Yashar Tohidi

Yashar Tohidi was a student in the Science and Technology faculty at the Azad University of Tehran. he was sentenced to prison for charges related to "membership in Marxist groups".

• <coverage-outsourcing id='23068'> He was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23069'> He was arrested again </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23167'> According to Atlas, he was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39801'> According to IPA sources, Judge Iman Afshari at the 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran sentenced Yashar Tohidi and Mohammad Irannejad to two years and nine months in prison for acts against national security through "membership in Marxists groups" and eight months in prison for propaganda against the state. Sara Askari was sentenced to six months in prison and 70 million rials in fines. Ms. Askari's sentence has been suspended for five years. If the sentences are confirmed at the appeal, Yashar Tohidi and Mohammad Irannejad will serve two years and nine months in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39800'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3aB3xTl'> He went to Evin Prison to serve his sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41897'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36910/'> Yashar Tohidi has been denied sufficient medical treatment. According to HRANA's sources: > Mr. Tohidi has ADD and is taking medication but the prison authorities refuse to provide the medication regularly, claiming the ADD medication is scarce in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42868'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1582749570421116929?s=20&t=pKVL7Ny0f8Pnd78DuiHi8w'> He was taken to hospital after taking a bullet in the leg at Evin Prison. Journalist Farzad Seifikaran reported on Twitter: > Yashar Tohidi is at ward eight of Evin Prison. On the night of Evin Prison's fire, he was shot in the upper leg and was transferred to the hospital for severe bleeding. During the countrywide protests in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini, parts of Evin Prison were set on fire. A number of prisoners lost their lives, and some were wounded by the bullets shot by the prison guards. A number of prisoners suffered poisoning from breathing in the smoke and tear gas. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42911'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ahmadreza_haeri/status/1583127933572419584?s=20&t=OxSivXR8GR6-37zgN4U3MQ'> Former Political Prisoner Ahmadreza Haeri tweeted: > Yashar Tohidi is a civil rights activist in ward eight of Evin Prison who was shot in the leg by live ammunition. He has returned to ward eight of the prison from the hospital today. Mr. Haeri went on to say that the morale of the political prisoners in this ward is not good. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43324'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37799/'> Despite his bad health, prison authorities refuse to send him to a hospital or on medical furlough. According to HRANA, Mr. Tohidi's leg nerves are severely inflamed and he almost passes out from the pain. According to the source, he has been taken to the infirmary on a stretcher several times and returned after taking a painkiller. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44187'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3iNKOIs'> He was reported to be in critical health. IranWire released an audio file from Yashar Tohidi from prison and said since the infection has reached the main nerve in one of his legs, there is a risk of permanent damage, but the prison authorities still refuse to send him to a hospital. In a phone call from prison, Yashar said he has been in severe pain and lack of sleep in the past 30 days and that "I see death in front of me every day, and I wish to die at night". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46285'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38368/'> Due to the complaint from the Prisons Organization, Amir Abbas Azarmvand, Yashar Tohidi, Meysam Golshani, Mohammad Khani, Reza Salmanzadeh, and Javad Seyedi were all charged with libel, destruction of other people's property, insulting the authorities and agents, death threats, and disseminating lies. According to HRANA this case was opened after the Evin Prison fire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48249'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9YOMso-fx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Erfan Karam Veisi reported on Instagram that he has visited Evin Prison to have in-person meetings with his clients Yashar Tohidi, Parsa Golshani, and Javad Seyedi but the prison authorities denied them in-person visit and only allowed them cabin visit. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46292'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cntht4lu8nB/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY='> Attorney at law Erfan Karamveisi announced that the assistant prosecutor at Evin court issued an order of non-suit for Amir Abbas Azarmvand, Yashar Tohidi, Parsa Golshani, Mohammad Khani, Reza Salmanzadeh, and Javad Seyedi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46926'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ErfanKaramveisi/status/1619701121563475969?s=20'> His attorney Erfan Karamveisi said on Twitter that after the pause on the enforcement of his sentence, his client was released from Evin Prison for one month on a bail of five billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47397'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/erfankaramveisi/status/1624660126878556160?s=46&t=YZzRqNCmVEintbbSKI0UeQ'> Yashar Tohidi's attorney said on Twitter that his parole has been approved and he will not return to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>