Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam Returned to Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency – Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam, civil activist and a witness of the Kahrizak Detention Center, returned to Evin prison on October 3, 2017 to serve the remainder of his 3-year conviction. Mr. Abedinzadeh Moghaddam had been sent to the medical furlough.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam introshowed up at Evin prison on October 3, 2017 to serve the remainder of his 3-year conviction.
Mr. Abedinzadeh Moghaddam was summoned by the second executive branch of Evin prosecutor’s office to serve his sentence on October 20, 2016 and began his conviction in Evin Prison on November 1, 2016.
The civil activist was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in the Primary Court. His case was sent to branch 39 of Appeal Court for review, and the sentence was reduced to 3 years imprisonment.
“Objection to the results of the presidential elections in 2009”, “Meeting with the families of the dead in 2009”, “Supporting political prisoners and meeting them” and “Reporting Kahrizak events through interviews with the independent media”, were reasons for three years imprisonment of this civil activist at the Revolutionary Court.
Majid Moghaddam had been previously arrested by forces in plainclothes and transferred to the Kahrizak detention center because of participating in protests after the 2009 presidential election.

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