Quchan: Ali Adinezadeh, Father of Slain Protestor Abolfazl Adinezadeh, Arrested and Sent to Prison

Hengaw; Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Ali Adinezadeh, the father of Abolfazl Adinezadeh, a teenager who died in the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, has been arrested and transferred to the central prison of Quchan in Khorasan Razavi province.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, Ali Adinezadeh, the father of a slain protester, was arrested and transferred to the central prison of Quchan after being summoned for interrogation by the Public and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Quchan.

Notably, Ali Adinezadeh had been summoned to this judicial branch recently to defend himself against charges of "spreading falsehoods with the intent to disturb public opinion" and "propaganda against the regime."

Previously, Marzieh Adinezadeh, Abolfazl Adinezadeh's sister, wrote about her father's summons to the prosecutor's office on her social media account: "My father has been summoned to the Quchan's Revolutionary Court on the charges of spreading falsehoods, disturbing public opinion, and propaganda against the regime, and the reason is the news of my brother Reza Babarnezhad's freedom being shared on his Instagram page."

On Friday, June 16, 2023, Ali Adinezadeh, along with his brother and daughter, Marzieh Adinezadeh, was also arrested by Iranian government forces in Faruj, a city in Khorasan Razavi province, and was released on bail on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Abolfazl Adinezadeh, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed on October 8, 2022, in Mashhad during the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement after being hit by a stun gun to the neck and direct bullet fire by Iranian government forces. He was struck by over 70 pellets.