Mohammad Havashemzadeh

Mohammad Havashemzadeh is a citizen of Bandar Abbas and one of the detainees of the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Tehran. Before he was arrested and returned to Iran, he was working as a cafe owner in the city of Antalya, Turkey. The interrogators have cited his residence in Turkey to charge him with "espionage".

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='49708'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40057/'> He was arrested for violence and assault. Publishing this news, IranWire wrote: "When he went shopping with his sister, six people in civilian clothes surrounded him, two people from behind and four people from the front, and arrested him with a severe beating. They used pepper spray in his face and threw him behind the motorcycle and took him to the 1-A building of the IRGC Intelligence. IranWire later wrote in a report that Mohammad Havashemzadeh was transferred to the Greater Tehran prison after three days of solitary confinement in the 1-A detention center of the IRGC. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49709'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40057/'> He has been under temporary arrest in Greater Tehran Prison for over four months now. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49885'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/gu9f'> Iranwire reported that during his imprisonment in Greater Tehran Prison, Mohammad Havashemzadeh was transferred to Tehran's 1-A Detention Center and interrogated at least twice; the first time for 10 days. According to this report, he was transferred to 1-A Detention Center at the request of Abolqasem Salavati, head of branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. During hearings on the accusations of Mohammad Havashimzadeh, Judge Salavati also deprived him of having a lawyer and told Mr. Havashimzadeh's mother that the accusation of her son was "espionage" and that he had decided to issue a "death sentence" against him. IranWire also quoted an informed source as saying that in order to exert psychological pressure on Mohammad Havashimzadeh, the agents told him "your niece is dead and your mother had a stroke." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49712'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/iranwire/status/1637183671110172681'> By releasing an audio file from the Greater Tehran prison, he announced that he would go on a hunger strike if the detention and indecision in the prison continued. In a part of this audio file published by IranWire, Mohammad Havashemzadeh says that he and a number of other prisoners in the Greater Tehran prison will go on a mass hunger strike to protest the continued detention, indecision, and the decision of the judicial authorities to transfer political prisoners to other prisons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50398'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/41cOEMa'> All the political and religious prisoners of Greater Tehran Prison were transferred to ward 6 of Evin prison. While announcing this news, IranWire wrote that the prisoners were transferred without prior coordination and they were not given a chance to collect their personal belongings. According to IranWire, the families of the prisoners were informed of this action after their transfer. According to this report, about 40 people were transferred to Evin prison, including Masoud Islaminasab, Parham Parvari, Hami Bahadori, Abbas Mirzaei, Mehdi Bahman, Mohammad Havashemzadeh, Mehdi Meshkinnavaz, Ebrahim Ataei, Davoud Razavi, Ehsan Ahya and Amir Ahya. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51370'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3MAueIw'> He was taken out of Evin prison under the pretext of temporary release on bail by the prison officers and transferred to an unknown location. While announcing this news, Iranwire wrote that the agents had taken Mr. Havashemzadeh out of Evin prison in civilian clothes and without handcuffs. According to this source, Mohammad Havashimzadeh has already told his friends that if they do not release him, he will go on a hunger strike, and this has increased the concern of his family and friends. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51755'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41248/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> He was released from Evin Prison temporarily. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>