Kasra Nouri
Kasra Nouri | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Education | University of Tehran |
Occupation(s) | political activist Editor of Majzooban-e noor[1] |
Known for | Political prisoner |
Website | www |
Kasra Nouri (
Iranian journalist Kasra Nouri was arrested in February 2018 while covering religious protests for the Majzooban-e-Noor website, which covers news about the Gonabadi Dervishes, a Sufi splinter group. He is serving a 12-year sentence on anti-state charges in Adel-Abad prison near the central city of Shiraz, after initially being held in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. Tehran’s Appeals Court upheld his sentence in March 2019.[4]
During the 2018 Dervish protests, he was arrested along with his mother Shokoufeh Yadollahi and his brothers Pouria Nouri and Amir Nouri.[5]
Majzooban-e-Noor covers news about the
Nouri was arrested in 2012 and was sentenced in 2013 to four years and four months in prison for "propaganda against the regime," "acting against national security," "insulting the Supreme Leader," and "membership in the Majzooban-e-Noor group," according to Majzooban-e-Noor.
He supported Mehdi Karroubi (presidential candidate) in 2009 Iranian presidential election.
The
In October 2021, the then president of the University of Tehran, Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, wrote a letter to Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the head of the Islamic Republic's judiciary, demanding the release of Kasra Nouri, a student prisoner, and a day later the president of the University of Tehran himself was fired.[7]
Arrest and imprisonment
He was first
According to the
Nouri was later arrested and jailed for anti-regime activities. He was arrested for 11 days in January 2018 and imprisoned in Evin Prison without any legal process. His mother told the BBC Persian service at the time that he went on a hunger strike immediately after his arrest. According to a January 2018 interview with Nouri by the Iranian Diaspora News Website WW, Nouri was finally released.[14]
Hunger strike
In January 2013 prisoners in
Convictions
Nouri was sentenced to 12 years in prison, 74 lashes, two years in exile in a remote city, a two-year ban on political, social and media activities, and a two-year ban on traveling outside Iran, U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on 30 July 2018. Judge Mashaullah Ahmadzadeh, the head of Branch 26 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court, tried Nouri and issued the verdict against him in absentia, RFE/RL reported. In a 28 July post on Twitter, Majzooban-e-Noor said Nouri was convicted on a number of charges. An 29 August report by Human Rights Watch said these charges included "assembly and collusion against national security," "disrupting public order," "rebelling against officers on duty," and "propaganda against the state."[23]
Nouri’s brother, Pooria Nouri, confirmed the news on his personal Twitter account on 9 March 2019, writing, “due to my brother’s decision not to appeal his verdict, his initial sentence was upheld and communicated/announced to him today in prison.”
Kasra Nouri is charged with:
Education
- Shiraz University (2008–2012)
- University of Tehran (2017-)
See also
- 2018 Dervish protests
- Noor Ali Tabandeh
- Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
- Dervish
External links
References
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- ^ "Tehran Police 'Nipped In The Bud' Calls For Renewed Demonstrations". RFE/RL. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Iran's Gonabadi Dervish Activists Face More Harsh Treatment by Government | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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- ^ "Präsident der Teheraner Universität entlassen". Iran journal. 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Two Dervishes Reportedly Arrested in Iran". Rferl.org. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran". Iranhumanrights.org. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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- ^ "APPEALS COURT UPHELD GONABADI DERVISHR'S FOUR YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS PRISON SENTENCE". Majzooban.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "فراخوان حقوقدانان و فعالان مدنی به حفظ استقلال کانون وکلا | ایران | DW.DE | 29.06.2013". DW.DE. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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- ^ "Shirin Ebadi's Letter to Ahmed Shaheed, Special Reporterteur for Human Rights in Iran". humanrights-ir.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Human Rights & Democracy for Iran". Iranrights.org. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Dervish Activist Receives Heavy Punishment By Notorious Judge". RFE/RL. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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- ^ "ONE YEAR IN JAIL FOR GONABADI DERVISH, KASRA NOURI". Majzooban.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "2013 prison census: 211 journalists jailed worldwide". Committee to Protect Journalists. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.