Ali Moezi

<p>He was a political prisoner in the 1980s. He was arrested in 2011 after being arrested several times before. He has been sentenced to prison for several cases</p>

<coverage-outsourcing id='1855'> He was arrested in Karaj due to a trip he took to Iraq, where in he visited his children in Camp Ashraf. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a three year suspended prison sentence. He was released from Rajaee Shahr Prison after serving two years </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7040'> Ali Moezi and Misagh Yazdan-Nezhad published a statement calling the execution of six supporters of Mujahedin and families of Mujahedin members a tactic to spread fear in the society </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40669'> He was released </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1856'> He was arrested for participating in the mourning ceremony of Ali Saremi, an executed political prisoner. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1861'> More than 12 political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison refused to have visitations with their family in solidarity of Ali Moezzi, who was deprived of this right. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1857'> The fifth session of his trial was held in Branch 15 of Tehran´s Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati. Prior to this, he had not attended any court sessions due to not recognizing the legitimacy of the Revolutionary Court and was deprived of his right to visitors as a result of this. He was also held in solitary confinement in Ward 240 for a week </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1858'> It was reported that he was sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 15 while he was not present in court. Due to his previous three-year suspended prison sentence, he now needs to spend four years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1859'> It was reported that he was exiled to Karaj´s Central Penitentiary to serve the remainder of his sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1862'> He began a three-day hunger strike alongside a group of other political prisoners in Evin Prison and Karaj Central Penitentiary in remembrance of the attack on Kooye Daneshgah in 1999 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1860'> He suffers from cancer in his bladder and also has issues with his kidneys. So far he has not been allowed medical care in or out of prison. He was once transported out of prison in order to complete some medical tests but was returned to prison without receiving any medical treatment. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48928'> <reference source='https://kayhan.london/1394/02/15/11677/'> After trying to avoid attending the court session, Ali Moezi was assaulted by the prison officers and was forcibly taken to Karaj Revolutionary Court with a fractured and bleeding head. According to the London Cosmopolitan report, the officers told him during the assault: > Judge Asef Al-Hosseini has ordered to take you to the court by any means. Asef al-Hosseini tried Mr. Moezi while the blood on his forehead had not yet dried. He kept silent in the court in protest of these abuses. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10401'> According to a letter he wrote to the United Nation's Special Rapporteur, his sentence must have ended on May of 2015, but he was transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison a few months earlier. According to the letter, security forces have opened a new case for him, because he "still holds his positions and ideas" and has even issued a statement in prison. Mr. Moezzi was kept in ward 209 for two months without his family's knowledge </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3653'> It was reported that he was transferred from Karaj Prison to Ward 8 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5471'> It was reported that he suffers from a tumor in his bladder, prostate disease, and complications with his kidneys. Four years into his incarceration, authorities still have not allowed him to leave the prison to receive medical care. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5472'> It was reported that he was sentenced to an additional year in prison by Judge Salavati in a remote court session. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6606'> Ali Moezzi and Ali Amirgholi published a statement announcing that they would begin a hunger strike in "solidarity and support" of Jafar Azimzade for two days starting from June 5 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7041'> Ali Moezzi, Arash Sadeghi, Behnam Mousivand, Vahid Sayadi Nassiri, and Amir Amir Gholi who were on hunger strike in support of Jafar Azimzadeh, announced that his freedom signifies that the best and sharpest weapon is persistence </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8922'> Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Prisoners reported that a large number of drug and robbery offenders have been moved to ward 8 of Evin prison. According to the report, Behnam Mousivand was assaulted and battered the day before. In addition, Ali Moezzi was transferred to Rajayi Shahr prison after he objected to the ward representative </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8940'> According to "Activists for Human Rights and Democracy" Rajayi Shahr Prison has not accepted him and the guards have transferred him back to Evin Prison. Ward 8 warden has also refused to accept him therefore Mr. Moezzi had been transferred to ward 4 quarantine </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10182'> He condemned the confirmation of Esmaeel Abdi's verdict </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9298'> He issued a statement for the beginning of school year in September. Earlier he had sent a congratulatory message regarding the exit of Mujahedin from Iraq </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9301'> According to "Baam" he was transferred to Rajayi Shahr Prison again </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10215'> In a letter that "No to Prison, No to Execution" has published, he states that in Iran, the innocent are treated as criminals and instead the "murderers and tyrants" have immunity. He continues that the political prisoners "want to keep the light of freedom alive" with their resistance. He has published other letters on later occasions </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9891'> According to Zamaneh, political prisoners Saeed Shirzad, Behnam Mousivand, and Ali Moezzi, currently held at Rajayi Shahr Prison in city of Karaj, wrote a letter condemning the arrest of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10121'> Twelve prisoners of ward 4 in hall 12 of Rajayi Shahr prison in Karaj announced their support of Maryam Akbari Monfared's lawsuit and demand for justice. This letter was published by Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Activists in Iran, and is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. The signatories are as follows: Reza Akbari Monfared, Saeed Shirzad, Mohamad Ali Mansouri, Behnam Mousivand, Saleh Kohandel, Saeed Masouri, Javad Fouladvand, Hassan Sdeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Ali Moezzi, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, and Khaled Hardani </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10389'> In a letter to workers, teachers, and students, a group of Rajayi Shahr prisoners supported their protests. The signatories were as follows: Abolghasem Fouladvand, Reza Akbarri Monfared, Saeed Masouri, Mohamad Ali Mansouri, Saleh Kohandel, Ali Moezzi, Hassan Sadeghi, Shahin Zoghitabar, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Jaber Abedini, Ebrahim Firouzi, and Khaled Hardani. According