Tag: Reza Rashidi

Four Citizens Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging for Opposing Compulsory Hijab

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Abdolbagher Amani, HRANA, Mahsa Amini, Maryam Bani-Razi Motlagh, Mohammad-Reza Rostami, Reza Rashidi

Maryam Bani-Razi Motlagh, Abdolbagher Amani, Reza Rashidi, and Mohammad-Reza Rostami have been sentenced to over 17 months in prison and 148 lashes combined, along with additional punishment, by the Criminal Court of Qom.

Amani, Rashidi and Rostami each received 91 days and were prohibited from taking a public service profession for two years. This punishment is for hindering religious vigilantes from carrying out their religious duty of “enjoining good and forbidding wrong,” which includes enforcing compulsory hijab.
As HRANA earlier reported, Bani-Razi was sentenced to over eight months, 148 lashes and additional punishments for not complying with the compulsory Hijab.
The four individuals were reportedly arrested during the 2022 nationwide protests and were later released on bond.

About the 2022 Nationwide Protests

The arrest of Mahsa Amini by Tehran Morality Police for her improper hejab and her suspicious death on September 16 sparked protests sweeping across Iran. During the nationwide protests, about 19600 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, were arrested.

Two Students Arrested in Isfahan and Babol

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Bu-Ali Sina University, Mohammad-Ebrahim Karim-Baksh, Reza Rashidi

Security forces recently arrested two students, Reza Rashidi and Mohammad-Ebrahim Karim-Baksh.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Iranian students’ union, on October 10, Reza Rashidi, a student at the University of Tehran, was arrested in Isfahan and transferred to Dastgerd prison.

Moreover, on October 9, Mohammad-Ebrahim Karim-Baksh, a student at Bu-Ali Sina University (Hamedan), was arrested at his house in Babol, Mazandaran Province.

The reason for these arrests and the charges are still unknown.

Since the outbreak of nationwide protests, thousands of people, including journalists, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. For more details and statistics on the nationwide protest across Iran, read HRANA’s comprehensive report here.