Yashar Darolshafa

Yashar Darolshafa was arrested twice by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence during the 2009 post-election protests, first in October–November 2009 (Aban 1388) and again in January–February 2010 (Bahman 1388). He was initially held in Ward 240 of Evin Prison before being transferred to Ward 350, and was later released on bail. During judicial proceedings that began in July–August 2010, Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court convicted him of assembly and collusion, propaganda against the state, and insulting the Supreme Leader, sentencing him to a total of seven years' imprisonment. The sentence was later reduced by Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeal to five years and six months' imprisonment.

After the sentence became final, Darolshafa was arrested on 5 November 2012 to begin serving his prison term and was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin Prison. He was among the prisoners beaten by prison guards during the raid on Ward 350 on 17 April 2014, after which he was transferred to a solitary confinement cell in Ward 240.

On 16 November 2016, Darolshafa was granted conditional release from Evin Prison after serving one-third of his five-and-a-half-year sentence. He was arrested again on 21 November 2019 by Ministry of Intelligence agents despite suffering serious leg and back injuries from an accident. He was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and released on bail on 1 January 2020.

On 23 January 2023, while imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, Darolshafa, a political prisoner and Ph.D. student at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Examining the Situation of Workers and Their Welfare." He was released from prison after serving his sentence.

Following the November 2019 nationwide protests, Yashar Darolshafa and his brother, Kaveh Darolshafa, were arrested during the mass detention of university students by security forces and were later released on bail from Evin Prison. They were subsequently sentenced to 10 months and 15 months of imprisonment, respectively. On 14 August 2022, the two brothers were transferred to Evin Prison to begin serving their sentences. In October–November 2022, following the fire and events of 15 October 2022 at Evin Prison, they were transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.

On the morning of Monday, 1 June 2026, Yashar Darolshafa, a civil activist residing in Tehran, was arrested by security and law enforcement forces at his parents' home. According to reports, he remains in detention, has been denied access to legal counsel, and has not been granted temporary release on bail.