We would like to take the opportunity to call your attention to the case of the three Iranian lawyers Abdolfattah Soltani, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah and Mohammad Seifzadeh.

Mr Abdolfattah Soltani was detained without formal charge for 226 days in Tehran’s Evin prison from 30 July 2005 till 6 March 2006. On 30 July 2005, he was arrested whilst holding a sit-in at the building of Tehran’s Bar Association. He was protesting a warrant for his arrest, along with a search warrant for his home, both issued by the Chief Prosecutor for Tehran, Said Mortazavi, on 27 July 2005. Mr Abdolfattah Soltani was held in solitary confinement until 15 September 2005, when he was moved into a cell with another prisoner. On 6 March 2006, Abdolfattah Soltani was released on bail of 100,000 euros. On June 16, four days after the 2009 June election, Abdolfattah Soltani was arrested, his computers seized, and he was taken to an unknown destination, which turned out to be Evin Prison. He was held there for 72 days, 17 of which were in solitary confinement. Mr Abdolfattah Soltani he received a 13-year term sentence in remote prison of Borazjan 1000 km away from his family in 2012. He is also bann

We would like to take the opportunity to call your attention to the case of the four Iranian lawyers Abdolfattah Soltani, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah and Mohammad Seifzadeh.

Mr Abdolfattah Soltani was detained without formal charge for 226 days in Tehran’s Evin prison from 30 July 2005 till 6 March 2006. On 30 July 2005, he was arrested whilst holding a sit-in at the building of Tehran’s Bar Association. He was protesting a warrant for his arrest, along with a search warrant for his home, both issued by the Chief Prosecutor for Tehran, Said Mortazavi, on 27 July 2005. Mr Abdolfattah Soltani was held in solitary confinement until 15 September 2005, when he was moved into a cell with another prisoner.

On 6 March 2006, Abdolfattah Soltani was released on bail of 100,000 euros. On June 16, four days after the 2009 June election, Abdolfattah Soltani was arrested, his computers seized, and he was taken to an unknown destination, which turned out to be Evin Prison. He was held there for 72 days, 17 of which were in solitary confinement. Mr Abdolfattah Soltani he received a 13-year term sentence in remote prison of Borazjan 1000 km away from his family