Evin Fire Case: Four Political Prisoners Sentenced to 33 Years and Flogging

Hengaw; Fraiday, June 21, 2024

Reza Salmanzadeh, Loqman Aminpour, Meysam Dehbanzadeh, and Majid Roshannejad, four political prisoners accused in the Evin prison fire case during the Jina Freedom Movement, were collectively sentenced to 33 years in prison and 518 lashes.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, Loqman Aminpour, Meysam Dehbanzadeh, and Majid Roshannejad, each were sentenced by Branch 1148 of the Tehran Criminal Court presided over by Jabbar Javadi Rami to 6 years in prison and 74 lashes for "destruction of prison property", 16 months in prison and 74 lashes for "disruption of prison order", and 16 months in prison for "defiance and disobedience of orders".

Reza Salmanzadeh, another political prisoner accused in this case, was sentenced for "destruction of prison property" to five years in prison and 74 lashes, for "disruption of prison order" to one year in prison, and for "defiance and disobedience of orders" to one year in prison.

During the session reviewing the charges against the accused in the Evin prison fire case, Ramin Safarnia, the defense lawyer for the four political prisoners, was prevented from attending and was expelled from the courtroom by the judge's order.

This case is related to the fire on the evening of October 15, 2022, at Evin prison during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement, during which several prisoners were injured and killed due to the fire and the shooting by prison guards, and some were transferred to other prisons.