Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad

Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad is a political activist living in Tehran. He was arrested and sentenced to prison at the same time as the uprising of 2022 and also on the anniversary of this uprising.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58351'> According to an Atlas (IPA) source, he was arrested by security agents in Chitgar neighborhood of Tehran and taken to Fashafouyeh prison. According to this source, during his detention, he went on a hunger strike for a week to protest against the lack of access to a lawyer. His arrest took place at the same time as the nationwide uprising in Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58358'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45194/'> He was released from prison. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58352'> According to an Atlas source, he was arrested by IRGC agents in Tehran and transferred to Ward 2-A of this organization. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58354'> According to an Atlas source, he was released from prison after posting bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58355'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45194/'> HRANA reported that a new case has been filed against Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad and Mehdi Meskinnavaz with the complaint of the Greater Tehran Prison. According to this report, Mr. Kamraninejad and Mr. Meskinnavaz are accused of "derogatory manipulation of video, sound or image by computer and publishing them" and their case is being investigated in Branch 101 of the Public Court of Fashafuye District. According to this report, examples of this accusation are the publication of an audio file by Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad during his previous detention in the Greater Tehran prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58353'> According to an Atlas source, after appearing in the third branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office, he was released on bail. According to this source, Mohammadreza Kamraninejad has faced two other charges in the investigation session in addition to the charges of propaganda against the system and assembly and collusion to commit a crime against the country's security: Being a member of dissident groups on Telegram, and sacrilege. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58356'> According to an Atlas source, the hearing of the case of 10 political activists named Payam Bastani, Vahid Sorkhgol, Kazem Alinejad Baraelou, Arsham Rezaei, Maisam Gholami, Vahid Ghadirzadeh, Ali Asghar Hosnirad, Saman Rezaei, Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad, and Hojatollah Rafei in the branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court was held under the chairmanship of Iman Afshari. According to this source, all these people except Mohammadreza Kamraninejad are in temporary detention in Ward 4 of Evin prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58357'> According to an Atlas source, based on the verdict issued against 11 political activists by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Iman Afshari, Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad was sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion, and one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the state. According to this report, he has been sentenced to two years of ban on residence in Tehran province and other neighboring provinces, two years of ban on membership in political and social groups, and confiscation of his mobile phone and internet modem. After applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, 10 years of imprisonment and additional punishments can be enforced. The issued sentence is available in the Supporting Evidence section of the profile. </coverage-outsourcing>