Mohammad Hasani, a political prisoner held in Karaj Central Prison, was punitively transferred to one of the prison’s solitary confinement cells on Saturday, December 28, 2024.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, a source close to the prisoner’s family confirmed the news, stating, “On Saturday, December 28, 2024, Mr. Hasani was punitively transferred from Ward 15 of Karaj Central Prison to one of the solitary confinement cells in the same facility.”
The source also added, “Mehrdad Bakhtiari and Siamak Nasiri, two other political prisoners who were transferred to solitary confinement on December 21, 2024, remain in the same condition.”
Mohammad Hasani was arrested by security forces in Karaj in January 2020. He was later sentenced to prison by the Karaj Revolutionary Court on charges such as “propaganda against the regime” and “membership in opposition groups.”
The 27-year-old political prisoner, a resident of Karaj and originally from Sonqor, has been serving his sentence in Karaj Central Prison for five years.
A master’s student at the time of his arrest in January 2020, Hasani faced charges including “disturbing public order, damaging public property, propaganda against the regime, insulting [Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei, membership in the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, and disrupting national security.” He was sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison and exile to Sonqor.