Amin Afshar Naderi Released on Bail

Amin Afshar Naderi, a newly converted Christian prisoner held in Evin Prison who had been on a hunger strike in protest since June 6, was released today on bail from Ward 4 of the prison.

The news organ of the Human Rights Activists in Iran reported that today, Tuesday, July 24, 2017, Amin Afshar Naderi, a newly converted Christian prisoner, was released on bail of 270 million tomans from Hall 3 of Ward 4 in Evin Prison.

Mr. Afshar Naderi, a newly converted Christian prisoner, had been on a hunger strike in protest since June 6, 2017, against a court verdict.

This prisoner was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Ahmadzadeh.

Mr. Afshar Naderi will remain free on bail until the appeal court issues its verdict.

It should be noted that Amin Afshar Naderi was first arrested in 2014 on charges of membership in a house church and after 40 days of interrogation and solitary confinement in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, was released on a bail of 100 million tomans.

Mr. Naderi was arrested again on August 27, 2016, along with 13 other citizens in Firuzkouh and spent 82 days in solitary cells in Ward 209. He was then transferred to Ward 4 of Evin Prison.

An informed source about this case said: “On the day of arrest, a total of 14 people including 7 men and 7 women, one 13-year-old and one 55-year-old woman were arrested. Five of them with the names ‘Ramiel Batt Tamraz, Amin Afshar Naderi, Hadi Asgari, Mohammad Turkman Dehnoui and Amirsaman Dasht’ were transferred to Evin Prison and the rest were released on pledge. However, later the information office agents raided the homes of three of the detainees and confiscated some of their belongings after a home search. Also, some of them were summoned to the information office and interrogated.”

Source: HRANA