Category: Students

Iran Protests: Student Amir-Reza Hosseini Sentenced to Three Years and Seven Months

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Recently, the Revolutionary Court of Shahriar sentenced Amir-Reza Hosseini to three years and seven months in prison. Hosseini is a student at the Islamic Azad University of Qods City.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Iranian Students Union, Amir-Reza Hosseini was sentenced to three years and seven months imprisonment on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security.”

Hosseini was arrested on October 29 during student protests and transferred to Great Tehran Penitentiary.

Since the outbreak of nationwide protests, about 18400, including journalists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. For more details and statistics on the nationwide protest across Iran, read the latest HRANAs comprehensive report here.

 

Student Farzad Marzbani Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

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Farzad Marzbani, iran protests, Payame Noor University

The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced student Farzad Marzbani to three years imprisonment. Marzbani is a student at Payame Noor University-Shemiranat Branch.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Iranian Students’ Union, student Farzad Marzbani was sentenced to three years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to act against national security.”
On September 28, 2022, Marzbani was arrested by security forces before the Ministry of Interior building in Tehran.

Since the outbreak of nationwide protests, about 18200 people, including journalists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. For more details and statistics on the nationwide protest across Iran, read the latest HRANAs comprehensive report here.

 

Maryam Derisi Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging for Her Second Case

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Adel-Abad Prison, Kazerun, Maryam Derisi, Saveh

In a new legal case, the Kazerun Revolutionary Court sentenced Maryam Derisi, a Master’s student at the University of Saveh, to one year in prison and 74 lashes. In another legal case, she was earlier sentenced to three years imprisonment.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Maryam Derisi was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “disturbing the public order” and 74 lashes for “committing Haram act (removing headscarf in public).”

On October 15, 2022, security forces arrested Derisi in Shiraz and jailed her in Adel-Abad Prison. On November 2, she was released on bail.

 

Student Fatemeh Gorji Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging

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Fatemeh Gorji, University of Semnan

Student Fatemeh Gorji was sentenced to one year in prison, 74 lashes and additional punishments. Gorji, a master’s student at the University of Semnan, was arrested at protests on October 14, 2022.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Iranian Students’ Union, Fatemeh Gorji was sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes.

As additional punishment, she has been banned from leaving the country and from membership in political parties for two years. She has been charged with “blasphemy, acting against national security, propaganda against the regime, insulting regime’s authorities and disturbing public order.”

 

Three Students Sentenced to a Total of 14 Years and 7 Months

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Azin Saeedi-Nasab, Beniamin Moghadasi, he University of Tehran, Mohammad Javaheri, Radbeh Keshavarz

Three students at the University of Tehran, Azin Saeedi-Nasab, Mohammad Javaheri and Beniamin Moghadasi were sentenced to a total of 14 years and seven months. Additionally, Javaheri was sentenced to 74 lashes and prohibited from membership in civil and political groups and leaving the country for two years.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Aftab News, three students were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging.

According to these verdicts, Saeedi-Nasab and Moghadasi were sentenced each to five years and Javaheri to four years and seven months and additional punishments.

Security forces arrested Saeedi-Nasab in Tehran on September 22, 2022, and took her to Qarchak Prison in Varamin.

Javaheri and Moghadasi were arrested during the protests and later were released on bail.

Moreover, recently, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced another student of the University of Tehran, Radbeh Keshavarz, to six years on the charge of “propaganda, assembly and collusion against the regime.”

 

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Student Maryam Derisi Sentenced to Three Years

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Adel-Abad Prison, Kazerun, Maryam Derisi, Saveh, Shiraz

The Kazerun Revolutionary Court sentenced student Maryam Derisi to three years imprisonment. If the verdict is upheld on appeal, two years for one charge will be enforceable to her.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Maryam Derisi, a Master’s student at the University of Saveh, was sentenced to three years in prison.

According to this verdict, Derisi was sentenced to two years for “insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran” and one year for “propaganda against the regime.”

On October 15, 2022, security forces arrested Derisi in Shiraz and jailed her in Adel-Abad Prison. On November 2, she was released on bail.

 

Saha Mortezai Imprisoned for Sentencing

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Evin Prison, IRGC Intelligence, Saha Mortezaie

Saha Mortezai, the former head of the Student Union of the University of Tehran, was taken to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. Earlier, on November 21, 2022, security forces arrested her violently at her workplace.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, former student union activist Saha Mortezai was taken to Evin Prison to serve her six-year sentence.

On November 17, 2019, IRGC Intelligence arrested her at a student dormitory in Tehran and took her to Ward 2-A of Evin Prison. After a while, she went on a hunger strike in jail in protest against an excessive bail she could not afford. She ended her hunger strike after 22 days. On January 22, 2020, she was released on bail.

In November 2020, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Mortezai to six years. This verdict was upheld on appeal. According to Iran’s Student Union, three years and eight months for one charge are enforceable to her.

 

Iran Protests: 130 Allameh Tabataba’i University Students Barred from Entering the Campus

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Allameh Tabatabai University, iran protests

An Allameh Tabataba’i University official announced that 130 students are barred from entering the campus.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Modara, in an attempt to prevent protests, 130 students at Allameh Tabataba’i University were barred from entering the campus.

“This prohibition included residential campus, and the banned students who reside in student dormitories should leave,” this University official added.

 

 

Six Citizens Including Three School Students Arrested in Different Cities

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Amir Mohammadi, Behzad Iranpour, Bushehr, Kuhdasht, Mehdi Omrani, Milad Jahangiri, Mohsen Teymoori, Sirvan Malekian, Takab, Tehran

Recently, related to nationwide protests, security forces arrested six citizens, including three school students in Kuhdasht, Takab, Tehran and Bushehr.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, six individuals, including three school students, were arrested by security forces in different cities.

HRANA has identified the students as Milad Jahangiri, Sirvan Malekian and Behzad Iranpour, all residents of Takab, West Azerbaijan Province.

Three other citizens have been identified as Amir Mohammadi in Tehran, Mohsen Teymoori in Kuhdasht (Lorestan Province) and Mehdi Omrani in Bushehr.

Mohammadi has been jailed in Great Tehran Penitentiary. The five other individuals’ whereabouts are still unknown.

 

Six Students Arrested in Shiraz

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Ali Giasipour, Amir-Mohammad Mir-Jalili, Farzin Ahmadi, Hamid-Reza Safari, Mahsa Amini, Mohamad Rajabi, Mohammad-Mehdi Nazari, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

On November 1, related to nationwide protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, security forces arrested six students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and took them to an undisclosed location.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on November 1, 2022, six students were arrested by security forces in Shiraz.

HRANA has identified these students as Amir-Mohammad Mir-Jalili, Hamid-Reza Safari, Mohammad-Mehdi Nazari, Ali Giasipour, Mohamad Rajabi and Farzin Ahmadi.

The students’ whereabouts are unknown as of this writing.