Sajjad Eslamizadeh

Sajjad Eslamizadeh works at a home supply store in Ahvaz. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='44653'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3YAoAKs'> According to IranWire at 3:00 am about 20 agents entered his family home without a warrant and arrested him. Civil rights activist Abolfazl Haddadi recorded his arrest on November 4th. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45933'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=387643'> According to HRANA, he is in a suspended state awaiting a decision. There is no information available about his charges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44838'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3PHMdg6'> According to IranWire, two weeks after his arrest he had a two-minute phone call with his family and there has been no news after that. In the phone call, he told his family that he doesn't know where he is, only that they took him down the stairs to a basement and that he was severely beaten. He also asked his family why they haven't put up his bail: "The agents here told me we have asked your family for bail and we are still waiting. This could be considered psychological torture because the Intelligence Ministry in Ahvaz refuses to answer the family. They just threaten them not to publicize the story. They also confiscated the phones of the family and blocked their Instagram access and put pressure on them. According to the report, the family initially wanted to hire a prominent attorney but the Intelligence Ministry office in Ahvaz denied him access to the case and said during the investigation phase there is no need for a lawyer. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>