Iran Lawyers Mostafa Nili and Arash Keykhosravi denied phone calls to their families and access to their lawyers

Three weeks after the arrest of lawyers Mostafa Nili and Arash Keykhosravi, and activist Mehdi Mahmoudian, they are still denied phone calls to their families and access to their lawyers. So far, their lawyer has not been granted access to the case.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Mostafa Nili, Arash Keykhosravi and Mehdi Mahmoudian were arrested as part of a group of seven when they went to file a complaint against the National Task Force Against Coronavirus and the Supreme Leader at the Tehran Citizen’s Rights Protection Association on August 14. They have so far been denied phone calls to their families and access to their lawyers, and are being held in solitary confinement.
The other four detainees, lawyers Mohammad Hadi Erfanian, Mohammadreza Faghihi and Leila Heydari, and activist Maryam Afrafaraz were released days later.

Informed sources have told IHR that Mostafa Nili, Arash Keykhosravi and Mehdi Mahmoudian are being held in the solitary confinement cells of Ward 241 of Evin Prison and were only permitted to make a short phone call to their families once.

According to Shargh newspaper, their lawyer, Zahra Minouyi, has been going to the Prosecutor’s Office and Evin Prison every working day but has been denied access to their case.
Following their arrest, the Human Rights Commission of the Central Bar Association issued a statement calling for the immediate release of all detainees and for those responsible to be held accountable.
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