Arrest and Incarceration of Sadq Mahmudnejad, Injured Protester, in Piranshahr
Sadq Mahmudnejad, a protester who suffered an eye injury during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement i
Hengaw: Wednesday, January 3, 2023
Sadq Mahmudnejad, a protester who suffered an eye injury during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement in Piranshahr, has been arrested and taken to prison for the execution of his sentence. The judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran had previously sentenced him to a total of five years and six months in prison.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Sadq Mahmudnejad, a married father from the village of "Jeran" in Piranshahr, was arrested and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison after being summoned by the sentence execution branch of the city court.
Mahmudnejad's prior sentencing by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court included charges of "membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan" and "propaganda against the government," totaling five years and six months in prison.
Before this, he had received a three-month prison sentence and 30 lashes from Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of Piranshahr for "disturbing public order and peace through participation in protests," which was later converted to an eight million toman cash fine.
Despite undergoing multiple eye surgeries at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, Farabi Hospital in Tehran, and Sajjad Hospital in Ramsar, Mahmudnejad's left eye's vision decreased by approximately 20%.
On Monday, July 3, 2023, government forces detained Sadq Mahmudanjad at his residence in Jeran village, Piranshahr County. He was subsequently released on July 27, 2023, after posting a four-billion-toman bail.
He had been shot directly in the eye area by government forces during the Piranshahr protests in the "Mamosta Hajar" square on the evening of September 21, 2022.
