Pouya Mazloumi

Pouya Mazloumi is a worker from Langroud living in Tehran and a graduate of performative literature from Kharazmi University. He was arrested during the countrywide uprising in response to Mahsa Amini's murder.

<coverage-outsourcing id='43733'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3VFVTJC'> Pouya Mazloumi was arrested by the IRGC Intelligence forces at his home in Tehran. IranWire reported that the security forces told his family that he was being arrested for publishing a photo of the suppression forces on social media, but the judiciary is yet to communicate his charges. According to IranWire, he was sick at the time of the arrest and the doctor had ordered bed rest. Since he has not been allowed to contact his family, they are worried about his health. He was arrested in the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43734'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/149270'> BBC Persian reported that her family has not received any information about him for the past three weeks and the last thing they heard was that he is in ward 241 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43736'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37952/'> According to HRANA, he was recently transferred to Greater Tehran Prison, and despite the bail being set at 15 billion rials, the judge in his case is keeping him in prison without a decision. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='44609'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=387539'> According to HRANA, Judge Salavati at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court sentenced him to five years in prison, two years ban from leaving the country, and any online activities. According to the report, he was charged with assembly and collusion, and disrupting the public order. The report might have only been about the enforceable sentence after applying article 134 of the IPC. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47635'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39768/'> He was released from prison. 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. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>