Kourosh Zaiem

He is on the leadership council of The National Front of Iran. He has been arrested many times and kept in solitary confinement for months. Mr. Zaeem has authored and translated many published works

<coverage-outsourcing id='7494'> He was arrested and held in the solitary confinements of Evin prison for four months </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7495'> His brother Siamak Zaeem was arrested and executed for his participation in Sarbedaran uprising. His other brother, Bahram Zaeem was also imprisoned for four and a half years around the same time </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7496'> He became a member of the central council and the executive board of the National Front and was appointed as the director of public relations. He has had other responsibilities in the National Front as well </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7498'> He was arrested and was detained in ward 209 solitary confinements for 47 days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7497'> He cofounded the "Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights" group along with several other political activists and took on the role of political secretary </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7499'> He was arrested and transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison. He was detained there for 91 days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7500'> He was detained in solitary confinements of ward 209 in Evin Prison for 27 days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7501'> Branch 14 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided by Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh, sentenced him to three years in prison and five years barred from political and media activities on the charges of acts against the national security, propaganda against the regime, and by accumulation of all his arrests and prison cases from 1982, 2006, 2009, and 2010. The sentence was suspended for five years due to "senility of the accused" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7505'> He was arrested for a few hours along with several other nationalists at the house of Isa Khan Hatami in Asfarayen </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7506'> He was briefed on his charges in Evin Court. According to Harana, after a two-hour session, he was released on bail until the date of the trial </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='25866'> Nasrin Sotoodeh had gone to a trial for the defense of Koroosh Zayim but was barred by the court authorities. They referred to the court order which had disbarred Ms. Sotoodeh </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7503'> His trial session was postponed to Judge Salavati's leave of absence </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7502'> He was tried and sentenced to a year in prison by Judge Salavati at the branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on the charge of propaganda against the regime. Later he told Harana that: > My sin or crime was announced as propaganda against the regime, and the accounts that were cited were all the plans that I had presented, such as honoring the Iranian soldier and supporting the Iranian workers, and these plans were determined to be my deadly sins. According to some reports, this verdict might remove the suspension for the previous sentence of three years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7504'> He was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. The next day he was moved to hall 10 of ward 8 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7604'> According to Harana, he was informed of his prison sentence while incarcerated. His attorney, Giti Pourfazel later told Voice of America that her client's recent sentence has no legal basis because three years of it was on suspension and at the time of Mr. Zaeem's arrest, the suspension period had expired </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8017'> The Nationa Front issued a statement demanding his freedom </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8018'> In an interview with Radio Farhang, -Isa Khan Hatami stated that according to Mr.Zaeem's attorney, his one year prison sentence is gooing through the appeal process, and his suspended sentence has also expired.Therefore his transfer to prison is illegal </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9257'> According to the Weblog of Human Rights in Iran, he was transferred to Evin court without prior notice </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10252'> Zaeem and several other Evin prisoners wrote a letter in support of prisoners on hunger strike. The signatories are as follows: Saeed Jokar, Arash Majdaee, Ahmad Afzali, Nasrollah Lashani, Navid Kamran, Amir Amirgholi, Payman Mirzaee, Davoud Karbalaee, Sabra Hassanpour, and Kourosh Zaeem </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10266'> According to HRANA the Intelligence ministry agents in ward 8, threatened the signatories of the letter of solidarity with those on hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10321'> According to Akhbar Rouz, he wrote a letter in which he heavily criticizes the formation of the Turkish-speaking Fraction in congress and writes: > Is this anti-nationalist movement being managed from abroad? Finding the answer to this question is the responsibility of the Ministry of Intelligence, so it can help the solidarity of the country and expose the provocateurs and the anti-nationalist agents </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10301'> Harana reported that he is in bad physical conditions. According to the report, his cataracts has grown larger and operating it will be difficult. Sinus infection, Hiatus Hernia, blood thickness, kidney stone, and dental issues are the other problems that the elderly political prisoner is suffering from </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11637'> Arash Sadeghi's cellmate, Kourosh Zaeem, wrote an essay titled "Iran's Bobby Sands Is Called Arash", and described the events leading to Arash's hunger strike and its aftermath. This essay is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20819'> According to HRANA, he went on furlough for a few days </coverage-outsourcing>