Aziz Jabbari

Aziz Jabbari is a former TV presenter of Ardebil provincial TV and Sahar Network who was sentenced to prison for the activities on his Instagram channel.

<coverage-outsourcing id='41232'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3zVX0vy'> He was arrested by Information Ministry agents in Ardebil. According to IranWire, he received several death threats during his interrogations. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41233'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36472/'> According to HRANA, he was sentenced to three years in prison for sacrilege and one year in prison for propaganda against the state (Article 134: sum of three years). The report states that After accepting the sentence without requesting an appeal, his sentence was reduced to 18 months. According to IranWire, he reported to the central prison in Ardebil to serve his sentence in the fall of 2019. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41236'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3zVX0vy'> An IranWire source reported that after returning from a five-day furlough Mr. Jabbari was suspiciously poisoned and went into a coma for 28 days, which resulted in bedsores on his shoulders and hips. When Mr. Jabbari came out of the coma, he was returned to prison before the end of his recovery period, but a week later his bedsores got infected, and he was sent to medical furlough again to be treated at Fatemi Hospital in Ardebil. IranWire reported that Mr. Jabbari is also a war veteran and suffers from chronic anxiety and depression for which he received anti-depressants; but he has been denied his medication and would give him half a pill every two weeks, almost driving him insane. The source also points out that Aziz Jabbari has been moved around between different violent crime wards of Ardebil Prison: two months in the homicide ward, two months in the drug smugglers ward, and two months in the robbery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41239'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3T3NZtg'> IranWire reported that Mr. Jabbari has faced a new case with similar charges, sacrilege, and propaganda against the state, for the three live videos he posted on Instagram during his furlough. He received three years in prison for the new charges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41234'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36472/'> HRANA reported that he has been released under house arrest with an electric ankle monitor, reporting to the verdict enforcement branch every three months, and a pledge not to commit any “new crimes”. According to the report, Mr. Jabbari can only commute in the second district of Ardebil. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41235'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3zVX0vy'> IranWire reported that Mr. Jabbari only accepted the pledge to be able to take care of his old mother who is disabled in both legs. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>