Hamid Khosropour
In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests
Millions of demonstrators protests in several cities of Iran, after the petrol price rise. Though, the early hours of the protests were aimed at the petrol price rise, soon after the protests turned against the government. From the earliest moments firing on protesters began in many places and security forces killed or injured hundreds. November's nationwide protests consider as the largest uprising against the government till now by many people, and the Islamic Republic's reaction admitted as the largest crackdown on non-partisan protesters <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='30003'> As the nationwide demonstrations began in November 2019, large numbers of protesters arrested by Iranian security forces. Most of them discharged shortly after, but some are still being in detention </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='30004'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/aban3/'> IPA published the names of 54 detainees of November 2019's protests. IPA had published the identities of 97 protesters who were arrested for participating in protests before </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='30006'> According to IPA, Mr. Khosropoor was "tortured" during interrogation. According to information obtained by IPA, officers at Sarollah's headquarters "beat" him and "hurt his toenails." He had been shocked after these behaviors and had symptoms such as tremors and stuttering </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='30005'> According to IPA, Hamid Khosropour has been sentenced to one year in prison and four months of forced work in underserved areas of the country under the supervision of the Basij organization on the charge of "gathering and planning to act against national security" by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Afshari </coverage-outsourcing>
- <coverage-outsourcing id='30748'> He was released from prison </coverage-outsourcing>