Foad Zandi

Foad Zandi

He is a labor activist, residing in Sanandaj, who has been arrested several times

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19207'> He was arrested and taken to the IRGC detention center along with other labor activists. Around a week later, he was taken to Sanandaj and from there he was released on bail. According to one unconfirmed report, Mr. Zandi was sentenced to one year incarceration, on the charge of “holding Komala Day ceremonies on the foothills of Abidar mountain”, by one of the branches of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, headed by judge Mobaraki. However, in the memoirs of Mahmoud Salehi about the hunger strikes of 2008, judge Mobaraki is mentioned as the judge for the fourth branch of the investigative court of Sanandaj </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19208'> Aram and Foad Zandi were arrested and taken to the Intelligence Ministry Detention Center in Sanandaj. After spending some time there they were transferred to Sanandaj prison. It is said that they have not been charged </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19209'> Aram and Foad Zandi were released on bail from Sanandaj prison. A little while later, they were tried by judge Saeedi in the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj and, each, sentenced to four months incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19210'> Aram and Foad Zandi were transferred to Sanandaj prison to begin their sentences </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19206'> According to the Coordination Committee for Creation of Labor Organizations’ website, security forces, broke the door, entered his home, and arrested him </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19896'> Maf News reported that he remains under arrest in the intelligence ministry's lockup in Sanandaj. He is deprived of telephone calls and visits </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20005'> According to Maf News, he was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>