Hossein Jazi

Hossein Jezi was born in 2011 and lived in Tehran. He was one of the detainees of the Women, Life, Freedom uprising who lost his life during the Evin prison fire.

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='50826'> During the countrywide protests in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini, parts of Evin Prison were set on fire on October 15th, 2022. A number of prisoners lost their lives, and some were wounded by the bullets shot by the prison guards. A number of prisoners suffered poisoning from breathing in the smoke and tear gas. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50825'> <reference source='https://t.me/t1500tasvir/2619'> They asked his family to go to the medical examiner to identify his body and hand him over. While announcing this news and emphasizing that he is one of the detainees of the uprising in Tehran, the "1500 Image" channel on X quoted one of Hossein Jazi's relatives and wrote that after his arrest, no one heard from him and his family was unaware of his whereabouts. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50827'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3LNtf7q'> After the news of the death of one of the protestors of the Women, Life, Freedom Uprising was published in the media, Mizan, the news agency of the Islamic Republic's Judiciary claimed that this news was not true and wrote: > The person declared among the dead was due to smoke inhalation caused by the actions of the convicted robbers who set fire to the sewing workshop of Evin prison; The claim made by the anti-revolutionary media that he was arrested during the recent riots is a complete lie, and the date of his arrest is July 10, 2022, which means that he was in prison without leave for a few months before the recent riots, from that date until the day of the fire." According to Mizan, Judiciary Media Center, Hossein Jazi "has a record of numerous thefts and has two previous convictions for the crime of theft. His last charge was stealing mobile phones from women with a knife. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50829'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/44oU5d5'> Broadcasting the forced confession of a person who claimed to be Hossein Jazi, the Islamic Republic of Iran Radio announced that he was "arrested for the crime of stealing a mobile phone with a cold weapon (machete) in Tehran and during the search of him and his accomplice, Among the cold weapons, several mobile phones were discovered and confiscated." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>