Mohammad Nourizad

Mohammad Nourizad is one of the most famous political activists in Iran. Mr. Nourizad is a member of the Legam (Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty), director, and painter. He used to be a supporter of the Iranian government and had a close friendship with Ali Khamenei. In the '2000s, he became opposed to the Islamic Republic.

<coverage-outsourcing id='27247'> After the publication of his third letter to Ali Khamenei, he was summoned to the prosecutor's office. After arriving at Evin courthouse, he was arrested and transferred to Evin prison. The investigator of the branch charged him with propaganda against the system and insulting the officials. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27249'> He was allowed access to the phone and called his family after 93 days in solitary. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27268'> Judge Pir Abbasi, chief of branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, sentenced him to two years in prison for the charge of insulting the leader, one year for "propaganda against the state", for each of the charges of "insulting the president" and "insulting the chief of the judiciary" to 91 days in prison, and 50 lashes for the charge of "insulting the Friday Prayer Imam of Mashhad". The 54th branch of the Court of Appeal confirmed these rulings. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27252'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/Nourizad4_BhHK9D4.pdf'> The fourth letter of Mohammad Nourizad addressed to Ali Khamenei was published. The main issues raised in this letter are the disordered state of Iranian society. He asked Ali Khamenei to monitor the problems of society and try to solve them. Mr. Nourizad met his family only once since his arrest until the publication of this letter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27251'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/Nourizad0.pdf'> After meeting with Jafari Dolatabadi, Mohammad Nourizad ended his hunger strike and was also transferred to the general population ward (ward seven) of Evin prison. A few days later, Mr. Nourizad published a letter detailing his conversation with the Tehran prosecutor. The full text of this letter can be seen in the link bellow. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27250'> He was beaten by security officers in Ward 240. He went on a hunger strike in protest against such behavior. It was reported that the officers hit his sensitive areas several times. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27253'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/Nourizad5_43wuTBR.pdf'> His fifth letter addressing Ali Khamenei was published. After the letter was published, he was transferred from ward 7 to ward 350 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27248'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27254'> He returned to prison after a summon over the phone. He was transferred to ward 2-Alef on the same day or sometime later. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27255'> He went on a dry hunger strike. His family gathered in front of Evin Prison at the same time which led to their arrests for a few hours. Mr. Nourizad was transferred to the hospital after five days. He later ended his hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27256'> He was hospitalized for kidney problems. It was reported that the side effects of the hunger strike have put his health at risk. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27257'> He went on furlough for two days. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27258'> He went on a hunger strike in protest against the behavior of the interrogators. He was released from prison sometime later. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27259'> He was summoned to the prosecutor's office several times in 2012 and 2013 because of his critical letters. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27260'> He started a sit-in at the Ministry of Intelligence to get his confiscated belongings back. He was attacked and assaulted by the Intelligence Ministry agents and which left his face bruised and bloodied. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27261'> After arriving at the house-arrest location of Mir Hossein Mousavi, he was assaulted and arrested. According to Saham News, Mohammad Nourizad intended to announce his demands at that location. He was released a day later. M.r. Nourizad's eye was damaged in the altercation. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27262'> He was arrested on the anniversary of the killing of Sattar Beheshti. He was detained in Robat Karim for a few hours. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27263'> Mohammad Nourizad started a round-the-clock sit-in in front of Evin prison in protest of the IRGC not returning his seized belongings. After a few days, an altercation between him and one of the police personnel ended the sit-in. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27264'> A number of civil rights activists got detained for a few hours after meeting with the family of Ramin Hossein Panahi. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27267'> Qasem Sholeh Saadi, Arash KeiKhosravi, Mohammad Nourizad, and Masoud Javadieh were arrested along with a number of other citizens in a peaceful gathering in front of the parliament. Various sources have stated that the reason for holding this rally was to protest against the arbitrary qualification (of election candidates) and "signing of the Caspian Sea Convention". Mohammad Nourizad was released hours later. