Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi

Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi is an attorney and member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat organization. He was arrested and sentenced to prison during the Green Movement. He was also once arrested among many others during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='3787'> He was arrested and released after about 40 days </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3790'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3784'> He was tried in a private trial session in Branch 28 of Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghiseh. He was charged with "Assembly and collusion against national security", "Propagating against the system", "Disrupting public order", and "Insulting the President". His attorneys in this case were Mohammad Sharif and Reza Zarei. Judge Moghiseh ultimately sentenced the defendant to five years in prison and a fine of 100 thousand tomans. This sentence was upheld in Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3785'> He was arrested and transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3786'> It was reported that despite his interrogations having ended, he is still being held in solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3789'> This date was specified as the date to address his new case in Revolutionary Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3802'> He began a hunger strike alongside 11 other political prisoners after the deaths of Hoda Saberi and Haleh Sahabi. He published a letter addressed to the people of Iran entitled : > Etesab Nevesht/ Alayhe Dorough (Strike Journal / Against Lies) </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3791'> He was released on furlough for a few days, nearly one year into his incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3801'> The defendant and 54 other political prisoners addressed a letter to the President of the United States in which they called for an end to the sanctions </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3792'> He was released on furlough for a few days </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3793'> A few of the inmates incarcerated by the Intelligence Ministry and housed in Ward 350 of Evin Prison organized a march in this prison. This led to a clash between prison authorities and the political prisoners in this ward. Following this altercation, Emad Bahavar, Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, and Behzad Arab Gol were transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 240. After these individuals were transferred, the remaining inmates in Ward 350 refused to accept their meals until they were returned. Following this course of action, Ali Kazemzadeh was transferred to solitary confinement while Hamidreza Borhani was exiled to Rajaee Shahr Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3794'> It was reported that 140 of the inmates in Ward 350 of Evin Prison continue to refuse to accept their meals as they await the return of Emad Bahavar, Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, Behzad Arabgol, and Ali Kazemzadeh from solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3795'> It was reported that the inmates continue to refuse their meals and that 30 of them are refusing to accept visitors as well </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3796'> He was returned to Ward 350 [of Evin Prison] </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3799'> After the violent attack by security forces on Ward 350 of Evin Prison, the defendant and 11 other inmates in this ward began a hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3800'> He wrote a letter to the Foreign Minister, Mr.Zarif, requesting that the government put together periodical reports, especially concerning human rights, and present them to international agencies. This would be in order for their to be a fair and clear discussion about human rights in Iran and authorities' stance on this issue </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3797'> The Human Rights Watch organization announced that Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, Siamak Ghaderi, Ali Asghar Haghdar, Shahram Javadi, and Mohammad Reza Pourshajri are five of the 35 writers awarded with the Hellman-Hammett award </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3798'> He was released from Ward 350 of Evin Prison two weeks after the end of his sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44475'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZiaNabavi1/status/1592791155053580290?s=20&t=sYmISy8cxDpVlHutImURyw'> Political activist Zia Nabavi reported that IRGC Intelligence arrested Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi at his home in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44476'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/khalafi_at/status/1599039636092829696?s=20&t=qCdSg5ja5seC1Dt1eyWm6w'> Atefeh Khalghi, his wife said on Twitter that it has been 10 days since his last phone call to the family and her visits to the Evin Court to meet with the investigator have been futile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45576'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38521/'> He was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>