Abbas Dehghan

He was arrested during the clashes between security forces and Gonabadi dervishes at 7th Golestan Street.

<coverage-outsourcing id='23733'> Abbas Dehghan was severely tortured during the early days of his detainment. The criminal court had initially opened a case against him. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='22434'> After the arrest of Nematollah Riahi, a group of Gonabadi dervishes gathered in protest of his arrest in front of the police station 102 at Pasdaran street in Tehran and demanded his release. After a clash between the security forces and the Gonabadi dervishes, the area of unrest increased, and once again the Golestan 7th street turned into a battleground between Gonabadi dervishes and security guards. On this day and in the following days, a large number of dervishes were arrested. It is estimated that the number of arrestees is between 300 and 500 people </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40843'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Pourinouri91/status/1551207594475257860'> Former political prisoner Pouria Nouri announced on Twitter that Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, Abbas Dehghani, and Mostafa Abdi were transferred to the Greater Tehran Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='22422'> Amnesty International has issued a statement announcing that eight of the arrested Gonabadi Dervishes went on hunger strike in protest of "torture and other cruel and inhuman treatments" at Tehran Shapour Criminal Investigation police detention center. The prison is known for torture of detainees for confessions. The names of these prisoners are Javad Khamisabadi, Kianoush Abbaszadeh, Ahmad Mousavi, Nourali Mousavi, Mehdi Eskandari, Amir Labaf, Mir sadegh and Abbas Dehghan. It is reported that Abbas Dehghan has been threatened that his wife would be raped in front of him if he does not confess. Amnesty International says the prisoner dervishes are deprived of having attorney and the families of some of them are unaware of their whereabouts. The organization also issued a statement announcing that 11 dervish women are detained at the Rey Gharchak prison in undesirable and inhumane conditions and expressed concern about their situation and called for their immediate release </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='22423'> An informed source told Atlas that at least 300 of the dervishes are still in detention. He emphasized that almost none of them have access to lawyers, and security officers are attributing the charge of "using violence" to those who only participated in the protests, filing group cases against them </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27288'> Several months after his arrest it was reported that his daughter was born but he has not been able to see her yet. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23767'> After the prison guard attacked Dervishes and the transfer of a number of prisoners to solitary confinement and other wards, he and a group of other prisoners went a hunger strike. They were forbidden to have visits for a while. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30657'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%db%b3%db%b9-%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%88%db%8c%d8%b4-%da%af%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%af-%d9%88-%db%b4-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d9%88/'> According to IPA, Seven Darwish prisoners named Kasra Nouri, Mostafa Abdi, Kianoosh Abbaszadeh, Vahid Khamoushi, Abbas Dehghan, Amin Saffari, and Mohammad Sharifi Moghadam, are still in prison. Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, Kianoosh Abbaszadeh, Abbas Dehghan, and Mostafa Abdi were beaten and transferred to the 5th Brigade of Fashafoyeh Prison. 39 dervishes, including Saeed Soltanpour, Rasoul Hoveida, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Saeed Karimaei, Mostafa Mir Mohammadi, Babak Moradi, Kianoosh Biranvand, Hadi Shahreza, Saeed Durandish, Ehsaneddin Malek Mohammadi, Mehdi Keyvanloo, and Jafar Ahmadi, have been transferred to Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Kerman provinces for serving the exile sentence </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34532'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28584/'> HRANA reported that for the first part of his case, Judge Mohammadreza Amouzad at the 28th branch of the revolutionary court sentenced Mr. Dehghan to five years in prison for “assembly and conspiracy to act against national security”; and for the second part, Judge Alireza Pashafar at branch 1146th of the criminal court of Tehran sentenced him to one year in prison and 74 lashes for “disrupting the public order”, six months in prison for “insulting the agents”, two years in prison and 1.4 billion rials in fines for “assault and battery of Basij forces”, and three years in prison for “beginning the process of the murder of Mohammad Hossein Haddadian”. According to this report, Mr. Dehghan was sentenced to a sum of 11 years and six months in prison, 74 lashes, and 1.4 billion rials in fines. It was reported that the 36th branch of the appeal court of Tehran presided by Judge Ahmad Zargar has confirmed the revolutionary court’s verdict verbatim. According to HRANA, after applying article 134 of the IPC, six years and three months of his sentences will be enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38957'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/allahbakhshii/status/1511262098730409984?s=20&t=lFVLayE9r770IwbSQ2qwgA'> According to the reports, Mohammad Sharifi Moghadam, Abbas Dehghan, and Mostafa Abdi have been denied visitation for “arguing with Deputy-Warden Pirouzfar”. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39989'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35303/'> According to HRANA, Mohammad Sharifi Moghadam, Mostafa Abdi, and Abbas Dehghan, the three Gonabadi dervishes are being held in hall 2 of detention 2 of the fifth brigade of the Greater Tehran Prison. Their room has very limited access to other parts of the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40846'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Pourinouri91/status/1551212658816438277'> Former political prisoner Pouria Nouri announced on Twitter that Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, Abbas Dehghan, and Mostafa Abdi were transferred from the Greater Tehran Prison to Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41098'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3SEU3rZ'> After contracting COVID-19 he was hospitalized at the prison infirmary due to the efforts of family and friends. According to IranWire, his transfer occurred at the time when the infirmary personnel were amputating a prisoner's fingers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40939'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/BatulHoseini/status/1552249268664246272'> Batoul Hosseini, the mother of Behnam Mahjoubi, one of the dervishes killed by security forces, reported on Twitter that despite Mr. Dehghan’s deteriorating health, Evin Prison authorities refuse to send him to a hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48650'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3F4kBxH'> He was released from prison. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>