Additional Name(s): محسن افروز

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 1 Year's Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November//2022

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Association Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems Women’s Rights

Nature of Charges: Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Mohsen Afrouz

Extra Bio Info:

Morsen Afrouz was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions and in relation to his religious association.

In November 2022, authorities in Firuzkooh reportedly detained Afrouz, a Gonabadi Sufi, during nationwide protests against the death of Mahsa Amini and compulsory religious veiling.

In January 2023, it was reported that a revolutionary court sentenced Afrouz to one year in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

Afrouz's sentence should have ended.

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