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26298'> A strongly-worded statement was published by 14 political activists inside the country calling for the resignation of Ali Khamenei and fundamental changes to the constitution. It led to similar 14-person statements inside and outside the country </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27265'> He had traveled to Agh-Ghala to help flooded people. He was collecting donations during the floods, but his account was blocked later. After being summoned by the Evin Prosecutor's Office, he attended there and got arrested.The arrest was made due to the Gorgan judiciary's complaint. Mr. Nourizad was transferred from Evin Prison to Gorgan Prison four days after his arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27266'> He was released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26299'> A number of political and civil activists who had gathered in front of appellate court for Kamal Jafari Yazdi were arrested. They were first sent to Vakilabad Prison and three days later to Mashhad’s Intelligence Ministry detention house. Based on some reports, all the arrested men staged a hunger strike. A number of the arrestees were signatories to the 14-person statement </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26300'> Fars News Agency, which is close to the IRGC, reported the following: “Today, a number of anti-regime elements who were seeking a plan to create disorder and disrupt security were arrested in a meeting in Mashhad. The arrestees have relations to the counter revolutionary groups abroad. They have relations with groups that seek the overthrow the regime and designs to organize clashes in the city.” A few days later, Hassan Jafari, the deputy provincial governor of Khorasan Razavi province who is in charge of the political department, repeated the same claims and said the political activists had not been arrested because of their letter to Ali Khamenei but because of their attempts to “overthrow” the regime and “contact people abroad.” The provincial offices of the Intelligence Ministry also published a statement that said that the arrestees were seeking “new conspiracies and chaos” and that “they had a mission as the parliamentary elections approached; they were to plan contacts with critical candidates, make them more bold in their positions and thus use open political space to create chaos and further domestic clashes. With creating new disunity, they were to further the goals of the enemies of the Iranian nation” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27705'> He has gone on a hunger strike in Intelligence Ministry detention. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28292'> <reference source='https://www.kaleme.com/1398/10/16/klm-275369/'> Quoting a credible source, Kalame wrote: “Mohammad Noorizad lost consciousness on the 47th day of his hunger strike and was sent to hospital.” He has reportedly been sent to a hospital a few times since he began his hunger strike </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28346'> <reference source='https://t.me/Hassan_NayebHashem/545'> Fateme Maleki met her husband. Mr Noorizad has been staging a hunger strike since two months ago. Ms Maleki published a voice file describing the condition of her husband. Speaking with a worried voice, she says: “Mr Noorizad looked like a corpse and couldn’t walk.” When his wife asked Mr Noorizad to end his hunger strike, he said: “I will bash my corpse on their head.” Ms Maleki believes that Mohammad Noorizad could pass away. She ends with saying that, unless he is freed in the next two days, she will stage an action together with her children </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28347'> According to social media users, Ali Noorizad (his son) was arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28446'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23421/'> Fateme Maleki (Mohammad Noorizad’s wife) and Sedighe Malekifard (Hashem Khastar’s wife) staged a sit-in in front of Mahshad’s Revolutionary Courts to protest the arrest of Mohammad Noorizad. They were arrested after a few minutes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28527'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/ali-norizad/'> Fatemeh Maleki, the wife of Mohammad Nourizad, informed IPA about the continued detention of her son (Ali Nourizad). Ali Nourizad is currently being kept in Evin Prison and has only called his mother once; He has been deprived of visiting his family. Nourizad's family is unaware of the reason for his son's arrest, It is possible that "his arrest was made only because of his Close kinship with Mohammad Nourizad." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28627'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/nourizad/'> According to IPA, Mr. Hossein Aghasi, lawyer of Mr. Nourizad has provided the defense to Branch 4 of Mashhad Revolutionary Court </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28928'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23672/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> Eight people connected with the 14-person statement were sentenced to prison, exile, and social deprivations by Branch 4 of Mashhad Revolutionary Court. According to the sentence, Hashem Khastar was sentenced to 16 years in prison, three years in exile in Nikshahr, and a three-year ban on leaving the country, Mohammad Nourizad was sentenced to 15 years in prison, three years in exile in Izeh, and a three-year ban on leaving the country, Abdol Rasul Mortazavi was sentenced to 26 years in prison, Mohammad Hossein Sepehri was sentenced to 6 years in