Additional Name(s): سید سروش عباسی

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Yarsani

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: November/30/2022

Date of Release: January/2/2023

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi

Extra Bio Info:

Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Syeed-Amin Abbasi, and five other Yarsani civil activists on their way to Bisotun, Kermanshah province.

In December 2020, it was reported that Abbasi had gone on hunger strike.

On January 2, 2023, Abbasi was reportedly released on bail.

Related Cases: Syeed-Amin Abbasi, Seyyed-Karam Abbasi, Kaki Farzad Almasi, Siavash Hayati, Mansour Safayi

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