Additional Name(s): ابوالفضل پورحسینی
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Erfan-e Halgheh Practitioner
Reports of Torture: Yes
Sentence: 3 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials
Abolfazl Pour-Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities in Karaj detained Pour-Hosseini reportedly while he was passing out a leaflet about Erfan-e-Halgheh. Officers reportedly inflicted "severe physical violence" upon him during his arrest.
In December 2023, it was reported that a revolutionary court had sentenced Pour-Hosseini to three years in prison and two years of suspended imprisonment on unspecified charges. It was also reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court was considering charges of “propaganda against the regime and inciting people to act against national security” against Pour-Hosseini in a separate case.
Photo attributed to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Report on Abolfazl Pour-Hosseini’s Condition in Central Prison of Karaj" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
Taheri Movement, Tweet, December 6, 2023
"Karaj Resident Beaten, Detained Over Past Three Months" IranWire