prison, Fatemeh Sepehri was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and Hashem Rajaei, Mohammad Hossein Pour and Morteza Ghasemi were sentenced to one year in prison. Due to the vagueness of the charges against these people, some of the sentences have not been recorded in the statistical section </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29116'> <reference source='https://www.kaleme.com/1398/11/25/klm-276364/'> Hashem Khastar and Mohammad Nourizad were transferred to Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29502'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/nourizad-3/'> According to IPA, Mohammad Nourizad ended his drug strike. Mr. Nourizad had ended his hunger strike in February, but he still refused to take medication. "The end of his strike does not absolve the government's responsibility. We still call for innocent prisoners freedom, particularly with Mr. Nourizad's release due to his unfavorable physical condition.", Fatemeh Maleki, his wife, told IPA reporter </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29503'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/korona/'> According to IPA, families of political prisoners affiliated with statement 14 wrote a letter to the judiciary and called for the release or granting leave to prisoners </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29553'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%8c-%d8%b3%d9%be%d9%87%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%8c-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1/'> According to IPA, the ongoing arrest of Mohammad Nourizad, Hashem Khastar, Mohammad Hossein, and Fatemeh Sepehri is illegal. Lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said: According to Article 222 of Iran's criminal procedure law, Judge can be prosecuted, if the accused's bail is not accepted after the judicial order set on bail. Lawyer Ghasem Sholeh Saadi had insisted that requesting the leadership's resignation is not a crime, in a recent interview with Iran International. He also added: According to law, if the leader loses its qualificatio, must be dismissed. From this point of view, none of the defendants of this case should be found guilty under the laws of the Islamic Republic </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29868'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24276/'> The Khorasan Razavi Court of Appeals upheld the verdicts of the three signatories of statement 14 and reduced Fatemeh Sepehri's sentence. The court has reduced only one year of exile and ban of leaving country sentences for Mr. Nourizad and Mr. Khastar. Fatemeh Sepehri's sentence was reduced to three years and six months in prison, but Mohammad Hossein Sepehri's conviction was upheld. According to the reports, Hashem Khastar was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for the charge of "managing or developing opposition groups", and Mohammad Nourizad was also sentenced to 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment for the same charge. They have also been sentenced to prison for other charges. According to Article 134, the sentences will apply to Hashem Khastar, Mohammad Nourizad, and Fatemeh Sepehri, and probably Mr. Sepehri's sentence will be five years of imprisonment. One of the charges against them is signing the letter demanding Ali Khamenei's resignation from the leadership. Lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghasi insisted that this movement is not considered as a crime under the Islamic Republic's law, and an acquittal must be provided for such a case </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29913'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88%da%a9%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%a2%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af/'> According to IPA, Armed riot police have been deployed around the Vakilabad prison. After the riots in various Iranian prisons, security forces have taken steps to handle other possible riots. Some political activists affiliated to Ali Khamenei's dismissal statement lost contact with their families. There were worries about these people condition </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29998'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b6%d8%a8%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d8%ab%d8%b1-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%a7/'> According to IPA, Mr. Nourizad called his wife and told her that he had been transferred from the Mashhad Intelligence Detention Center to the quarantine of Vakilabad Prison on April 11th. “The main reason for our transfer to the Detention Center was the concern of protests in prison. The Intelligence Detention Center was like a torture chamber and had no facilities.” he told. He also criticized the confiscating of his book by intelligence agents and said: I have written a non-political book on the chastity of Iranian women since the Achaemenid period. They took this book from me, and I will do my best to get it back. I won't get out of here without this book. This is a magnificent novel in praise of Iranian women, and I have dedicated this book to my wife. I'm here to get this book back. I stand to death to get this book back. I will go on strike to get this book back. I had bowed to the chaste women of Iran in this book. I will hurt my head with the glass if they don't give me this book, which is a great persuasive work and a great novel book. I will go to the wall to get this book back. And I will stay in prison until I get this book back </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30325'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%b1%d9%87%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%85-%d8%a2%d8%ae%d8%b1-%d8%b2%d8%af%d9%87%e2%80%8c-%d9%88-%db%8c/'> According to IPA, Mohammad Nourizad said he would "commit suicide soon" in protest of his family's being harassment in an audio message. Mr. Nourizad criticizes several Iranian government officials and called them "liars, thieves, and murderers" in this audio message </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30377'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88%da%a9%db%8c%d9%84%e2%80%8c%d8%a2%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af/'> Mohammad Nourizad attempted suicide with a sharp object and was taken to a hospital for treatment. His lawyer, Mr. Maki visited him in prison and noticed about suicide. According to Mohammad Nourizad's wife, his hands and face have been bandaged </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30415'> His wife was detained in Mashhad for a few hours. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30416'> <reference source='https://t.me/janamfadayevatnam/85336'> Mr. Nourizad's wife and mother went to Mashhad to visit him. They went to the deputy prosecutor's office and demanded for Mohammad Nourizad's release before visiting him. "I may receive my child's dead body at any time," Mr Nourizad's mother told the deputy prosecutor and the judicial official also replied: > If necessary, we will hand over his dead body to you. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='30417'> According to IPA report, he was transferred to Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31251'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/محمد-نوری%e2%80%8cزاد-در-زندان-اوین-بیهوش-شد/'> Mohammad Nourizad fainted in Evin prison. There were dangerous signs of physical condition that made him lose consciousness after being taken to the prison medical center. Mr. Nourizad came to himself a few hours later. "I was thinking about my son Ali's court sentence that I fainted.", He told his wife on the phone. He added: “If the security forces slaughter my family in front of my eyes, I will not back down from the path I took.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31338'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/احضار-محمد-نوری%e2%80%8cزاد-به-زندان-سمنان-بر/'> According to IPA, A court in Eyvaneki sentenced Mohammad Nourizad to one year in prison. The sentence was issued for Mr. Nourizad's protest against the cutting trees of a Baha'i family's garden, as well as the confiscation of their jobs and homes. This was done under the "Imam's Executive Headquarters", and this institution had filed a complaint against Mr. Nourizad. "I see a day when people are disgusted and punish you for your actions." Mohammad Nourizad told Judges involved in this case in an audio file. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31435'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/517099'> Mohammad Nourizad raised the possibility of being taken to Fashafoyeh Prison or IRGC's Security Detention Centers in an audio file. He has reached this conclusion due to the conditions in prison. "I sent some of my artworks to my family to sell them for some prisoners, but prison officials said It may not reach your family. While this is against the rules of the prisons organization.", Mohammad Nourizad said about his artworks in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31608'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3hmz1uL'> He was unconscious due to heart disease and transferred to one of Tehran hospitals that hospitalized coronavirus infected patients. Fatemeh Maleki, Mr. Nourizad's wife, went to the hospital, but guards prevented her from visiting </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31630'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/جلسه-پرتنش-تفهیم-اتهام-محمد-نوری%e2%80%8cزاد،/'> According to IPA, The trial of Mohammad Nourizad was held. "I am worried about him because he was very nervous, and all his harsh words were about society," his lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, wrote on Twitter. According to Mr. Aghasi's tweet, he defended the accusations against Mr. Nourizad. This meeting was held in Branch 1101 of Tehran's General Court 2 on behalf of Branch 149 of Mashhad's General Court 2. Mr. Nourizad faces charges of "disturbing public order and spreading lies." According to a report obtained by Atlas, Mohammad Nourizad referred to political activists' killings in the 1980s, serial killings, and similar cases very sharply. The judge told him, "Your words do not concern me." And then he called Mr. Nourizad a "mercenary," and he responded: > I am the nation's mercenary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31744'> Mohammad Nourizad hurt himself in the head and face with glass doors of prison to protest the authorities' inattention to his demands. Mr. Nourizad had previously warned officials that he would change his behavior </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31820'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/محدودیتهای-جدید-زندانیان-بیانیه-استع/'> According to IPA, the access of several detainees to the phone has been restricted in the case of the "letter of 14 activists to the leader"; Mohammad Nourizad, Hashem Khastar, Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, and Kamal Jafari Yazdi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31824'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/محدودیتهای-جدید-زندانیان-بیانیه-استع/'> Mohammad Nourizad refused to go to the meeting hall in protest of imposing restrictions on himself and a number of prisoners in the case of the letter of 14 activists to the leader. