Saman Ghazzali

Saman Ghazzali is a journalist and environmental activist living in Mahabad. He has been arrested and sentenced to prison several times in the past years. He was arrested in the wave of arrests of activists, at the same time as the nationwide uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='33789'> <reference source='http://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=14236'> Salar Ghazzali and Saman Ghazzali were arrested by intelligence agents and taken to Urmia Intelligence Detention Center. It was reported that the security forces searched the house of these two and confiscated some of their personal belongings such as mobile phones, books, etc. They are accused of "collaborating with Kurdish groups against the state". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33790'> <reference source='http://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=14912'> Salar Ghazzali and Saman Ghazzali were transferred to Mahabad prison. These two have been deprived of the right to contact and visit their families while being held in the Urmia Intelligence Detention Center. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Saman Ghazzali was on hunger strike for 15 days during his long-term detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34313'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2M7bC6e'> Mr. Ghazzali was sentenced to prison. The first branch of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Javad Gholami, sentenced the two brothers, Saman and Salar Ghazzali, to three years and six months in prison (each) on the charge of "membership in anti-establishment groups". In Kurdpa's report, "propaganda against the state" is also mentioned as an accusation; That accusation may have been mentioned just as an example of the charge, and in fact, the only legal charge of the accused could be "membership in groups against the regime", but if a prison sentence has been issued for the charge of "propaganda against the state", with the application of Article 134 Probably three years in prison will be applicable for each of them. Atlas assumed that the defendants had only one charge, and based on that, it has mentioned the full sentence in the statistics section. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42367'> <reference source='https://t.me/kurdpaagency/17545'> Saman Ghazzali and Salar Ghazzali were released from Mahabad prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42365'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/j_post_status/%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ba%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%84%db%8c%d8%8c-%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%87%d9%86%da%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%af-%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%af'> Saman Ghazzali was arrested after being summoned to the Mahabad Intelligence Department. According to Radio Zamaneh, a few days before his arrest, he had commented on the strikes that took place in Kurdish cities in a short interview with DW Farsi. Saman Ghazzali's arrest coincided with the start of nationwide protests in Iran, which was in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqqez who was killed by the officers of the Morality Patrol. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42366'> <reference source='https://t.me/kurdpaagency/23960'> According to Kurdpa, Saman Ghazali was transferred from Mahabad prison to the IRGC intelligence detention center in Urmia. According to this report, he was tortured during his detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42774'> <reference source='https://cutt.ly/NNixMiY'> Saman Ghazzali went on a hunger strike to protest the continued detention and indecision at the IRGC Intelligence detention center of Urmia. While announcing this news, Kurdpa wrote that he had been deprived of visits and calling his family since 11 days ago. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45175'> <reference source='https://t.me/kurdpaagency/26391'> He was released from Mahabad Prison on a bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45177'> <reference source='shorturl.at/fHO05'> According to Kurdpa, Saman Ghazzali was sentenced to eight months in prison and banned from journalism for one year by the first branch of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court on charges of propaganda against the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>