Kamyar Fakoor, a journalist and labor activist, was released from Evin Prison after serving one year and six months of imprisonment. His release came after his prison sentence was converted to a “conditional release.”
According to a report received by the Defending Free Flow of Information (DeFFI), Kamyar Fakoor was released from Evin Prison on Wednesday, October 23, 2023, following the conversion of the remainder of his prison term to a conditional release.
Kamyar Fakoor is a journalist and labor rights activist. He was arrested on April 29, 2023, just ahead of International Workers’ Day, and transferred to Evin Prison. He had previously been sentenced by the 15th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime”. This sentence was ultimately reduced to eight months in the 36th Branch of the Tehran Court of Appeals.
In August 2023, while Fakoor was still imprisoned, a two-year suspended sentence that had been issued against him in 2021 for “spreading falsehoods with the intent to disturb public opinion” was also enforced.