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32092'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/محمد-نوری%e2%80%8cزاد-بار-دیگر-به-حبس،-شلاق-و-ت/'> According to Atlas, Branch 149 of Mashhad Criminal Court-2 sentenced Mr. Nourizad to eight months in prison, 74 lashes, and one year of exile to Tabas for the charge of "disturbing public order" by attending a rally in front of Khorasan Razavi Court of Appeal. He has also been sentenced to 74 lashes for the charge of "disseminating lies with the intention of disturbing the public mind". By applying Article 134, only the sentences related to the first charge will be enforced. In an interview with Atlas, Fatemeh Maleki said: > Mr. Nourizad has already received a prison sentence due to his participation in the Mashhad gathering, and it is strange that they issued another sentence for him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32618'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3iGjbfw'> Mohammad Hossein Agassi, Mohammad Nourizad's lawyer, reported on his Twitter account that his client's condition is deteriorating. He wrote on his Twitter page: > It seems that Mr. Nourizad's condition is not improving. Today I went to see him in Evin, I was told that he was sent to hospital treatment. I stayed until he came back, but apparently, he was unable to leave his bed. I requested leave for treatment outside the prison, but it will definitely not be done fast enough. I am very worried about his health. Mohammad Nourizad himself said in an audio file from Evin prison: > I was taken to the hospital while unconscious, but I was returned to Evin prison still unconscious and without any treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32766'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3iGjbfw'> Mohammad Nourizad has repeatedly criticized the government and the conditions of prison in several audio files. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32767'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/41417'> According to Iranwire, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, Mohammad Nourizad's lawyer, announced on his Twitter the sentence in his client's second case has been approved, and wrote: > The Mashhad Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentence of 8 months imprisonment and 74 lashes for Mohammad Nourizad issued by the primary court. While referring to the long process of the appeals courts in reviewing judicial cases, he expressed his surprise at the approval of this ruling in only 20 days and stated: > I can conclude that those who are following this case are very eager to get their desired result faster and for Mr. Nourizad to be punished. According to Mr. Aghassi, Mr. Nourizad fell ill in prison and needs urgent treatment outside the prison, but nothing is being done to address it. Explaining Nourizad's illness, he said: > He has a problem walking around, he falls many times in the toilet, bathroom, wherever he is alone, and this is very dangerous. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32879'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3jxPn5j'> His wife Fateme Maleki was summoned to one of Tehran's security offices by phone. In response to this request, she said: > The summons must be in writing, so don't wait for me. The security officer replied to Ms. Maleki: > Then we will see you somewhere else. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34701'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/36T6euQ'> Mohammad Nourizad wrote a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council about the judicial and security apparatus neglecting his health. In the letter, he mentions that although the medical examiner opposed the continuation of his detention, the authorities insist on keeping him in prison. Mr. Nourizad suffers from diabetes and heart artery blockage. Since his arrest, he has fainted 31 times in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34633'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4609/'> The Human Rights in Iran Organization reported that Fatemeh Maleki, the wife of Mohammad Nourizad, has reported that her husband is still in prison despite the order of the Forensic Medical Organization that he is "incapable to serve sentence" due to his serious health condition. According to Ms. Maleki, Mr. Nourizad faints several times a day due to heart problems, and his transfer to the hospital didn't help. Referring to the confirmations issued by several medical teams that "it is dangerous to continue imprisonment" for Mohammad Nourizad," she said: > Apart from the forensic organization and the members of the medical commission, the medical staff and doctors of Atiyeh and Taleghani hospitals in Tehran (where my husband was examined or treated in the past months) have warned in writing and verbally that the lack of specialized care for him and his continued imprisonment will put him at risk of death. On the other hand, Mohammad Hossein Aghassi, the defense attorney of Mohammad Nourizad, said: > Unfortunately, the decision issued by the medical examiner has not been implemented for my client so far. