Ayoub Porkar

Ayoub Porkar

He was a pilot in the Air Force and served for four years during the Iran- Iraq war but was expelled from the military in the years following the end of the war due to his criticism government. He is charged with "supporting the People's Mujahdin of Iran"

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='259'> He was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='260'> He was charged with "Moharebeh" and sentenced to execution by Judge Pir Abbasi </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14693'> Nasrin Sotoudeh told Deutsche Welle that Ayoub Porkar was condemned to execution on the charge of membership and activism in a ‘warring against God’ group, based on evidence collected through illegal searches of his personal emails and his telephone calls, he is neither a member of the Mojahedin Organization nor has he been engaged in activist effort for this organization. At the hearing, Mr. Porkar was subjected to an ideological inspection by judge Pirabbasi, “one of the most important reason for issuing the verdict” was this ideological interrogation and the verdict had not been given to the lawyers. In another interview, later, Ms. Sotoudeh, said that the five page verdict did not address the charges against her client but his beliefs </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14694'> Nasrin Sotoudeh told the International Campaign For Human Rights in Iran, that branch 36 of the Appeals Court reduced Ayoub Porkar’s sentence to 20 years incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14697'> It was reported that he was exiled to Behbahan Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14698'> HRANA reported that it is now two years, that Mr. Porkar’s mother has been unable to see him, because of her old age and his exile </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='265'> It was reported that he was transferred to Ahvaz's Karoun Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15367'> The Mojahedin Organization’s website reported that Gholam Hossein Kalabi, Ayoub Porkar and Massoud Massoudi were imprisoned on charges connected with “supporting the MEK”. They are incarcerated in ward 8 (security ward) of Karoun prison in </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14695'> HRANA reported that Ayoub Porkar has not been allowed a temporary leave from the time of his arrest until now. He is, presently, incarcerated in Karoun prison in Ahvaz </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14696'> HRANA reported that he is still deprived of temporary leave because has not been able to change his dentures for the past seven years which is causing him problems </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19271'> According to the report that IPA had received, in hall 6, ward 1 of Sheyban prison, reserved for political prisoners, both security and religious cases. These prisoners have no access to books, newspapers or teaching tools, they are allowed to use the gym twice a month. They aren’t allowed to leave their ward, treatment of their grave maladies is conditional upon permission of the Intelligence Ministry. For example, it has been more than a year and a half since, despite the doctor’s’ recommendation, Ali Mazrae’s surgery has been delayed, and Jaber Sakhravi who suffers from, MS, paralyses of his right leg, enlarged testicles and abdominal pain has been denied transfer to prison. A number of political and religious prisoners, including Ayoub Porkar, Sakhi Rigi and Esmail Vafaei, were exiled to prison </coverage-outsourcing>