Iran: civil activist Saeed
Shirzad sentenced to 5 years behind bars
Saeed Shirzad, a civil activist detained in
Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, has been sentenced to five years
behind bars.This child rights activist was
acquitted from the charge of disrupting order yet condemned for assembly and
collusion, an informed source said.
Shirzad was arrested on June 2,
2014 at his office in Tabriz oil refinery (northwest Iran) and first
transferred to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Sometime later he was exiled to
Gohardasht Prison for protesting and following up on prisoners’ service needs.
There was no court hearing held for this prisoner and he never went through the
process of temporary detention.
This child rights activist
provided education to child workers and deprived children living on the
streets, and charged with providing support and education to children of
political prisoners. He was first arrested on August 21, 2012 when he travelled
to East Azerbaijan Province (northwest Iran) to provide aid to the earthquake
stricken people of the area. Back then he was released on bail after 19 days.
(NCRI – September 25, 2015)
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