Ali Reza Saghafi

Ali Reza Saghafi Khorasani is a labor activist arrested several times. He was also arrested on World Labor Day in 2019. He was also the editor of the banned magazine Rahe-Ayandeh (Path to the Future).

• <coverage-outsourcing id='26465'> He was detained for a short time. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26463'> He was arrested during the International Labor Day ceremony in Laleh Park, Tehran. He was released about 40 days after from Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26464'> He was reportedly re-arrested. Later, he was sentenced to three years in prison by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Moghiseh. The sentence was upheld by the Tehran Court of Appeals the following year. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26466'> He was detained for a short time. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26458'> On the eve of International Labor Day, he was arrested with several labor activists in Karaj. He remained in custody for more than two weeks. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26461'> Ali Reza Saghafi, Haleh Safarzadeh, and Parvin Mohammadi were sentenced to one year in prison for "propagation against the system" by the Revolutionary Court of Karaj. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27013'> The appeals court upheld the sentences of the three labor activists. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27699'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/%D8%B6.jpg'> A copy of the warning obtained by the Sana'a platform was received by the bailer of the case of the three defendants. The Branch for Enforcement of Judgments has instructed this individual to hand themselves in to carry out the sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38987'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16504'> Ali Reza Saghafi and Haleh Safarzadeh were arrested at the memorial service for Samad Shabani, an Iranian writer and poet, and transferred to Kachuei Prison to serve their sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38988'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16683'> The Workers' Rights Defenders Association wrote that Ali Reza Saghafi needed medical treatment, but Kachuei Prison authorities had prevented it. According to this report, Mr. Saghafi's blood pressure has reached 22 in recent days, but nothing has been done to assist him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38990'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16690'> "Despite the insistence of forensic medicine, the prison has not taken any action to speed up the transfer of Mr. Saghafi to the hospital," the Workers' Rights Defenders Association wrote. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40847'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16715'> After a week of deteriorating health, he was transferred to a hospital in Karaj for medical examination and was later returned to prison. According to Labor Rights Advocates’ report, prison authorities claimed that the news of his recovery was the reason for denying him medical treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40850'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16978'> One of his ward mates told Labor Rights Advocates that for most of last month Mr. Saghafi has refused to take his medicines because they were not standard medication. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40851'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoonmodafean/16993'> He was reported in critical condition. Labor Rights Advocates reported that he has high blood pressure and chronic back pain and that in the past two weeks he has lost balance several times and fallen to the ground, which on one occasion broke one of his teeth. According to the report, the prison infirmary has informed the prosecution’s office that it does not have the necessary equipment to treat Mr. Saghafi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40943'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/878'> The Writers’ Association of Iran reported that Ali Reza Saghafi is in critical condition; and although the infirmary doctor has declared that the prison medications are unsuitable for him and sent his medical case to the sixth branch of Karaj prosecution’s office to request medical leave, the branch has not taken any action due to lack of a judge. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>