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34741'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2MMjXgn'> According to Atlas, despite the dangerous physical condition of Mohammad Nourizad, the prosecutor's office opposes his release and medical leave. It was reported that he was fainting regularly in Evin prison. In a conversation with the IPA researcher, Mrs. Fatemeh Maleki, Mohammad Nourizad's wife, confirmed this news and said: > I went to see Mr. Nourizad on Monday, February 8; He had a very thin body and was holding a cane. In this meeting, Mr. Nourizad told his wife: > I usually faint once a week and in recent weeks I have refused to go to hospitals pointlessly. He went on to say: > Last Tuesday, I fainted again. I usually know from my dizziness that I can't stand up anymore; I have already entrusted my companions to take care of me; This time I fell unconscious in my bed and woke up after four hours. Mr. Nourizad has also emphasized that he is not willing to go to the hospital under prison conditions: > I have told the prison guards that I will not go to the hospital under any circumstances. Either I will fix my heart problem while I'm free, or I will not regain consciousness one of these times. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34960'> According to an IPA source, Mohammad Nourizad was verbally abused by a prison staff member (probably Mr Goudarzi, head of Evin Prion’s Section 6) because he used a phone card of another prisoner to make a call. To protest this mistreatment, Nourizad cut himself intentionally and told the prison staff: “This is the last day that I put up with these conditions.” Nourizad is barred from using the phone and his communications have been more limited since five months ago. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35013'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af%d8%b2%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af-%d9%87%d9%86%da%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%aa/'> When meeting his family, Mohammad Nourizad cut his head, face and neck with a razor. In a voice note, his daughter said the authorities just looked on and didn’t do anything to stop him. Nourizad did this to protest the lack of medical care in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35014'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af%d8%b2%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%af-%d9%87%d9%86%da%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%aa/'> In a letter, Nourizad said he will add one more cut to his body everyday because the security authorities were ignoring reports by health experts. According to this letter, the head of the prison, two heart experts and the prison’s doctor have confirmed that he is in a critical condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36163'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Mhaghasi1/status/1407626336831787011?s=20'> Mohammad Hossein Aghassi, Mr. Nourizad's lawyer, announced on Twitter that his client has refused to receive leave and said: > I don't want my name to be among those who are indifferent to current affairs, and I'm willing to lose my life in this path. Also, Mr. Aghassi expressed concern about the effects of his client's numerous hunger strikes on his health. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36236'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Mhaghasi1/status/1413009510042640385?s=20'> He went on medical leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36645'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UmOQ7PNQM'> He returned to prison at the end of his medical furlough. He was attacked by the security forces right before entering Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37475'> <reference source='https://t.me/CFPPI3/2030'> He was released from prison after his sentence was paused. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39711'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Mhaghasi1/status/1485166566215987202?s=20&t=gyIdvy7lGab_OYjUSbhmNA'> He went to back Evin prison to resume serving his sentence. His imprisonment was paused for medical reasons. Before his sentence was eenforced, his lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghassi, informed the prosecutor's office by presenting medical documents that his client is still under treatment, but the prosecutor's office ignored it and the sentence was enforced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40503'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35409/'> HRANA reported that he was still imprisoned in Evin. In an interview with HRANA, Mr. Nourizad's lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghassi talked about the efforts to release him on parole and said that the prison officials did not allow him to use the prison phone for a while and this ban was recently lifted. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42867'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/mohammad-nourizad-evin-fire/6796962.html'> Mohammad Nourizad released an audio file from Evin prison about the fire in this prison and said: > Shots were fired, RPGs were fired, Kalashnikov volleys were fired right over my head and around me. Do not insult people's intelligence. Don't say that some people died due to smoke inhalation. In a part of this audio file released by the Voice of America, he also said in response to nationwide protests in Iran: > You killed 200 people just to claim you didn't kill Mahsa Amini! 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. