Mohammad Mahdavifar

He volunteered as a mine destroyer and convoy in the Iran-Iraq war. In recent years, he published letters and poems critical of Ayatollah Khamenei that were, sometimes, answered by individuals close to the regime. Mr. Mahdavifar was summoned to court and later arrested for the writing of one poem “Alefba”

• <coverage-outsourcing id='9260'> HRANA reported that he was summoned to court for writing a poen named, “Alefba” (or abc). According to this report IRGC Basij forces in Kashan reported the writing of this song to the Intelligence of the security and judicial apparatus, and the Intelligence unit of IRGC filed a complaint against him. “Propagating against the state, hurting public emotions, provoking public opinion, insulting authorities including Mr. Jenati and Khalkhali” are among the charges brought against him </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9261'> His court was held. HRANA writes that his hearing took less that five minutes and there was no question asked about the poem “Alefba”. According to this report he was deprived of a lawyer. Mr. Mahdavifar was previously question at branch 2 of the prosecutor’s office in Aran- Bigdel (representing a parallel branch of the prosecutor in Kashan) </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9262'> Branch 105 of the public court two of Kashan, headed by judge Mashallah Omidollah, condemned him to one and a half years incarceration on the charge of "agitating the public consciousness".This verdict was, later, reduced from ten months imprisonment to three months and three million Tomans cash fine by judges Hamid Reza Amani and Mohammad Mohammadi Kamal Abadi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9263'> He was captured.The news of his capture was announced by Mohammad Nourizad’s Telegram channel </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9307'> An informed source told HRANA that his Telegram channel had been hacked, most probably, by the IRGC </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9899'> He was released. During his imprisonment he was kept in solitary confinement in the Intelligence ward of Isfahan prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15807'> According to Radio Farhang he was arrested on the orders of the prosecutor’s office of Aran-Bigdel </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15826'> According to what was on his Telegram channel, his recent arrest was due to his continued activities outside of the prison. According to a conversation that Mr. Mahdavifar had with his family, his previous promise of bail had been cancelled and that is the reason why he is incarcerated in Kashan prison. The charges in this case are as such: “propaganda activity against the state, insulting the leader, insulting Imam Khomeini, insulting the Imams, acting against national security, contact with hostile countries, contact anti-revolutionary elements by travelling to cities of Tehran, Yazd, Kerman and other cities </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16037'> He wrote a letter to the leader of the regime in Iran criticizing him. Mr. Mahdavifar wrote an additional letter to the leader of the regime </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19301'> HRANA reported that he is, presently, incarcerated in Kashan prison, in the Revolutionary court of Aran-Bigdel he was charged with “propagating against the state” and “insulting the Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Khomeini” and sentenced to three years in prison and four years in exile. With the application of Article 134 he will serve two years prison and two years exile in the village of Sarbaz. According to this report he has been cleared of charges such as “insulting the Imams” and “contact with foreign governments”. Another case has been opened against him in relation to the present arrest, and is being reviewed in another court. The case that led to the previous arrest is still open </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19625'> According to Hrana, he was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20436'> According to IPA, he was sentenced to two years in prison by judges Gholam Abbas Mohammadi and Ali Asghar Azami in branch 18 of appeal court of Isfahan </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20563'> Herana reported that Mohammad Mahdavifar was arrested in Mashhad. Security officials also visited his house several days ago, according to the report. During the December 2017 nationwide protests, Mr. Mahdavifar would announce his criticisms of the government in his Telegram channel </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20594'> HRANA reported that he was transferred to Isfahan. According to the next reports, the arrest was for the execution of the two years imprisonment sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20837'> HRANA reported that he has had only one telephone contact with his family since his arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21133'> HRANA reported that Branch 102 of the Aran & Bidgol Criminal Court sentenced him to two years in prison for "disturbing public opinion" and fined four million tomans (approximately 500 USD). Atlas assumed that the verdict was linked to his arrest in 2016 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23067'> HRANA reported that he will be put on trial in regards to another file with the charge of “insulting the supreme leader and publishing falsehoods on social media in order to disturb public order”. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23168'> HRANA has reported that the 16th branch of the Esfahan Court of Appeal has affirmed the sentence issued at Aran and Bidgol city which consisted of 2 years’ arrest and a 4 million toman cash fine </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24011'> He was released conditionally. His exile began in Sistan-Balochistan province </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25780'> Was summoned by the justice department after signing a statement that called on Ali Khamenei to resign </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25778'> He was arrested. This arrest was probably linked to signing of a statement addressed to Ali Khamenei </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30057'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30063'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarhang.nu/archive/29340.htm'> Radio Farhang published the Kashan prison memoirs of Mr. Mahdavifar.According to Mr. Mahdavifar, he recently spent 250 days in solitary confinement. He has been imprisoned in a room called "Ebrat (A Warning Lesson)" and has been "beaten" by a criminal prisoner. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>