Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi

His father was one of the clerics opposing the Islamic Republic. He is a staunch opponent of the Supreme Jurist, religion in politics, and politicized religion. He believes in a version of Islam he has dubbed "Traditional Religion". He studied in Qom Seminary under clerics such as Sadegh Rohani, Mirza Khalil Kamrei and Shahabeddin Marashi Najafi

<coverage-outsourcing id='3833'> He was arrested and held in Tohid Prison for about a year. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3834'> He was arrested. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3835'> He was released in the summer, but was not able to take care of his personal needs for a period of time due to the torture he was subjected to. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3836'> His father, Seyyed Mohamad Ali Kazemini Boroujerdi, passed away in Tehran's Madaen Hospital. The defendant's supporters announced that his father was killed at the hands of security forces. There has been no official reaction or investigation into this issue. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3838'> He was summoned to the court and detained for a short while. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3837'> Security forces attacked his father's home and confiscated all the deeds and old books. Images shot a few hours after the attack show that the attackers had completely destroyed the home and religious and holy Muslim and Shia texts had been thrown to the ground. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3821'> His residence was attacked by security forces and a number of his relatives and supporters were arrested. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3822'> His supporters' human ring around his residence prevented security forces from arresting him. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3820'> His supporters created a human ring surrounding his residence in order to protect him from security forces. Eventually, 400 individuals were arrested in the process of breaking through the crowd and arresting the defendant. Amnesty International announced that he is being held in a cell without temperature control and has been tortured during his interrogation. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3839'> A private trial was held for the defendant and 80 like-minded individuals in Branch 3 of the Special Clerical Court nine months after his arrest. There were no attorneys present in this session. 17 of these individuals were eligible for receiving the death sentence, but only seven of them received this sentence. The other accused parties also received heavy sentences. In Appeals Court, the death sentences were overturned and the defendant was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in exile and an additional year in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3824'> He was transferred to Yazd Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3825'> He was transferred to solitary confinement. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3826'> He wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, requesting that they send international monitors to oversee a referendum on the Islamic Republic as a political system for Iran. Prison authorities physically abused him in retaliation for this letter and barred him from receiving telephone calls or visiting with his family and attorneys. He began a hunger strike in protest of this treatment and was transferred to the prison's medical ward. He ended his hunger strike after 26 days. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3832'> He published an audio file from inside Evin Prison, stating that he will not be donning the clerical robes any longer, since they no longer stand for anything in Iran or the world. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3827'> He was transferred to Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3849'> The Head of the Special Clerical Court insulted the defendant multiple times and injured the defendant by administering strikes with a baton. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3848'> He was transferred to an unknown location. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3847'> Prison authorities tied the defendant's arms and legs after subjecting him to severe physical abuse. They later used a dirty blade to cut his body and shave his beard, seriously injuring his face along the process. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3846'> It was reported that despite his severe physical condition, he is not receiving proper medical care. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3828'> Human Rights Watch submitted a request to Iranian officials to investigate threats and possible attacks against the defendant in prison. According to a relative, one of his ward-mates wanted to kill the defendant. According to his family members and supporters, other inmates have been hostile towards him and have attacked or seriously threatened him at least twice. Human Rights Watch also noted that the defendant's health is deteriorating. It is reported that medical staff in the prison have advised him to be hospitalized but that he is not being allowed to receive this care. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3845'> He was transferred to Tehran's Modarres Hospital in handcuffs and shackles. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3844'> He was transferred to a hospital outside of Evin Prison due to severe pain in his kidneys. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3843'> He was interrogated. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3831'> His continued incarceration was condemned by the Canadian government. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3841'> Amnesty International penned a letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Government requesting the defendant's immediate release. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3842'> He was hospitalized in the prison's Medical Ward due to heart issues but prison authorities refused to allow him to be transferred to a hospital. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3829'> His room was subject to search and his possessions were strewn around as prison officials looked for a letter or statement that he could potentially pass to his family on the day of their visitation. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3840'> He was transferred to quarantine with the death row inmates for 44 days due to having published his opinions from prison. He was released on the 16th day of a hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='3830'> He was transferred to the Special Clerical Court and interrogated on the 10th anniversary of his incarceration. The defendant has spent his entire sentence without a single day of furlough or access to his attorney. There are reports that his health has deteriorated and that he is not in good condition. </coverage-outsourcing>