Karim Esmaeil Zadeh

Karim Esmaeil Zadeh

کریم اسماعیل زاده

Nationality : Iranian
Health: Unwell
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Date: 2026-06-10
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
According to the verdict issued by Branch 31 of the East Azerbaijan Court of Appeals, Mr. Esmailzadeh has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment, a fine of 50 million tomans, and the blocking of his social media accounts for the charge of "spreading false information with the intent to disturb public opinion."

On Thursday, June 18, 2025, Karim Esmailzadeh, a civil activist from West Azerbaijan Province, who had been detained without trial in Tabriz Central Prison, was released on bail.

A source familiar with the matter reported that Esmailzadeh had spent over 30 months in temporary detention before being released on bail on June 18, 2025.

Karim Esmailzadeh was arrested by security forces in West Azerbaijan Province on March 10, 2025. After undergoing interrogation and preliminary investigations, he was transferred to Tabriz Central Prison on March 17, 2025.

Previously, on April 18, 2024, Esmailzadeh was arrested upon visiting the enforcement branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Tabriz. He was transferred to the central prison of the city to serve his sentence and was released on September 7, 2024, after completing his punitive sentence. However, in late February 2025, he was summoned for further investigation to Branch 15 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Tabriz.

Additionally, on December 9, 2023, the civil activist received a summons for a court hearing on December 20, 2023, at the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz. After being tried in early January 2024, he was sentenced to six months of punitive imprisonment for "propaganda against the regime in favor of opposition groups by inciting and inviting people to violent actions in cyberspace." Following an appeal, the initial verdict against him was upheld in mid-March 2024 by Judge Aliqoli Karimzadeh and Suleiman Qabayli, advisors of the Second Branch of the East Azerbaijan Province Court of Appeals.

On September 3, 2023, Esmailzadeh was detained during protests against the mismanagement and drying up of Lake Urmia. After being summoned to the Intelligence and Security Police in Tabriz, he was arrested and transferred to the detention center of the East Azerbaijan Province Intelligence Department. After undergoing interrogation and being charged, he was moved to the quarantine ward of Tabriz Central Prison and released on bail of 600 million tomans on September 28, 2023.

Earlier, on August 16, 2023, Esmailzadeh was arrested by law enforcement officers during a football match between Tractor Sazi Tabriz and Persepolis Tehran at Sahand Stadium in Tabriz. After being prevented from entering the stadium, he was detained, a legal case was filed, and he was transferred to Branch 10 of the Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Tabriz. After being charged, he was moved to the quarantine ward of Tabriz Central Prison and released on bail of 900 million tomans on August 19, 2023.

On the evening of November 2, 2022, Esmailzadeh was arrested by security forces in Tabriz. After being transferred to a detention center of a security agency in the city and undergoing interrogation, he was moved to Tabriz Central Prison and released on bail on November 24, 2022, after completing the interrogation and being charged.

Prior to these events, Esmailzadeh faced arrest, summons, interrogation, and legal cases due to his peaceful activities, including a violent arrest on December 12, 2021, during civil protests in response to the drying of Lake Urmia.

*Translated on 2026-03-14*

به گزارش حقوق بشر در ایران، روز پنجشنبه ۲۹ خرداد ماه ۱۴۰۴، کریم اسماعیل زاده، فعال مدنی، ساکن استان آذربایجان غربی و محبوس و بلاتکلیف در زندان مرکزی تبریز، با تودیع قرار وثیقه آزاد شد.

به نقل از یک فرد مطلع در گفتگو با گزارشگر حقوق بشر در ایران:”آقای اسماعیل زاده، روز پنجشنبه ۲۹ خرداد ماه، در حالی که بیش از ۳۰ ماه را در بازداشت موقت سپری کرد با تودیع وثیقه آزاد شد.”

لازم به ذکر است، کریم اسماعیل زاده، در تاریخ ۲۰ اسفند ماه ۱۴۰۳، توسط ماموران امنیتی در استان آذربایجان غربی، دستگیر و پس از طی مراحل بازجویی ها و سپس بازپرسی در تاریخ ۲۷ اسفند ماه ۱۴۰۳، به زندان مرکزی تبریز منتقل شده بود.

لازم به اشاره است، کریم اسماعیل زاده، در تاریخ ۲۹ فروردین ماه ۱۴۰۳، پس از مراجعه به شعبه اجرای احکام دادسرای عمومی و انقلاب شهر تبریز، بازداشت و برای تحمل حبس به زندان مرکزی آن شهر منتقل و در تاریخ ۱۶ شهریور ماه ۱۴۰۳، پس از اتمام دوران محکومیت تعزیری خود آزاد شده بود اما اواخر بهمن ماه ۱۴۰۳، برای بازپرسی به شعبه ۱۵ دادسرای عمومی و انقلاب شهر تبریز، احضار شده بود.

همچنین، در تاریخ ۱۸ آذر ماه ۱۴۰۲، این فعال ملی مدنی، با دریافت ابلاغیه ای برای تاریخ رسیدگی ۲۹ آذر ماه ۱۴۰۲، به شعبه اول دادگاه انقلاب تبریز، احضار و پس از محاکمه در اوایل دی ماه ۱۴۰۲، از بابت اتهام «تبلیغ علیه نظام به نفع گروههای مخالف نظام از طریق تحریک و دعوت مردم به اعمال خشونت آمیز در فضای مجازی» به تحمل ۶ ماه حبس تعزیری محکوم شد و در پی اعتراض، حکم صادره بدوی بر علیه وی اواسط اسفند ماه ۱۴۰۲، توسط قاضی علیقلی کریم زاده و سلیمان قبایلی ـ مستشار شعبه ۲دادگاه تجدیدنظر استان آذربایجان شرقی، عینا تائید شده بود.

