Mohammad Seifzadeh

سید محمد سیف زاده Mohammad Seifzadeh
Mohammad Seifzadeh
Born	1948 Qom, Iran
Residence	Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Occupation	lawyer, Founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center
Religion	Shia Muslim

Mohammad Seifzadeh (Persian: سید محمد سیف زاده - born 1948) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge, human rights activist and a cofounder of Centre for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran. He and the older brother of Hossein Seifzadeh, Iranian Political Scientist. In October 2010, Seifzadeh was sentenced to 9 years of prison and 10 years of ban from the practice of law.^[1] He has called the ruling the result of "an unlawful court proceeding.^[2]

It was announced on April 18, 2011, that Mohammad Seifzadeh has been missing for almost two weeks and that his whereabouts are unclear.^[3] On April 23, 2011, reports were made regarding his possible arrest and imprisonment in Urmia, in Iran's northwestern province of West Azerbaijan by operatives of Ministry of Intelligence.^[4][5] Since then, various organizations such as the International Federation for Human Rights(IFHR) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have called for his release.^[6][7]

See also

• Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Defenders of Human Rights Center
• Intellectual movements in Iran
• List of Iranian intellectuals

References

1. ^ [1]Radio Farda November 1st 2010
2. ^ [2] Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA)November 1st 2010
3. ^ [3]Radio Farda
4. ^ [4]Radio Farda
5. ^ [5] Radio Zamaneh
6. ^ [6]International Federation for Human Rights
7. ^ [7]Reporters Without Borders

External links

• Mohammad Seifzadeh's Personal Weblog

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Name	Seifzadeh, Mohammad
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Short description	Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist.
Date of birth	1948
Place of birth	Qom, Iran
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