Yaser Rahmani Rad

Yaser Rahmani Rad is a physician from Khorram Abad and a student and labor activist. In August 2020, he was denied higher education for his support of Haft-Tappeh workers and since then he has been working as a general physician. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

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='44931'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=389499'> According to HRANA, Intelligence Ministry agents arrested Yaser Rahmani Rad, Homayoun Eftekharian Niya, and Behnam Ohadi in Mahabad. A few months later, IranWire reported that they were arrested by the security forces at the hotel they were staying and all their medical equipment was confiscated. Their arrest occurred during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44936'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=389499'> HRANA reported that there is still no news on Yaser Rahmani Rad, Homayoun Eftekharian Niya, and Behnam Ohadi and their families are unaware of their whereabouts. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54183'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mpfshba2'> He was summoned to court. Yaser Rahmani Rad wrote on his Instagram page about his summons to the court: > On the 26th of December, I will appear in the court together with my lawyer Mr. Payam Darfashan to defend against the charge. After several stages of changing the charge, it was changed to propaganda against the system. If sympathizing and writing about the suffering of the victims of the protests, especially those who lost their sight due to bullets, is considered propaganda against the system, I am proud of it." According to the notification issued by the first branch of the General Court of Rumeshkan Division in Lorestan province, he has been asked to appear in this branch on the 26th of January to defend against the accusation of "propaganda against the system . </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46067'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39180/'> Yaser Rahmani Rad was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46417'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3HfNXcE'> Anesthesiologist Nezamoddin Misaghi in the US told IranWire that Yaser Rahmani Rad, Behnam Ohadi, and Homayoun Eftekharian Niya were kept in solitary for 46 days. According to Mr. Misaghi's sources in Mahabad, the interrogators tried various psychological torture methods such as sleep deprivation, lies like the mother's death or father's heart attack, and other psychological torture in order to get fake confessions out of them about having ties to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Mr. Misaghi also told IranWire that Yaser Gouzli, the interrogator at the third branch of the revolutionary and public court of Mahabad told the three: > Your fate should become a lesson to other doctors so no physician would dare provide medical service to the state's dissidents who all deserve to die. According to IranWire, the three doctors were charged with disrupting national and international security through their "efforts to treat the rioters . According to the reports, the conditions in Mahabad prison are terrible for the arrested protesters. According to IranWire, flogging the bottom of the feet, use of tasers, threats of rape, striking the ear with intent to damage hearing, hanging upside down by the leg, and breaking ribs are among the tortures that have been reported in Mahabad Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46610'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c72rve90rj3o'> BBC Farsi described the conditions and long interrogations of Yaser Rahmani Rad, Homayoun Eftekhariannia, and Behnam Ohadi during their detention. This source told BBC Farsi: > The interrogators were blindfolded and with guns on their heads. After the interrogation, they were deprived of sleep with strong light and the call to prayer playing in the cell. After three or four days, their mental balance is disturbed. They were falsely told that their father had died or that their mother had committed suicide. Disrespect, obscenity, and insults were among the other things that they suffered. According to this source, the prosecutor of Mahabad has announced that the charge against these three people is heavier than the charge against the protesters because they played a supporting role for them and acted on their own. This source also added: > They were told that their actions mean that the hospitals of the Islamic Republic do not accept the wounded, and people do not trust the hospitals, and the Ministry of Health is a failure. From the prosecutor's point of view, this is propaganda against the system. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51752'> An IPA source said that the third branch of the Mahabad Prosecutor's Office, headed by investigator Yasser Gouzli, issued an order of non-suit in his case and as a result, he was acquitted of the charge of assembly and conspiracy to act against the country's security. This source further added that even though the prosecutor's office acquitted him of "security" charges, the medical equipment and public aid that he brought with him when he left for Mahabad were seized by the security police. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51803'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/6l6v5'> In an interview with IranWire, Yaser Rahmani Rad said: > My office is still closed. I have been threatened with death and physical elimination many times over the phone. Even though after the issuance of the order of non-suit, the level of threats has decreased but has not reached zero; in such a way that even if the office is opened, I am afraid to go there. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54172'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42696/'> He was accused of "spreading lies and disturbing the public mind" in the Khorram Abad court. According to HRANA, he was accused of "spreading falsehoods and disturbing the public mind" by the third investigation branch of Khorram Abad Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office for publishing material on social networks about protesters who were shot in the eye area by the Islamic Republic forces. He was finally released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54173'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1704796503112290520'> According to Dadban, he was arrested by security forces in Khorramabad. According to this report, while searching the house, the officers seized his mobile phone and that of his family members. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54181'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/36j6mm2b'> According to Voice of America, the order of "revoking the temporary arrest order" issued by the first branch of the Rumeshkan General Court was violated by the eighth branch of the Court of Appeal of Lorestan province. This report states that although the arrest order has been revoked, the judicial authorities do not implement the order of the higher authority and he is still in temporary detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54174'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44142/'> Despite the fact that 14 days have passed since his arrest, he is still incarcerated in Khorram Abad IRGC Intelligence detention center. HRANA wrote from informed sources that "the temporary release order of Mr. Rahmani Rad was issued by the 8th branch of the Court of Appeal of Lorestan Province in Khorram Abad and was referred to the 1st branch of the Rumeshkan Public Court." But until now, the relevant authorities have prevented his temporary release." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54180'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/57y8634u'> According to IranWire, 136 civil activists, lawyers, doctors and victims of Iran's nationwide protests released a statement demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Yaser Rahmani Rad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54175'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44239/'> He was transferred to Khorramabad prison. HRANA wrote that after 19 days since his arrest, Yaser Rahmani Rad was transferred from one of the solitary cells of the IRGC Intelligence detention center to the general ward of Khorram Abad prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54182'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44278/'> He was released from Khorram Abad prison after posting a bail of 15 billion Rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58167'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45804/'> HRANA reported that based on the notice issued recently by the first branch of the General Court of Rumeshkan in Lorestan province, he was asked to appear in this branch on December 26, 2023, to defend himself against the charge of propaganda against the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54184'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45837/'> The trial of Yaser Rahmani Rad was held. While publishing this news, HRANA wrote: > During this session, which was held in the first branch of the Public Court of Rumeshkan in Lorestan province, Mr. Rahmani Rad and his defense lawyer presented their defense. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>