Arsham Rezaei goes on leave from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj
10-May-2022
Category: Prisoners
9-May-2022
Newsgroup: Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, May 9, 2022, the political prisoner, Arsham Rezaei, was sent on leave from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Monday, May 9, 2022, the civil activist, Arsham Rezaei, was sent on leave from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.
Arsham Rezaei was arrested on January 7, 2019, by IRGC intelligence forces in Tehran. On November 13 of the same year, he was temporary released from Evin Prison on a bail of 200 million Tomans awaiting the trial.
Without a prior notice, the trial was held on February 26, 2019 in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, where Arsham Rezaei having been denied the right to counsel, was sentenced to a total of 8 years and 6 months in prison for “Propaganda activities against the regime, conspiracy to act against national security, and offending the Supreme Leader.” The sentence was finally upheld by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals in Tehran, presided over by Judge Seyed Ahmad Zargar. Pursuant to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the most severe punishment, i.e. 5 years of imprisonment, was considered enforceable on him for the “Conspiracy to act against national security.”