Arman Charostaei
Arman Charostaei | |
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| Born | 17 September 1986 |
| Nationality |  Iran |
| Occupation | politician, blogger, ex-political prisoner, founder of "Iranian youth community for liberation" |
| Website | www.charostaei.com |
Arman Charostaei (Persian: آرمان چاروستایی, born 17 September 1986 in Abadan) is an Iranian ex-political prisoner, blogger and political activist. Since 2012 he lives in Germany and studied in Iran, where he obtained a university degree as a software developer. From 2006 he was an active blogger who campaigned for human rights and democracy in the country. Since January 2011, he founded the organization "Iranian youth community for liberation".[1][2]
Before the Iranian presidential elections in 2009 (Iranian Green Movement) he had started a notable political action in the center of his city and hung the forbidden old Iranian national flag on a bridge in the pedestrian zone. The Iranian national flag which he hung had the inscription "The Islamic Republic has to go".[3]
In February 2010 he was arrested and imprisoned for 45 days in solitary confinement, and was released upon payment of a pledge amount of 66,000 US dollars. He also had to promise not to engage in political actions. Nevertheless, only a year later he founded the "Iranian youth community for liberation" organization. In February 2011 he was imprisoned for 3 months.
A few months later he fled to Turkey. In Turkey, he remained for seven months and became politically active, participating in demonstrations against the Iranian government. On May 14, 2015 in Cologne the United Nations special rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, met Arman Charostaei and discussions were held on human rights in Iran and the arrest of Iranian prisoners.[4]
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