Mohammadali Zahmatkesh

محمدعلی زحمتکش

Nationality : Iranian
Age: 61 (1965)
Status: Released on bail
Health: Unknown
Date: 2026-06-16
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Released on bail
This Teachers' union activist, who has been in temporary detention since April this year, was temporarily released from Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz on a bail of 700 million tomans.

On 20 November 2023, without prior notice or announcement for attendance and introduction for the execution of sentences, the five-year prison sentence of Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was enforced, and he was arrested at his home.

Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was born in 1964 in Shiraz. In 1985, he served at the front for three months and sustained chemical injuries as well as shrapnel wounds. From 1986 to 2014, he worked as a teacher and was an active member of the teachers' union in Lamerd and later in Shiraz. He was first summoned by the Intelligence Organization of the Revolutionary Guard on 12 November 2018 and was arrested due to non-cooperation. After 11 days in solitary confinement, he was transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and released after five days. On 28 January 2019, he was tried at the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, presided over by Judge Mahmoud Sadati, and was sentenced to two years in prison and one year of exile to Arsanjan for propaganda against the regime and insulting officials. The appeals court reduced the two-year sentence to eight months and rejected the exile order, leading to his release on 16 September 2019. On 26 April 2020, due to pressure from security forces on the bail provider who had released him, he voluntarily returned to prison and went back to Adelabad.

On 14 February 2024, Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was released after an electronic ankle monitor was installed.

در تاریخ ۲۹ آبان ۱۴۰۲، بدون اطلاع قبلی و اعلام برای حضور و معرفی جهت اجرای احکام، احکام ۵ سال حبس آقای محمدعلی زحمتکش اجرا و وی در منزل خود دستگیر شد.

محمدعلی زحمتکش در سال ۱۳۴۳ در شیراز به دنیا آمد. در سال ۱۳۶۴ به مدت سه ماه به جبهه رفت و دچار مجروحیت شیمیایی و مجروحیت با ترکش خمپاره شد. از سال ۱۳۶۵ تا ۱۳۹۳ در لامرد و سپس شیراز به عنوان معلم و فعال صنفی معلمان فعالیت می کرد. وی نخستین بار در تاریخ ۲۱ آبان ۱۳۹۷ توسط اطلاعات سپاه احضار شد و به دلیل عدم همکاری، بازداشت گردید. پس از ۱۱ روز انفرادی، به زندان عادل آباد شیراز منتقل و پس از ۵ روز آزاد شد. در تاریخ ۸ بهمن ۱۳۹۷ در شعبه اول دادگاه انقلاب شیراز به ریاست قاضی محمود ساداتی محاکمه و به اتهام تبلیغ علیه نظام و توهین به مقامات به ۲ سال حبس تعزیری و یک سال تبعید به ارسنجان محکوم شد. دادگاه تجدید نظر، ۲ سال حبس را به ۸ ماه کاهش داد و حکم تبعید را رد کرد و محمدعلی زحمتکش در تاریخ ۲۵ شهریور ۱۳۹۸ آزاد شد. در تاریخ ۷ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۹، به دلیل فشاری که نیروهای امنیتی به وثیقه گذاری که او را آزاد کرده بود، وارد کردند، دوباره خود را به زندان معرفی کرد و به زندان عادل آباد بازگشت.

در تاریخ ۲۳ بهمن ۱۴۰۲، محمدعلی زحمتکش پس از نصب پابند الکترونیکی آزاد شد.

History:

Date: 2026-04-15
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Kidnapped
The new wave of arrests targeting civil and labor activists in Iran continues, and in this context, he was arrested by the forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an undisclosed location.
Date: 2024-02-15
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: House Arrest
On the 12 of February 2024, he was released from the political prisoners and teachers' trade union activists after the installation of an electronic shackle in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
Date: 2024-01-29
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Summoned
Following the violation of his verdict by the Supreme Court of the country, he was sentenced to two years in prison by the first branch of the Court of Appeal of Fars province.
Date: 2023-12-11
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Imprisoned
A teachers union activist was sent on a short leave from Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
Date: 2023-11-21
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Imprisoned
On November 20, 2023 he was arrested and taken to serve his 5-years sentence Without prior notice and notification for attendance.
Date: 2023-10-25
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Exile to another city
Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was sentenced to imprisonment, exile and additional punishments.
Date: 2023-03-11
City: Shiraz
Province: Fars
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Released

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