Yashar Piri

He was arrested during nationwide protests in November 2019.

Millions of demonstrators protests in several cities of Iran, after the petrol price rise. Though, the early hours of the protests were aimed at the petrol price rise, soon after the protests turned against the government. From the earliest moments firing on protesters began in many places and security forces killed or injured hundreds. November's nationwide protests consider as the largest uprising against the government till now by many people, and the Islamic Republic's reaction admitted as the largest crackdown on non-partisan protesters <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='28186'> Was arrested in an action organized to protest the drying up of the Urumiyah lake. The court later convicted him of “disrupting the public order” and gave him a suspended sentence of three months in prison and 30 blows of the lash </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28180'> As the nationwide demonstrations began in November 2019, large numbers of protesters arrested by Iranian security forces. Most of them discharged shortly after, but some are still being in detention </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28183'> He was arrested and transferred to IRGCs detention house in Tabriz </coverage-outsourcing>