Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh

Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh is the inspector for the teachers’ trade union of Fars province. He was arrested and incarcerated on several occasions because of his union activities for teachers’ rights.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='24650'> He was arrested because of his activities for teacher demonstrations in different cities </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26156'> He was transferred to Adel Abad prison and was released five days later. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24651'> Teacher Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was sentenced to two years in prison (Article 134: one year) and a one-year exile to Arsenjan on charges "insulting" and "propaganda against the system" by judge Sadati </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24652'> He began his prison term in Shiraz </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25212'> It was reported that the Appeals Court reduced his sentence to eight months in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26682'> He was released after serving his sentence. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30596'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/45089.htm'> He went to Shiraz Prison to serve a one-year prison sentence due to pressure on the pledger. The case details are not available </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31509'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25592/'> He went on a leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40488'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30688/'> According to HRANA, he was released after serving his sentence in Adel Abad Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40489'> <reference source='https://t.me/edalatxah/15654'> He was arrested and released on the same day. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40487'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34883/'> According to HRANA, he was arrested at the same time as the teachers’ assembly in Shiraz in support of their arrested colleagues. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40490'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35428/'> HRANA reported his transfer to the Quran ward in Shiraz central detention center. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40484'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/11532'> He announced that he has begun his hunger strike. According to the letter published on the website of the Coordinating Council of Teachers Trade Unions of Iran, he began his hunger strike in protest of his illegal arrest and the accusations brought by judiciary and security authorities. He announced that if after three days they are not prepared to release him, he will begin a dry hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40491'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35503/'> HRANA reported that he ended his hunger strike after promises from authorities. According to the teachers’ trade union channel, the prison authorities told him that if he continued his hunger strike, they would separate the imprisoned teachers into different wards. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40492'> <reference source='https://t.me/kasenfi/22302'> According to the Teachers’ Trade Unions channel, after his transfer to the violent offenders' ward, he went on a wet hunger strike again. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40483'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/11697'> According to the Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Unions channel, after six days he shifted to a wet hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40640'> <reference source='https://t.me/AnjomanSenfi_Fars/694'> His health condition was reported as critical on the 12th day of his hunger strike. According to the report from the teachers’ trade union of Fars province, he has lost his ability to speak and his blood pressure has severely dropped. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40724'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/11908'> Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Unions reported that Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh has ended his hunger strike after requests from teachers’ guild activists and promises about his release from judicial authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40735'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/11939'> According to the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Unions, he was released from Adel Abad Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52231'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/15670'> According to the channel of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers' Unions, Gholamreza Gholami Kendazi and Mohammad Ali Zhamtekash were arrested by the security forces at the same time as teachers gathered in Shiraz to protest the spread of serial poisoning of students and were released a few hours later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52063'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ramin1safarnia/status/1667477927875805184'> The trial of trade union activists of Fars province was held. Attorney Ramin Safarnia announced in a tweet that the hearing of the case of Zahra Esfandiari, Mozhgan Bagheri, Asghar Amirzadegan, Abdolrazzagh Amiri, Iraj Rahnama, Gholamreza Gholami, Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh and Afshin Razmjou was held in the first branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court. These teachers were arrested in May 2022 along with a large number of educators' union activists across the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52230'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/16841'> The first branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Sadati issued its ruling in the case of eight teachers union activists of Fars province. According to the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers' Organizations, based on this ruling, Asghar Amirzadegan, Gholamreza Gholami, Mozhgan Bagheri, Afshin Razmjouei, Iraj Rahnama and Mohammad Ali Zahmtakesh were each sentenced to five years in prison, Abdolrazzagh Amiri and Zahra Esfandiari were also sentenced to two years in prison. According to another report from the Coordinating Council, this sentence was issued for the charge of assembly and collusion. Based on this report, Abdulrazzagh Amiri and Zahra Esfandiari will spend their sentences outside the prison under electronic monitoring. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52253'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/16894'> In a statement, the Teachers' Union called on the "judicial authorities and security forces" of the Islamic Republic to end "framing and building cases against teachers and issuing unfair sentences" while "strongly condemning" the issuing of heavy sentences to the protesting teachers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54465'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17882'> According to the report of the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Organizations of Iran, the 37th branch of the Court of Appeal of Fars province sentenced eight members of the teachers' union of this province to imprisonment and deprivation of social rights. According to the decision of this court, Afshin Razmjou, Iraj Rahnama, Asghar Amirzadegan, and Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh, each have been sentenced to five years in prison and banned from activities online and banned from leaving the country with the cancellation of their passports for two years. Also, according to this report, the Court of Appeal of Fars province has sentenced Mozhgan Bagheri to two years of imprisonment, prohibition of activities online and prohibition of leaving the country by revoking her passport for two years. According to the report, Zahra Esfandiari and Abdol Razzagh Amiri have each been sentenced to two years of imprisonment under the supervision of electronic surveillance systems within 1000 meters of their residence, prohibited from leaving the country by canceling their passports, and prohibited from activities online for two years. Based on the decision, Gholamreza Gholami Kendazi was also sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion, banned from activities online and prohibited from leaving the country with the cancellation of his passport for two years, five years in prison for the charge of membership in the opposition groups of the Islamic Republic, Mandatory stay in Birjand for two years and prohibition to leave the country with the cancellation of passport and prohibition of activities online for two years and one year imprisonment for the charge of propaganda against the system. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54486'> <reference source='https://t.me/AnjomanSenfi_Fars/1302'> The channel of the Fars Teachers' Union Association wrote that Gholamreza Gholami Kondazi, Iraj Rahnama, Afshin Razmjoui and Mohammad Ali Zhemtakhesh are serving their imprisonment in the 14th Super Security Unit and Mozhgan Bagheri in the Women's Ward of Shiraz Central Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54459'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C1uUrlZrsmX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=='> Asghar Amirzadegan wrote on his Instagram account that the Supreme Court of the country has violated the rulings issued by the 37th branch of the Fars Court of Appeals against him, Iraj Rahnama, Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh, Gholamreza Gholami Kendazi, and Afshin Razmjoui and their cases will be sent to the same branch. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54710'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/18402'> Iraj Rahnama, Gholamreza Gholami Kondazi, Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh, and Afshin Razmjouei were transferred from Adel Abad prison in Shiraz to Nezam Prosecutor's Office prison. While announcing this news, the Coordinating Council of the Teachers' Organizations wrote that Iraj Rahnama and Gholamreza Gholami Kendazi are on a hunger strike and the concerns of the teachers' community about their physical condition are increasing. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55087'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/18475'> According to the report of the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Organizations of Iran, the first branch of the Fars Provincial Court of Appeals reduced the five-year prison sentences of Afshin Razmjouei, Iraj Rahnama, Gholamreza Gholami Kondazi, Mohammad Ali Zhamatkesh and Asghar Amirzadegan to two years in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55681'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/18556'> According to the report of the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Organizations of Iran, Iraj Rahnama, Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh, and Afshin Razmjou, who were serving their sentences in Adel Abad prison, will now spend the remainder of their imprisonment at home. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>