Ali Reza Golipour

Alireza Golipour is a former employee of the Telecommunications Ministry and a Phd student in the field of communications. He was arrested and sentenced to prison on charges, such as, “Transferring secret information, propagating against the state, insulting the leader, & supporting the MEK"

<coverage-outsourcing id='3123'> He was arrested by seven agents of the Intelligence Ministry on university property and transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6600'> According multiple reports published throughout the years, his arrest and prosecution were due to various charges such as uncovering financial corruption in the offices of Mr. Younesi, Mr. Boroujerdi, and Mr. Mehrabi, who hold the positions of Intelligence Minister, Head of the National Security Commission, and Head of Tehran Police, respectively. His crimes also include exporting information regarding mobile telecommunications from the Seimens company in 2005, the publication of political prisoners' information in 2009-2010, insulting the Supreme Leader, propagating against the state, disrupting public order, and supporting the IMEK </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3124'> He was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison to continue his interrogation and spend one year in solitary confinement. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3125'> He was transferred to quarantine in Ward 8 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6596'> The defendant's case was transferred to Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6597'> The Peace Activists in Exile Campaign organization published a report regarding the defendant. This report quotes the defendant as stating that he had no contact with his family or anyone outside of the prison for a 1.5 years after his arrest. Security forces informed his wife that he'd left the country for the USA with another woman, which lead to a divorce in his absence and caused his mother to be hospitalized three times. He states that he was being tortured during this period of time </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6595'> His trial was held but was postponed as a result of his complaints regarding his inability to meet with his attorney </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6598'> He penned a letter in response to the statements made by Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli in which he claimed that authorities are aware of financial corruption but do nothing to address it. He wrote that he was arrested after divulging these acts and referred to a number of other transgressions involving individuals such as Boroujerdi, Head of the National Security Commission in Parliament, Alavi, the Intelligence Minister, and Mojtaba Khamenei. He also referred to a charitable organization involved in the corruption but stated that he was not able to identify this organization out of fear of his family's safety </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6599'> He was transferred from Ward 8 to Ward 7 of Evin Prison later in the first half of 2015 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6605'> He penned an open letter in which he accused a number of Iranian government officials of corruption </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6594'> He was allowed to visit with his family for the first time three years after his arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3102'> It was reported that he was suffering from respiratory and heart problems in Ward 7 of Evin Prison and that he was transported to Ghamar Bani Hashem Hospital by security forces of the Intelligence Ministry. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4725'> It was reported that he might have cancer but is not allowed medical attention in the prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='4916'> It was reported that he continues to remain incarcerated in Ward 7 while in judicial limbo on the charge of "Collaboration with enemy states" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5018'> It was reported that he underwent surgery for the second time in a few days. The reason for this surgery was a prolonged nosebleed </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5711'> It was reported that he was tried in Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6066'> He was tried in Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati and sentenced to 39.5 years in prison and 170 lashes of the whip </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6604'> Judge Salavati did not grant his attorney, Ms. Azita Ghareh Beyoglu, the right to visit him </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6593'> Hessar News reported that despite being sentenced he continues to be interrogated and is under pressure. This report claims that he is being pressured into making a televised confession </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7515'> "Bazdasht" reported that the Medical Examiner informed the defendant that they'd issued an order determining him unfit to serve his sentence and that they would insist on this point </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7047'> He published a letter addressed to the people of Iran </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7952'> According to a report by "Bam", he began a hunger strike in protest of "discontinuation of treatment, pressure from prison authorities, and insults endured by the Intelligence Ministry" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8815'> According to a report by "No to Prison No to Execution", he visited with his family after one year. This report states that his case was transferred to the Supreme Court without his requesting the transfer </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8960'> According to a report by "No to Prison No to Execution", while being held in Hall 12 of Ward 7 in Evin Prison, he wasn't allowed to be transferred to e medical facility outside of the prison due to his refusal to wear prison clothes </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8928'> "Hessar" published a congratulatory note in time for the anniversary of the IMEK's founding on his behalf </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9280'> Azita Gharabeigloo told ILNA, “Even though, we didn’t protest any of the verdicts, this case was submitted to the Supreme Court of Iran...while my client had received a warrant of ineligibility to serve his sentence & the case had not been detached from that of the second person charged, but it was sent to the Supreme Court”. Gharabeigloo, also, said, that the initial ruling was a sentence of 39 years & 9 months incarceration which with the application of Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code was reduced to 15 years </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9418'> Azita Gharbeiglou told “Shargh” newspaper that her client’s case, which had, mistakenly, been sent to the Supreme Court, was returned to branch 15. She, also, said, that “according to the advice of the secretary of the Supreme Security Council, Mr. Shamkhani, my client’s sentence, with the application of Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, was reduced to 15 year imprisonment, which, I hope, will hasten the release of my client” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9386'> According to “Arrest”, He has undergone, surgery on his face, jaws and the removal of a tumor in his brain </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10201'> No to Prison, No to Executions reported that because of his refusal to wear prison garb he has not been taken to the hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10763'> According to different reports, quoting his attorney, with the application of Article 134, 15 years of his sentence will be served. Because Mr. Golipour has not filed & appeal and has submitted to the ruling, three more years were reduced from the final sentence, making it 12 years of imprisonment to be served </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12421'> His lawyer, told Shargh newspaper, “unfortunately, for the second time and without a request or any protest, the case has been sent to the Supreme Court of Iran" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14102'> HRANA reported that, despite the issuance of the official doctor’s certificate of “inability to serve” the sentence, he remains incarcerated. According to this report, Mr. Golipour is, also, deprived of medical leave. All this, when he is suffering from lung cancer & lymphoma </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15489'> Having previously gone to the infirmary twice, he went into seizure during outdoor recess </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15907'> After going into seizure he was transferred to Evin prison’s infirmary </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16266'> According to HRANA he left on temporary leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16330'> HRANA reported, in order to participate in a medical convention, posting a bail of 600 million tomans, he was on a three day leave, and he extended it until the until July 1st. According to this report the medical convention took place </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='17170'> His lawyer told Rouydad 24, that the court doctor has confirmed his ineligibility to serve his sentence and sent it to the prosecutor. According to Azita Gharabeigloo, Mr. Golipour is still on medical leave </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19499'> His lawyer, Azita Gharabeiglou, told HRANA that her client has embarked on a hunger strike since eight days ago </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19757'> HRANA, published a letter from Ali Reza Golipour, quoting his lawyer, that his physical condition is not good, he continues his hunger strike & the judge on the case Abolghassem Salavati has, illegally, left the case in limbo </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20356'> According to Hrana, he ended his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20411'> HRANA reported that during his eight-day hospital stay, despite having seizures several times a day, he was locked up with handcuff and shackles and on the way back to jail, fell down the hospital stairs after a security agent attacked him. Mr. Golipour sued this agent for his behavior, according to the report </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='21118'> HRANA reported that he had a minor stroke in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27994'> An informed source told IPA that he is still incarcerated in Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32611'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons </coverage-outsourcing>