Iran – Immediate freedom for Iranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari

URGENT ACTION

Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, 52, blogger, was arrested on September 14, 2010 and taken to an IRGC-controlled ward in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj.  His daughter, Mitra Pourshajari told Justice For Iran (JFI) that her father had to endure seven months in solitary confinement before he was taken to court, blindfolded and without the presence of an attorney. Mr. Pourshajari was sentenced to a total of three years in prison for “Insulting the ‘Supreme Leader’ and “Acting against national security”, however he was not informed of the verdict until six months after it was issued.
On December 21, 2011, Judge Gholam Sarabi of branch 109 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Mr. Pourshajari to an additional year in prison for “Insulting the Prophet and Imams”. Other than the Judge, Mr. Pourshajari, and a soldier, no one else was present in the courtroom.
Mr. Pourshajari has not had an attorney present at any stage of the judicial processes. Judge Gholam Sarabi has reportedly banned Mr. Pourshajari from his right to legal representation. 
Following nearly one year in Rajai Shahr, Mr. Pourshajari had contracted multiple illnesses and required medical furlough, but instead prison authorities transferred him to his present location, Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj. Last year reports surfaced that he is being held with prisoners carrying disease or charged with murder, and the area is infested with cockroaches and lice. According to close sources, Mr. Pourshajari fears that he may one day be killed by the other prisoners. He is reportedly the only political prisoner in Ghezel Hesar.
Despite Mr. Pourshajari’s deteriorating physical health and urgent need for proper medical care, sources say Judge Gholam Sarabi has refused to consider him “unsuitable to tolerate imprisonment”.

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LETTER

Object: Immediate freedom for Iranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari

Your Excellency,

I wish to appeal to you on behalf of Iranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari who is the subject of my deepest concern.
Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, 52, blogger, was arrested on September 14, 2010 and taken to an IRGC-controlled ward in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj.  
Mr. Pourshajari had to endure seven months in solitary confinement before he was taken to court, blindfolded and without the presence of an attorney.
Mr. Pourshajari was sentenced of three years in prison. On December 21, 2011, Judge Gholam Sarabi of branch 109 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Mr. Pourshajari to an additional year in prison. 
Following nearly one year in Rajai Shahr, Mr. Pourshajari had contracted multiple illnesses and required medical furlough, but instead prison authorities transferred him to his present location, Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj. Last year reports surfaced that he is being held with prisoners carrying disease or charged with murder, and the area is infested with cockroaches and lice. According to close sources, Mr. Pourshajari fears that he may one day be killed by the other prisoners. 
Mr. Pourshajari’s  needs proper medical care.
In autumn 2012, Mr. Pourshajari suffered a heart attack in prison.
I ask the Iranian government immediate medical care to Mr. Pourshajari. I ask for her immediate release. 
Thanking you in advance for your time on this important and urgent matter.
Yours sincerely,
(your name) 

Address:

Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
Salutation: Your Excellency
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid
Keshvar Doust Street,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info_leader@leader.ir
Twitter: "#Iran Leader

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency
His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir

Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Salutation: Your Excellency
[care of] Public relations Office
Number 4, 2 Azizi Street
Vali Asr Ave., above Pasteur Street intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: bia.judi@yahoo.com (subject line: FAO Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani)

Secretary General High Council for Human Rights
Salutation: Your Excellency
Mohammed Javad Larijani
c/o Office of the Head of the Judicary
Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave
South of Serah-e Jomhouri
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@humanrights-iran.ir
(Subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)

Ambasciatore Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini
Salutation: Dear Ambassador
Ambasciata in Italia della Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran
Via Nomentana, 361/363 - 00162 Roma
Tel. 0686328485-6-7 - Fax 0686328492
E-mail: info@iranembassy.it
http://www.ambasciatairan.it/

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