HRANA News Agency – Keyvan Karimi, famous filmmaker, who had been arrested previously to endure the sentence of whipping and imprisonment and had been transferred to Evin prison’s quarantine, was eventually moved to ward 8 of Evin prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Keyvan Karimi, a prominent Iranian filmmaker, who had been summoned through a phone call to provide some explanations to branch one of Shahid Moghadas court, located in Evin prison in Tehran, was arrested there for the sentence of one-year imprisonment and 223 lashes and was moved to the quarantine of Evin prison, on Wednesday, November 23. Continue reading “Keyvan Karimi Transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison”

HRANA News Agency – On November 23, 2016, Keyvan Karimi, prominent Iranian filmmaker who was summoned to the law enforcement of branch 1 of Shahid Moghadas court in Evin prison during a phone call to provide some explanations, was arrested and transferred to the quarantine ward of Evin prison to serve his 1 year in prison and 223 lashes.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Keyvan Karimi was sentenced to 6 years in prison and 223 lashes on charge of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic and blasphemy” due to creating a documentary about the history of graffiti in Tehran called “Writing on the City”, whose sentence was reduced to one year in prison and five years of probation and 223 lashes at the appeal court. Continue reading “Keyvan Karimi Arrested to Serve His Sentence”