Rouzbeh Meshkin Khat

Rouzbeh Meshkin Khat

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='26032'> Was arrested. Was jailed in Evin’s Section 209 for a while and then sent to the Section 4 of this prison. According to Zamane, before being arrested, he had tweeted in support of a referendum toward democracy and start of negotiations with the US </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='26033'> It was reported that Branch 36 of the Tehran appellate court headed by Judge Zargar has approved the initial sentence issued by Branch 28 of Tehran revolutionary court headed by Judge Moghise. Based on reports, Mr Meshkinkhat was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the conviction of “forming an illegal group” and six further years on the conviction of “gathering and collusion for acting against national security”. Other vague charges such as “disturbing public opinion” have been noted against him. IPA is yet to access the full version of charges against him but the final decree includes 28 years in prison which, after the application of Article 134, will be reduced to 11 years </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='26637'> Sent a voice note from prison and protested heavy sentences against himself and other activists. Part of the voice file reads: “I, Roozbe Meshiknkhat, Secretary General of Proud Iran Party, warn political parties about the 11 year sentence that has been handed down. If political parties do not strongly condemn this sentence, we would have to wait for more unsavory actions against parties… they condemn you and they are not even brave enough to give you a written sentence. The regime, instead of apologizing, accepting its mistakes and working with those who have served their country for a lifetime without any expectations, has decided to choose oppression in all of its security and police operations. It is using all of its power to shut up the opponents” </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='49817'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40251/'> 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>