to Hesar News reports, a few days later, the same prisoners - except Jabe Abedini - along with Arzhang Davoudi, signed another letter in support of a conference in Paris and called it a conference to "empower the movement for demanding justice". Some of the signatories published other solo or group letters later on </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10382'> Ali Moezzi and Abolghasem Fouladvand went on a 2-day hunger strike in support of Arash Sadeghi </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10402'> In a letter to Asemeh Jahangir, while explaining the case, the absentee trials and the "entrapments", he emphasized that they are trying to send him to court without prior notice. This letter was published by Hesar News and it is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. At the same time there were other reports of the prison staff trying to remove him from ward 12 and Ali along with several prisoners resisting them </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='12009'> There were reports of his transfer to an unknown location. In the following weeks, his condition was reported to be unclear. After some time, it was reported that he was locked up in solitary confinement in the Revolutionary Guards Ward (2A), but after a visit from his family two months later, it was revealed that he was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and a new case was filed against him with charges of "propaganda" against the state" in the 15th branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15194'> He was transferred to Fashafuyeh Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15284'> According to the support center for the families of the dead and detainees, 11 of his inmates in the Rajaeeshahr prison of Karaj wrote a letter to Asemeh Jahangir, presenting explanations regarding the transfer of Ali Moezi to Ward 209 and then to Fashafuyeh prison, demanding her "immediate and effective" action. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16159'> HRANA reported that while he was supposed to be released from prison at the beginning of this month, a new case was brought against him for the second time in prison with charges such as "propaganda against the state" and Mr. Moezi is now imprisoned in Fashafuyeh. According to this report, branch 24 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court is responsible for handling this case, but due to Mr. Moezi's refusal to use handcuffs and shackles, his trial has not been held. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='16251'> According to the report, he was transferred from Ward 6 to Ward 8 of Fashafuyeh prison. According to this report, his current cell has 24 beds and about 70 prisoners, and it is very unsuitable for the condition of Mr. Moezi, who is suffering from cancer. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23248'> HRANA reported that even though more than a month has passed since the end of his sentence, he still has not been released. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25522'> He was released. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49739'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37273/'> HRANA's source reported that Ali Moezi and Asadollah Hadi were arrested in their private home in Tehran and transferred to Evin prison. Their arrest took place at the same time as the Women, Life, Freedom uprising. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49734'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AnishaAsd1989/status/1635579191486824448?s=20'> Anisha Asadollahi wrote on Twitter that Ali Younsi, Amir Hossein Moradi, and Ali Moezi, political prisoners of Ward 4 of Evin, refused to meet with their families at the end of the year in protest against the ban on visits of Hasan Saeedi and his wife, Keyvan Mohtadi, and in solidarity with them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50758'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40648/'> He was transferred from Ward 4 of Evin Prison to the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence known as Ward 209 of this prison. While announcing this news, HRANA reported from sources close to the family that Mr. Moezi is suffering from prostate cancer and needs medical attention. The reason for Mr. Moezi's arrest is the connection with the People's Mojahedin Organization. HRANA also wrote, "Previously, the court hearing of the accusations of this former political prisoner was held in the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under the chairmanship of Judge Salavati, but he refused to attend the hearing because he doesn't recognize the authority of the court." After his arrest in October last year, he was first transferred to the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison and after about two months to Ward 4 of this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51232'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41147/'> HRANA published the news of his continued detention and the indecision in his case. HRANA also wrote that despite Ali Moezi's poor physical condition, he was denied being sent to the hospital due to his opposition to being transferred with handcuffs and wearing prison clothes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53486'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43456/'> According to HRANA's report, he was sentenced to six years and three months in prison by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati for the accusations of assembly and collusion and propaganda against the state. With the application of Article 134 of the Criminal Code, five years from this sentence will be enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52923'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41892/'> He was transferred from Ward 4 of Evin Prison to the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence, known as Ward 209 of this prison. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that despite Ali Moezi suffering from prostate cancer and suffering from pain in the knee area, he has been deprived of proper medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53487'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43456/'> Despite his poor physical condition, he was denied proper medical care. HRANA reported an informed source and wrote that Ali Moezi is suffering from prostate cancer and heart disease, but he has been deprived of specialized medical attention and being sent to the hospital. According to HRANA's report, Mr. Moezi is still imprisoned in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54012'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45777/'> Harana reported that Ali Moezi underwent prostate cancer surgery about two years ago, and a few months later, while he was supposed to be undergoing treatment, he was detained by the security forces and his treatment was left unfinished. According to this source, complications from the surgery, including urinary incontinence, knee problems and kidney hydronephrosis (kidney swelling), have made life in prison difficult for him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56027'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47085/'> HRANA wrote that the problems caused by prostate cancer surgery, including the inability to control urine, knee problems, and kidney hydronephrosis (kidney swelling) continue for Mr. Moazi, and despite being aware of his physical problems, the authorities have not yet taken any action nor provided proper medical treatment. According to this report, Ali Moezi underwent prostate cancer surgery about two years ago, but a few months later, while he was supposed to be undergoing treatment, he was arrested and his treatment was left unfinished. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>