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42882'> <reference source='https://cutt.ly/rNlSdI3'> According to IranWire, after the fire in Evin Prison, the prison authorities separated Ali Yunsi, Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Ali Najafi, and Mohammad Nourizad from other prisoners in Ward 4 and transferred them to a closed hall in the same prison. According to this report, the movement of these prisoners to other parts of the prison is prohibited, and the authorities of Evin prison stated that the reason for this decision was the protection of Ali Younesi, Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Ali Najafi and Mohammad Nourizad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='45416'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Mhaghasi1/status/1595013437087784960?s=20'> Mohammad Hossein Aghassi, Mr. Nourizad's lawyer, wrote in a tweet that his client has requested a death sentence in court. He emphasized that Mr. Nourizad, by confessing to committing 23 charges which he did not commit, asked the court to execute him for those crimes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51257'> <reference source='https://t.me/kalemehtv/143085'> Declaring that he does not accept the "pardon" offer, Mohammad Nourizad wrote: > I did not ask for pardon. I have done nothing to be forgiven. It's the mullahs and generals who should beg people to forgive them. I will stay in prison until the Mullahs and generals are brought to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52045'> <reference source='https://t.me/kalemehtv/149765'> 90 political and civil rights activists in Iran released a statement in support of the Iranian women's struggle against the mandatory hijab. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51258'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Kambiznorozzad1/status/1657842036106489856?s=20'> In a video released on the Twitter account of human rights advocate Kambiz Noruz'zadeh, before going back to prison, Mohammad Nourizad says: > My only message to people is not to allow the movement to fail. We must move forward on this path and pay the price, whatever it is. He was sent on furlough from prison a few days before. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57452'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41674/'> According to HRANA, a court session was held regarding a new case opened for him in prison, where he defended himself against charges of assembly and conspiracy, propaganda against the system, and damaging the door and window of the warden's office. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57453'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42055/'> According to HRANA, Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, under the presidency of Judge Mohammadreza Amouzadeh, sentenced him to one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the system, and another year for the charge of damaging the door and window of the warden's office. With the application of Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, one year of imprisonment will be enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57455'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42776/'> HRANA wrote that due to protesting the cancellation of prisoners' phone cards, he was transferred to solitary confinement. A source told HRANA that he suffers from heart disease, and his transfer to solitary confinement has increased the concerns of his family and friends. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57457'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46660/'> He was returned to ward 8 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57458'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/mrpurwsb'> In a new case, he was sentenced to 61 months in prison. Voice of America, quoting a source close to Mohammad Nourizad's family, wrote that he announced in a phone call that the head of Ward 6 told him, 'Because of the phones you broke in Ward 6, 61 months have been added to your sentence.' Mr. Nourizad explained, 'When I see a big theft, I don't stay silent.' He further explained: 'For example, they took about 900 billion Rials from the prisoners' money that was in their cards all over Iran, everyone stayed silent. I took a meat tenderizer and broke the phones.'" </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57459'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46838/'> HRANA reported that he has been deprived of phone calls and family visits for the past two weeks due to the release of an audio file outside the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57460'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47043/'> HRANA reported that he is still denied phone calls and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='60647'> <reference source='https://x.com/i/status/1801548297565331698'> Fatemeh Maki, Mohammad Nourizad's wife, announced on Instagram that her husband has been transferred to a solitary cell. In an audio file released by Dadban, she says: 'In the last two months, they have been protesting the high prices of fruits and vegetables sold to prisoners; prisoners who are mostly struggling to meet their daily needs. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='60649'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49064/'> According to HRANA, he has returned to the general ward of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='62305'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C-Hml_ROr6O/'> "According to the page attributed to Mohammad Nourizad, his new case trial was held via video conference." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='62374'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C-Hml_ROr6O/?igsh=aGFpNDRvdGw0dmZx'> "According to the page attributed to Mohammad Nourizad, he has been sentenced to an additional five years in prison. According to this report, the publication of an audio file outside the prison is cited as one of the charges against him. This report does not mention any other accusation against him." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>