• <coverage-outsourcing id='45394'> At the same time as the nationwide protests, security forces arrested Kasra Nouri, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Faezeh Abdipour and Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam by attacking a hospital in Tehran. During the arrest, the detainees and a number of other citizens were beaten and gunshots were shot. All four were transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison. The four Dervishes started their hunger strike as soon as they were arrested. They were transferred to solitary confinement cells of Rajayi Shahr prison in Karaj after a few days. Several other dervishes went on a sit-in to protest these arrests at Evin Prison. This unprecedented sit-in, which lasted about 10 days and included several hundreds to several thousand protesters at different times, led to the release of all four </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48360'> On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </coverage-outsourcing>