این فعال ملی مدنی، در تاریخ ۱۲شهریور ماه ۱۴۰۲، در جریان اعتراضاتی که در واکنش به سوء مدیریت و خشک شدن دریاچه ارومیه برگزار شده بود پس از احضار به پلیس اطلاعات و امنیت تبریز، دستگیر و به بازداشتگاه اداره کل اطلاعات استان آذربایجان شرقی منتقل و پس از طی مراحل بازجویی ها و تفهیم اتهام، به بند قرنطینه زندان مرکزی تبریز، منتقل و در تاریخ ۶ مهر ماه ۱۴۰۲، با تودیع وثیقه ای به مبلغ ۶۰۰ میلیون تومان آزاد شد.

وی، پیشتر هم در تاریخ ۲۵ مرداد ماه ۱۴۰۲، توسط ماموران نیروی انتظامی در جریان بازی دو تیم فوتبال تراکتورسازی تبریز و پرسپولیس تهران، که در ورزشگاه سهند شهر تبریز برگزار شده بود پس از ممانعت از ورود وی به آن ورزشگاه، دستگیر و با تشکیل پرونده قضایی به شعبه ۱۰ بازپرسی دادسرای انقلاب تبریز منتقل و پس از تفهیم اتهام به بند قرنظینه زندان مرکزی تبریز منتقل و در تاریخ ۲۸ مرداد ماه ۱۴۰۲، از قرنطینه زندان مرکزی تبریز با تودیع وثیقه ای به مبلغ ۹۰۰ میلیون تومان آزاد شدند.

کریم اسماعیل زاده، پیش از این هم در ساعات پایانی ۱۱آبان ۱۴۰۱ هم توسط نیروهای امنیتی در شهر تبریز بازداشت و پس از انتقال به بازداشتگاه یکی از ارگانهای امنیتی در این شهر و طی مراحل بازجویی سپس به زندان مرکزی تبریز منتقل و در تاریخ ۳ آذرماه ۱۴۰۱، پس از اتمام مراحل بازجویی و تفهیم اتهام با تودیع وثیقه از زندان مرکزی تبریز آزاد شده بود.

اسماعیل زاده، پیش از آن هم به علت فعالیتهای مسالمت آمیز خود توسط ارگانهای امنیتی و دستگاه قضایی در شهر تبریز با بازداشت، احضار، بازجویی، بازپرسی و با پرونده سازی مواجه شد که از جمله این موارد بازداشت خشونت آمیز وی در تاریخ ۲۱ آذر ۱۴۰۰، در جریان برگزاری اعتراضات مدنی در واکنش به خشکی دریاچه ارومیه بود.

History:

Date: 2025-11-01
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
On Saturday, 10th Aban 1404 (1st November 2025), Mr Kareem Esmailzadeh, a Turkish (Azerbaijani) activist, was released from Tabriz Prison on bail.
Date: 2025-10-19
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
On Saturday 26th Mehr 1404 (18th October 2025), he was arrested after appearing at the Public and Revolution Prosecutor's Office of Tabriz County and transferred to the detention center of the county's Intelligence Department.
Date: 2025-10-16
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
Status: Summoned
A Turkish (Azerbaijani) activist, he has been summoned to Branch 10 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Tabriz County after receiving a notice. On Wednesday 23rd Mehr 1404 (15th October 2025).
Date: 2025-06-21
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
On Thursday, June 29, after spending over 30 months in pretrial detention, he was released on bail.
Date: 2025-04-18
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
A Turkish (Azerbaijani) activist, he has been detained for 40 days by the Tabriz Intelligence Department and is currently being held indefinitely in the city's prison.
Date: 2025-03-25
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
Status: Kidnapped
On Monday morning, March 10, 2025, security officers raided Mr. Esmailzadeh's workplace and arrested him. The exact reason for the arrest is not known.
Date: 2024-09-06
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
Status: Released
On Thursday 15th Shahrivar 1403 (5th September 2024) he was released from Tabriz prison at the end of his sentence.
Date: 2024-06-26
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
Status: Imprisoned
He was sent to the hospital due to his deteriorating health.
Date: 2024-04-22
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unwell
Status: Imprisoned
Despite his poor health, he has been denied proper medical treatment.
Date: 2024-04-18
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Imprisoned
He was arrested and transferred to the prison of this city to serve his sentence.
Date: 2024-03-12
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Arrested
His sentence of six months imprisonment, a Turkish (Azerbaijani) activist, was confirmed by the second branch of the Court of Appeals of East Azerbaijan Province.
Date: 2024-01-13
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Arrested
He was arrested along with several others.
Date: 2023-12-25
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Summoned
He was sentenced to six months in prison by the first branch of Tabriz Revolutionary Court.
Date: 2023-12-18
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Summoned
He was summoned to the first branch of Tabriz Revolutionary Court. He must appear at the Court at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, to present his defence against the charges of (assembly and collusion to commit crimes against internal/foreign security) and (propaganda against the regime).
Date: 2023-08-22
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
He was arrested in Sahand stadium on August 16, 2023
Date: 2023-08-22
City: Tabriz
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Arrested
He was arrested in Sahand stadium on August 16, 2023

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