Iranian student activist Majid Tavakoli, who was arrested in the 2009 election protests, was released on Saturday August 23 for a four-day leave. The Etemad Newspaper reports that Tavakoli was released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Tavakoli, a former member of the Amir Kabir Islamic Student Association, was last arrested after giving a […]
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Student activist forced to end prison furlough
Majid Tavakoli, the Iranian student activist who was given a furlough last week, has been denied a renewal of the leave. HRANA reports that Tavakoli was given his first furlough on Tuesday October 23 but was not allowed to renew and has to report back to prison on Monday October 28. Tavakoli is an […]
Iranian Student Activist Granted Prison Leave
Majid Tavakoli, a prominent jailed student activist and one of the symbols of Iran’s embattled student movement, has been given prison leave for the first time since his arrest in 2009. Tavakoli was arrested after publicly criticizing repression in Iran. He was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on a number of charges, […]
No furlough for jailed student activist
Jailed Iranian student activist Majid Tavakoli has been denied a furlough three and a half years into his jail term. Daneshjoo News reports that the Tehran Prosecutor’s office has reportedly informed the family that the Intelligence Ministry is refusing leave for Tavakoli. His family has already put up his bail of 6 billion rials, […]