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Tag : Ehsan Mazandarani

October 11, 2017

Imprisoned Editor Ehsan Mazandarani Told to File for Temporary Release With One Month Left on Sentence

A reformist journalist imprisoned in Iran who is due to be freed in less than a month has gone on a hunger strike to protest his continued incarceration. “Ehsan Mazandarani...

September 1, 2017

Critically Ill Political Prisoner Refused Medical Leave with One Month Left to Serve on Sentence

The lawyer for ailing political prisoner Ehsan Mazandarani has requested his client spend the month remaining for the completion of his sentence on medical leave but so far Iranian judicial ...

August 27, 2017

Reformist MP Calls for Judicial Investigation Into Imprisoned Journalist’s Worsening Health

A member of the Iranian Parliament has called on the judiciary to investigate reports about imprisoned reformist journalist Ehsan Mazandarani’s deteriorating health after his wife publicly stated that he has ...

March 14, 2017

IRGC Violently Arrests Reformist Editor One Month After Release From Evin Prison

Reformist editor Ehsan Mazandarani was violently returned to Evin Prison less than a month after being released. ...

October 11, 2016

Imprisoned Editor Hospitalized After 18-Day Hunger Strike

Open Letter Disproves Judicial Claim About Prisoners’ Rights Imprisoned newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani, who recently wrote an open letter disproving a judicial official’s claim about prisoners’ ...

September 23, 2016

Reformist Editor Vows to Remain On Hunger Strike Until Released from Prison

Imprisoned newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani will be on hunger strike in Evin Prison until he is released based on Iran’s New Islamic Penal Code, which allows prisoners to apply for early ...

July 29, 2016

Reformist Newspaper Editor’s Prison Sentence Reduced on Appeal

The seven-year prison sentence of reformist newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani has been reduced to two years on appeal, his brother-in-law Sam Hosseini told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “We are happy that the Appeals Court ...

July 7, 2016

Imprisoned Journalists Granted Brief Reprieve from Prison

After eight months in detention, newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on July 5, 2016 on 10 billion rials ($324,000 USD) bail until her ...

June 22, 2016

Imprisoned Journalist Who Sent Letter to Supreme Leader Saying He Was Tortured is Hospitalized

Ehsan Mazandarani, who went on hunger strike on May 17, is in intensive care following a heart attack A little over a month after he sent a ...

June 10, 2016

Guard Assaults Ailing Political Prisoner in Hospital

Imprisoned newspaper editor Ehsan Mazandarani, who has been hospitalized in Tehran since May 31, 2016 due to his life-threatening hunger strike, was attacked by a prison guard in ...

May 2, 2016

Female Journalist, Sentenced to Ten Years, Beaten in Iran Prison

Mother of Afarin Chitsaz’s Describes Brutality Aimed at Forcing a “Confession” The mother of imprisoned newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz will make a judicial complaint ...

April 27, 2016

Journalists in Iran Slapped with Long Prison Sentences

Three journalists and the brother of a journalist have been given prison sentences ranging from five to ten years after spending months in detention, the lawyer representing two of the individuals told the International Campaign ...

April 11, 2016

Journalist Afarin Chitsaz Held Incommunicado at Evin Prison for Five Months

Status of Case and Charges against Her Remain Unknown Concern is growing for the well-being of newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz, who has been imprisoned incommunicado since her arrest ...

February 2, 2016

Two Reformist Journalists Charged, after Three Months in Detention

Three months after their arrests, journalists Issa Saharkhiz and Ehsan Mazandarani have been formally charged with “acting against national security” and “propaganda against the ...

December 10, 2015

Arrested Journalists Held Incommunicado for Over a Month while Officials Make Baseless Claims

More than a month after his arrest, the prominent reformist journalist Issa Saharkhiz has not contacted his family and judicial authorities have not commented on his status, his son Mehdi Saharkhiz told the ...

December 4, 2015

Ninety Journalists Call for Release of Four Arrested Colleagues

Ninety Iranian journalists have signed a statement calling for the release of four of their colleagues arrested a month ago by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Organization: Issa Saharkhiz, Ehsan Mazandarani, Saman Safarzaie, and Afarin ...

November 9, 2015

Arrests Gather Pace in Iran after Khamenei Gives Green Light for Crackdown

Fear of Post-Nuclear Deal Rapprochement with West Drives Intensified Repression November 9, 2015—Several journalists were arrested in Iran over the past week in an intensifying campaign of repression that is based on the ...

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