Zia Nabavi

<p>Zia Nabavi is a political activist and one of the imprisoned students after the 2009 elections. He has been arrested and sentenced to prison several times.</p>

<p>Zia Nabavi was banned from education after he passed the national graduate admissions examination. He joined the Right to Education Council after that, in order to defend he rights of students banned from continuing their education.</p> <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='1186'> He was arrested by security forces in his university alongside 15 other students due to having begun a hunger strike. He was transferred to solitary confinement in the Police's Intelligence Ward and transferred to the Municipal Police's Prison the next day </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1187'> He was released from prison on bail. He was exonerated of all crimes according to letter 2448 signed by the Babol's Deputy Prosecutor. He was also suspended from university for two semesters </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1188'> He was arrested alongside his cousin "Atefeh Nabavi" in a friend's house in Tehran due to his involvement in the protests against the election results. He was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1189'> He was transferred from Ward 209 to the Public Ward of Evin Prison after three months of severe physical and emotional pressure </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1190'> He was tried in Branch 26 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Pir Abbasi on charges of "Propaganda against the system , Relations, collaboration with, or membership in the People's Mujahedin of Iran, Disruption of public order, Assembly and collusion against national security, Agitating the public consciousness" . He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in exile to Izeh and 74 lashes with a whip. The only reason the court ruled as such was that the defendant's family members were present. The defendant denied all allegations of being involved with the People's Mujahedin of Iran and did not accept the charges </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1191'> His sentence was reduced to ten years' imprisonment in exile in Branch 54 of Appeals Court, presided by Judge Movahed. Zia Nabavi's defense lawyer requested a retrial from the Supreme Court, which was reviewed in Branch 32 of the Supreme Court. The defense lawyer referenced Zia Nabavi's acquittal from the charge of "supporting the the People's Mujahedin of Iran at Noshirvani University in Babol," which was used as the basis for his "Enmity with God" ruling, and it was expected that the Supreme Court would agree with the retrial request. But his ten year prison sentence in exile was confirmed by the Supreme Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1192'> He was exiled to Ahvaz's Karoun Prison without prior notice </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1194'> He penned an open letter describing the harsh conditions in Karoun Prison to Mohammad Javad Ardeshir Larijani, secretary of the Human Rights Council of the judiciary. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1193'> A new case was started against Zia Nabavi based on the open letters he wrote from inside Karoon Prison in Ahvaz. He was placed in solitary confinement and put under pressure after he wrote a letter about the prison treatment of Mohammad Ali Amouri, the imprisoned Iranian Arab blogger on death row. The last trial session to review the new charges against him was held on October 14, 2013, but Nabavi refused to appear in court. The court acquitted him of the charge of "propaganda against the state through activities inside the prison," and the new case against him was closed </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5097'> He was transferred from Karoun Prison in Ahvaz to Semnan Prison, which is closer to his family's residence. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5463'> He was released on furlough for two days. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5529'> He returned to Semnan Prison after one week of furlough. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29380'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23963/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> He was arrested </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29409'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news/tehran/36881'> He was released on bail </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50628'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZiaNabavi1/status/1650603089143930890'> Hasti Amiri, Fereshteh Tousi, and Zia Nabavi were accused of propaganda against the system in a new case. Announcing this news, Zia Nabavi wrote on his Twitter page that Branch Two of the Evin Prosecutor's Office has accused them of propaganda against the system due to the gathering of students of Allameh Tabatabai University in March 2023, which was held in protest of the serial poisoning of students. Mr. Nabavi further wrote: > We did not accept the accusations and emphasized that if there is a complaint, it is from our side and against the unprecedented violence of the security agents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53666'> <reference source='https://t.me/kashowra/17295'> Hasti Amiri and Zia Nabavi were each sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of "objecting to the poisoning of female students". The channel of the Coordinating Council of Educators' Union Organizations announced this news and wrote that the sentence was issued for the charge of "propaganda activity against the system" in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court headed by Iman Afshari. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53667'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44557/'> According to HRANA, the one-year prison sentence of Zia Nabavi and Hasti Amiri was confirmed in the 36th branch of the Court of Appeal. Abbas Ali Houzan is the head of this branch. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53672'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/yc8e67xb'> Zia Nabavi wrote on X social network that when they went to Evin prison with Hasti Amiri to execute their one-year sentence, they were told that they are free for the time being due to "ambiguities in the case and pending investigation and decision." In response to the question of Zia Nabavi and Hasti Amiri, asking when will the status of their sentences be determined and what is the guarantee that they will not be arrested during this period, the head of the Evin Prosecutor's Office said, "There is no specific time." But he assured these two students that their arrest will not take place without a legal warrant. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56551'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/y2ufmn89'> Hasti Amiri and Zia Nabavi were summoned to serve their prison sentence. While confirming this news, Zia Nabavi wrote in his user account on X that he and Hasti Amiri will go to Evin prison on April 6, 2024, to serve their sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56742'> <reference source='https://t.me/anjmotahed/7259'> According to the Telegram channel of the United Students, Zia Nabavi and Hasti Amiri's sentences of one year in prison were enforced after being summoned to the sentence enforcement branch of Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59526'> <reference source='https://t.me/anjmotahed/7358'> In a letter, Zia Nabavi wrote a story about the dire health situation in Ward 8 of Evin prison and the physical and mental effects of bed bugs. At the end of this letter with the title "Is torture with bed bugs part of our sentence?" he said: "It is not strange for me if the readers of this text feel that I have exaggerated the issue of bed bugs and that the story is not as important as I have made it. I admit that there are prisoners in this ward whose bed bugs are basically not among their priorities. Some people may have so much trouble that the issue of bed bugs is nothing next to it. My fear is from those who have fully understood the annoyingness of this situation, but consider it normal. They feel that such an annoying suffering is a natural part of being a prisoner and they have to deal with it; An idea that the jailer enthusiastically endorses and the public arena helps to stabilize it by ignoring it and keeping it silent. Of course, there are a lot of hidden and natural injustices in the state of being a prisoner, but it is surprising that one of the biggest and most annoying of these experiences remains on the sidelines like this. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59527'> <reference source='https://t.me/anjmotahed/7364'> According to the report of the United Students, prison officers took Zia Nabavi out of the ward with only one set of clothes and a toothbrush and transferred him to the quarantine section of Ward 8. In the report, it is stated that he has not had any contact with his family since yesterday. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59559'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/88693'> He was transferred to the solitary cell of Evin prison. Amir Raisian, Zia Nabavi's defense attorney, explained in an interview with the news agency his latest situation: > On Sunday, May 19th, the prison authorities went to Mr. Nabavi's room and took him out of the ward, and a day later we were informed by other prisoners that he is in quarantine. On Monday, he was taken out of the quarantine ward of Evin prison and transferred to solitary confinement. According to Raisian, this action was taken by the decision of the prison's disciplinary council. According to the Emtedad report, this council has transferred Mr. Nabavi to solitary confinement for publicizing the infestation of bed bugs in Ward 8 of Evin Prison. Raisian further added: > Since the punitive transfer, Mr. Nabavi has not been able to make a phone call or communicate with his family, and for this reason, we do not have reliable information about his condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59775'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48735/'> After spending a week in solitary confinement, he was returned to Ward 8 of Evin Prison. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that he had been banned from making phone calls for 20 days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>