Peyman A’refi Asked For Parole

HRANA News Agency – The parole request for Peyman (Amir Reza) A’refi, political prisoner incarcerated in Rajai Shahr prison, has been handed in to the judicial and security authorities and he is waiting for a reply and the possibility of the parole to be released.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the parole request for Peyman (Amir Reza) A’refi, political prisoner held in Rajai Shahr prison, has been handed in to the judicial and security authorities and he is waiting for a reply and the possibility of the parole to be released from the prison.

Peyman A’refi was transferred on Saturday, 28th November, from ward 7 of Evin prison to hall 12 of Rajai Shahr prison.

This political prisoner had been earlier exiled to Masjed Soleiman prison, “Nahid Rahmani” and “Ziba Sadeghzadeh”, his mother and wife lost their lives and on the way back from meeting him on 17th December 2013 in a car accident.

Peyman Arefi was arrested in May 2009 and on charges of sympathy of the “Monarchy Association” was tried in the court and was first sentenced to death and then on appeal, he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and exile.

This political prisoner was arrested along with his maternal cousin “Arash Rahmani”, who was executed in 2009, while had been arrested before the elections in 2009, in a group trial of after election detainees, he was tried by the court as an election protester, who sought carrying out armed actions against the government.

Ziba Sadeghzadeh, who had been arrested along with Peyman Arefi, also was in ward 209 of Evin prison, under interrogation for some time. Peyman Arefi wrote earlier, in a letter from prison that he confessed against himself to free his wife.