feet and after the advice of the old officer about the "benefits of repentance before execution", the crooked tying of the noose would break my neck and end it all! He went on to say that he heard the sound of a mobile phone ringing, and said: > I [heard] the voice of the same older officer who was saying, should we hold off for now? Did you give him another chance to cooperate?" According to Yassin, when the younger agent untied the rope from around his neck, he fell to the ground "as if both his legs had been cut off. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59564'> <reference source='https://x.com/MizanNewsAgency/status/1727193911917961499'> Mehr, a news agency affiliated with the Islamic Propaganda Organization, announced the filing of a new court case against Ahmad Reza Haeri, due to what it called "falsehood". Mizan, the official news agency of the Judiciary, wrote in a post on the X social network: > Ahmed Reza Haeri was summoned to the Tehran Prosecutor's Office due to the allegations he made about a prisoner. The investigator of the case, while conducting technical investigations, asked him to provide the documents and evidence of his claims. Fars, a news agency affiliated with the IRGC, referring to a letter written by Ahmad Reza Haeri about the health condition of Saman Yassin (Seydi) and his tortures to force a confession, including "artificial execution", wrote that this prisoner "made allegations about another prisoner." and "due to the importance of the claims , the prosecutor of Tehran issued an order to summon and investigate Ahmad Reza Haeri, and yesterday this person was investigated by the judicial authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59565'> <reference source='https://www.zeitoons.com/112925'> Ahmad Reza Haeri, in an open letter to the head of Tehran's judiciary and revolutionary prosecutor, while denying the news of Mizan news agency, emphasized the truth of his claim about the violation of Saman Yassin's rights and his "artificial execution". The full text of the open letter has been published on the Zeitoun website. Mr. Haeri wrote in this letter that just one day after the publication of his letter about the "artificial execution of Saman Yassin", "Mr. Nayeri, the Assistant Prosecutor in charge of Ghezel Hesar Prison", had a "video conference" with him about "evidence, clues, and documents" of violation of Saman Yassin's rights. He emphasized that he has "solid evidence" regarding the artificial execution of Saman Yassin that "if there is an independent judicial system in the Islamic Republic and the will to achieve justice" it is very easy to investigate. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59566'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/85098'> He was denied medical treatment and sent to the hospital. According to the Emtedad report, Ahmad Reza Haeri, who suffers from corneal disease, was denied specialized medical treatment and transfer to Farabi Hospital due to his opposition to being transferred with handcuffs. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59567'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/800667'> In a letter addressed to the Coordinating Council of Educators' Union Organizations of Iran and the Reform Front, he asked for protest of the continued violation of the right to a fair trial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55053'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/attack-ir-forces-political-prisoners-protest-execution-qezelhesar/7460495.html'> The protest of the political prisoners of Ghezel Hesar Prison regarding the threat of execution of four Kurdish political prisoners imprisoned in Evin Prison (Mohsen Mazloum, Vafa Azarbar, Pezhman Fatehi, and Mohammad Faramarzi) was met with the attack of the intelligence agents inside the prison and "beating and breaking the prisoners' belongings". The Farsi section of Voice of America quoted Payam Salmanzadeh, the son of Reza Salmanzadeh, one of the political prisoners in Unit 4 of Ghezel Hesar prison, and wrote: > Political prisoners of Unit 4 of Ghezel Hesar prison went on strike and shouted slogans in protest of the death sentence of four Kurdish political prisoners in Evin prison. Following this event, "prison intelligence protection officers and the Ministry of Intelligence's own officers raided the prison." Payam Salmanzadeh also said, "In the last contact we had with the inside of Unit 4, the officers were standing in the yard with guns, and we have no news from that point on, and they also disconnected the phones." Reza Mohammad Hosseini also confirmed in a call from the prison, the audio file of which has been made available to Voice of America, that the prison authorities, in addition to "obscenity and threats", "filmed the prisoners and Unit 4 and took some of the prisoners' personal belongings. According to Mohammad Hosseini, the security forces, including the warden of the prison, the head of intelligence protection, and people such as Ghasem Sahraei, Milady,, and Maulvi were also present in this attack. According to HRANA, five political prisoners were injured after the attack by security agents. HRANA confirmed the identity of two of these five injured political prisoners. According to this report, Afshin Baymani, a political prisoner who was recently transferred from Isfahan's Asadabad Prison to Ghezel Hesar, was sent to the hospital outside the prison due to a blow to the chest, and relative loss of consciousness, and Saman Yasin, another injured political prisoner, has been deprived of proper medical care despite the wound in the chest area. At the same time, Mohammad Farahani, the editor-in-chief of Mizan, the official news agency of the Judiciary, in his personal account on the X channel, while denying the beating of political prisoners and the attack on Ward 4, claimed: > Several mobile phones, SIM cards, and hard drives have been discovered from the convicts. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55054'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/801348'> Jafar Ebrahimi, Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb, Sepehr Emam Jomeh, Loghman Aminpour, Ahmad Reza Haeri, Meysam Dehbanzadeh, Reza Salmanzadeh, Hamzeh Savari, Saeed Masouri and Reza Mohammad Hosseini, political prisoners in Ghezel Hesar prison, in a statement published by Radio Zamaneh regarding the spread of executions in Iran, warned and announced that they will go on a hunger strike every Tuesday together with other prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55318'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32802399.html'> According to Radio Farda, the group "Prisoners on strike on Black Tuesdays of Ghezel Hesar Prison" consisting of 10 political prisoners who had previously announced that they will go on hunger strike every Tuesday to protest the executions, published a letter in which they asked Neda Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN and invited her to meet and talk with them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59568'> <reference source='https://x.com/a_motalebzadeh/status/1754957539622445266'> Aliyeh Matalebzadeh, a journalist and women's rights activist, published a video on her X channel account in which Hasti, the child of Ahmad Reza Haeri, reads a letter she wrote for her father's birthday. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59569'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cp9w9kyvkdwo'> In a letter, a copy of which was obtained by BBC Farsi, Ahmad Reza Haeri reacted to the continuation of executions in this prison as well as the upcoming elections of the Islamic Council (parliament). Referring to the names of some of those killed in the protests, Mr. Haeri stated that they are the real "voices of the nation", not those "representatives in the Islamic Parliament". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59570'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202403116273'> Due to writing letters against the death penalty, presidential elections, and violation of the prisoners' right to a fair trial, he faced a new case and was summoned to the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office. While announcing this news, Iran International wrote that based on the summons sent to Haeri in prison, he must appear in the first investigation branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court on Monday, March 21. According to the report of Iran International, in response to his summons, he said: > Due to the illegal process of this type of notification, which practically deprived me of the right to be accompanied by a lawyer, I will not go to this interrogation session under any circumstances. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56851'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/6633/'> Iran Human Rights Organization wrote that the officials of the Ghezal Hesar prison in Karaj, have denied at least four of the sick political prisoners in this prison from transfer to hospital. The prisoner, Ahmadreza Haeri, Afshin Baymani, Hamzeh Savari and Meisam Dehbanzadeh, have been "deliberately and discriminately" denied from transfer to the hospital. Iran Human Rights Organization wrote: > Ahmedreza Haeri needs an eye specialist. Afshin Baymani should have had a heart operation a few months ago, but no one is willing to send him to the hospital and he is in a serious and dangerous condition. Meisam Dehbanzadeh should be sent to medical centers for emergency surgery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59571'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4h35d628'> He was transferred to the solitary cell of unit 3 by the order of the head of information protection of Ghezel Hesar prison. While announcing this news, IranWire wrote that on Saturday, May 18, when Saman Yasin, a rapper imprisoned in Ghezel Hesar prison, was returned to the prison after visiting the hospital, Mr. Haeri, seeing the deterioration of Yasin's condition, spoke with Salehi, the judicial deputy of the prison about his condition. According to this source, apparently, during the talks, an argument arose between Mr. Haeri and the prison guard, Sadat Rasoul. Regarding the condition of Mr. Haeri's eyes, this source told Iranwire: > The weakness of Ahmadreza Haeri's eyes is serious and his vision has become extremely impaired during his imprisonment. Haeri was examined several times by the prison doctor who poured some drops into his eyes for temporary treatment. The prison authorities have decided that he will be sent to an ophthalmologist outside the prison for another examination on Tuesday this week. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60541'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3VqeDP1'> According to IranWire, branch one of the investigations of Karaj General and Revolution Prosecutor's Office has sent a letter to Ghezel Hesar prison, demanding that he be sent to Karaj Revolution Prosecutor's Office. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61129'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3efwrptj'> In a letter published by IranWire, he cited lack of participation in the presidential "appointments" as a reason for guarding the "Glorious No" of the Iranian people to the regime in the last elections of the Islamic Council (parliament). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63312'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/mw9cy89p'> In an open letter published by IranWire, Ahmad Reza Haeri, Hamzeh Savari, and Saeed Masouri protested against the systematic killing and indirect (white) killing of political prisoners by the judicial system. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63449'> <reference source='https://x.com/Ramin1safarnia/status/1834585405015851282'> Attorney Ramin Safarnia announced in an interview to Shargh newspaper that the Supreme Court of Iran accepted the request for a retrial of Ahmad Reza Haeri. He has expressed his hope that his client will be released on bail pending the determination of the branch of the same rank and the final investigation of the case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63770'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/834142'> Radio Zamaneh reported that he is facing a new court case for reporting human rights violations in prison, and that he is not willing to appear in the Investigation Branch One of the Karaj Revolutionary Court due to illegal procedures of the notification. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='64165'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-51062/'> According to HRANA, his interrogation session was held in the first investigation branch of Karaj General and Revolution Prosecutor's Office in the form of a video conference, and Mr. Haeri defended himself against the accusations of propaganda against the regime and spreading lies. The page attributed to him wrote: > This filing is based on the pressure of the security institutions and based on the reports and complaints of the authorities of Ghezel Hesar Karaj prison due to the letters and reports of this imprisoned human rights activist against the torture of prisoners and his activity against the death penalty in the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>