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On March 15, 2013 Dolati was arrested on the charges of “Propaganda Against the State” and “Membership in a Banned Group”.
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Hootan Dolati
هوتن دولتی
National Front of Iran
Personal details
BornTehran, Iran
Political partyNational Front of Iran
OccupationPolitical activist
Engineer, Journalist

Hootan Dolati (born 5 February 1977, in Talesh, Iran) is a political activist and member of Iran's National Front. He was for a year and a half in Evin Prison.

Biography

Prior to his arrest by the Iranian government Dolati had worked as an engineer and as a journalist. He was one of the founders of the Green Peace affiliate in Iran.

Arrest and trial

On March 15, 2013 Dolati was arrested on the charges of “Propaganda Against the State” and “Membership in a Banned Group”.

His sentence was one and a half years in prison, and a five-year ban on membership in any political party or social group.[1]

hunger strike

Dolati has been repeatedly denied medical treatment by the clinic in Tehran’s Evin Prison. He has been on hunger strike since 28 November 2013, in protest at being denied medical care for his chronic heart condition.[2]

International response

Release

Dolati was released on 6 September 2014.

See also

References