Kianoush Sanjari

Kianoush Sanjari

He graduated in Graphics. Kianoush Sanjari (Mehdi Sanjari) was active in the fields of human rights, blogging, and journalism and also has participated with Iranian democracy groups. His blog was one of the sources of human rights reporting in the 80s in the Persian calendar (2001-2011). He had lived outside of Iran for several years and also been.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12805'> He was arrested on the anniversary of the assault on Tehran University dormitory. After being detained in law enforcement's Intelligence lockup for three days, he was transferred to Ward 240 of Evin Prison. After being kept there for two weeks, he was then transferred to Tohid lockup and later was transferred back to Evin Prison. Kianoush Sanjari was only 17 years old at the time. He was battered in different jails and was kept in solitary cells for several weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12808'> According to Heshmatollah Tabarzadi's interview with Radio Farda, Kianoosh Sanjari was sentenced to five years in prison by the preliminary court, and in the appeal court, his sentence was reduced to one year in prison, one year prison in suspension, and 300 thousand tomans in fines. His arrest times in 1991, 2001, and 2002 were accumulated and his prison sentence was considered as times served. But later, since Kianoush Sanjari continued his activities, his suspended prison sentence became enforceable </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12809'> He was arrested in his family home. Security forces broke down the door and damaged and destroyed a lot of property. He was detained in Evin Prison for 111 days. About 100 of those were spent in solitary. Kianoush Sanjari went on a hunger strike for several weeks. The interrogators cut off his contacts with outside the prison and denied him family visitations and phone calls. Mr. Sanjari was accused of "assembly and conspiracy against national security" through connection with the opposition abroad. He was released on bail and custody </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12806'> He was arrested while making a report about the assault on the house of Ayatollah Boroujerdi. He was detained for a month and a half. According to Radio Farda he was kept in Ward 209 during this time </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12807'> Amnesty International published a statement expressing concerns about his condition: > Kianoush Sanjari is kept in an undisclosed location in solitary cells and Amnesty International is concerned about his health and the possibility of torture </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12810'> After living abroad for a few years, he was arrested one or two months after returning to Iran. Almost two months later Harana reported his arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13543'> According to Harana, He was released on bail in mid-February of 2017 </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='17175'> Kianoush Sanjari was sentenced to 11 years incarceration by branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, headed by judge Ahmadzadeh on charges such as “Assembly and collusion against national security” and “propagandistic activity against the state”. Based on the writings of Mr. Sanjari on his instagram page, with the application of article 136, five years of his sentence will be counted as having been, already, served </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='25234'> According to IPA, he began his prison term </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='25235'> He was released from prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='27989'> Kianoush Sanjari posted that he had been transferred to the medical center from the court on his Instagram account. The order was issued by the Department of Monitoring Defendants and Security Convicts </coverage-outsourcing>