Mohammad Mehdi Vosoughian

Mohammad Mehdi Vosoughian is a student activist and vice secretary of the Trade Union Council of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. He was arrested and fined for following up on the condition of his imprisoned mother, Masoumeh Yavari.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58220'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43842/'> According to HRANA, he was arrested by IRGC agents in Golpayegan and taken to the Isfahan IRGC detention center. In another report, IranWire wrote that the arrest of Mohammad Mahdi and Vosoughian was two weeks after the arrest of his mother, Masoumeh Yavari, and because of his follow-ups on her condition. In this report, citing a source, it is stated that during the recent arrest of Masoumeh Yavari, Mohammad Mahdi was also at home and the security agents took his phone and laptop with them. According to this report, the agents who came to arrest Mehdi Vosoughian also threatened to arrest Mohsen Vosoughian, his father, and said: > We will come to take you away soon." A source who talked to IranWire said that Mohammad Mahdi's actions were all public and in line with student union activities, and the agents arrested him "because he was following up on his mother's situation. This source added: > Mohammed Mehdi loves his mother very much and he was very worried about his mother's health condition in prison. For this reason, he was constantly to deliver her medicine to prison and visited judicial and security authorities. But each time he faced a lot of insults but got no results. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58226'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=432596'> He was transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58222'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/9913'> He was transferred to the prison hospital and returned to solitary confinement. According to the reports of the country's student union councils, the reason for his transfer to the hospital is not known. In this report, it is stated that despite seven days of detention, Mohammad Mahdi Vosoughian has not had any direct contact with his family and the prosecutor's office blocks his family's follow-ups. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58219'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/2d9kmu3x'> According to IranWire, in his first phone call from Dastgerd prison in Isfahan, "he was unable to speak." In this report, it is stated that due to his serious physical condition, he was seen handcuffed in the infirmary of Dastgerd prison, and several officers surrounded him so that he could not talk to other prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58229'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44350/'> According to HRANA, even though 26 days have passed since his arrest, the judicial authorities oppose his temporary release by "making excuses". It is also stated in this report that despite 40 days since her arrest, Masoumeh Yavari, the mother of Mohammad Mehdi Vosoughian, is still in custody awaiting a decision in Isfahan's Dolat Abad prison. In this report, a source is quoted as saying that Mr. Vosoughian has been deprived of family visits since his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58218'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3nvcd6m2'> According to IranWire, despite issuing a bail order of Three billion Rials for Mohammad Mehdi Vosoughian, the Golpayegan prosecutor's office is preventing his temporary release. According to this report, the Golpayegan prosecutor has ordered to transfer Mr. Vothoukian to the Golpayegan prison and re-interrogate him, and due to the lack of separation of crimes in this prison, his life is in danger among the "prisoners of dangerous crimes". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58227'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44522/'> He was transferred from Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan to Gopayegan Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58228'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44763/'> HRANA, citing a source, reported that after Mr. Vosoughian was transferred from Isfahan's Dastgerd prison to Golpayegan prison, he went on strike and lost weight during this time. According to this source, the physical and general health of Mr. Vosoughian is not good and the prison officials are indifferent to his condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58217'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/35swxnhr'> According to IranWire, he was taken to the hospital with severe symptoms of inflammation and infection of the intestinal tract and blood in the urine, but despite his deteriorating condition and before receiving treatment, he was returned to prison. According to this report, the physical condition of Mr. Vosoughian was so bad that the warden of the prison said that he should be taken to the hospital on his (warden's) responsibility, but the Golpayegan prosecutor's office prevented him from getting proper medical services. The report stated that the prosecutor of Golpayegan threatened Mr. Vosoughian that if he did not return to prison as soon as possible, he would be transferred to the dangerous crimes ward of Dastgerd prison in Isfahan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58223'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45177/'> According to HRANA, the trial of Mohammad Mehdi Vosoughian was held in Golpayegan Revolutionary Court with the presence of Mr. Vosoughian's defense lawyers. According to this report, he defended himself against accusations of propaganda against the state, communication with hostile countries, and membership in anti-regime groups. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58225'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45203/'> He was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58224'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45641/'> According to HRANA, he was sentenced to pay a fine of 150 million Rials by the Revolutionary Court of Golpayegan for the charge of propaganda against the state. According to this report, he has been acquitted of the charges of connections with hostile countries and being a member of dissident groups. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>