Filing cases against 9 civil activists in Evin Court for supporting the protests in Khuzestan

4-August-2021

Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners –

Breathing in Confinement: Nine civil activists received a message from the Sana Electronic System on August 3, saying that a case had been filed against them in Branch 2 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office. These civil activists were arrested on July 20, 2021, after staging a rally in Tehran in support of the uprisings in Khuzestan and were released a few hours later.

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a new case has been filed against Arash Sadeghi, Arash Keykhosravi, Ruhollah Mardani, Narges Mohammadi, Jafar Azimzadeh, Rasoul Badaghi, Pouran Nazemi, Hamid Asefi and Behzad Homayouni in Branch 2 of the Prosecutor’s Office in Evin.

In the SMS they received, it was mentioned that a case had been filed against them because of participating in an illegal gathering in front of the Ministry of Interior.

On July 20, a number of civil activists gathered in front of the Ministry of Interior to express their support for the uprisings in Khuzestan and to protest the repressions.