Arrest

On 6 October 2019, while already in Orumiyeh Central Prison due to a non-political case, Gol-Mohammadi was transferred to the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Al-Mahdi Barracks in the city.

Gol-Mohammadi and four other Kurdish civilians, Mohammad Saeidi, Kamran Ghassemi, Nayeb (Masoud) Hajizadeh, and Keyvan Rashozadeh, who were arrested on 8 October 2019, were interrogated in this security detention centre. Prior to this, Gol-Mohammadi had no connection with the others involved in this case.

After about one month, he was returned to Orumiyeh Central Prison and was provisionally released on 26 January 2021 on bail of 10 billion rials – nearly 20,000 USD.

Judicial Process

In December 2020, the Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, presided over by Judge Ali Sheikhlou, sentenced him to 10 years and one day of imprisonment on charges of “acting against national security” through membership in the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

After an appeal, the case was referred to Branch 41 of the Supreme Court, which upheld the original sentence.

Current Status

In August 2021, Gol-Mohammadi was arrested and sent to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve his sentence.

He suffers from several illnesses and is being held in the general crimes ward of the prison.

Additional Information

– On 14 October 2023, he went on a hunger strike for a month to protest against the IRGC Intelligence Organisation’s denial of his request for leave.

– On 23 April 2024, in protest against the prison authorities’ refusal of his leave request, he attempted suicide by taking pills.

Notes:

1. Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan: The Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan, known as Komala, a Marxist-Leninist organisation with Maoist inclinations, after nearly a decade of clandestine activities, publicly declared its establishment on 15 February 1979, simultaneously with the victory of the 1979 revolution.

In 1984, Komala and several other leftist Iranian groups founded the Communist Party of Iran (CPI), and Komala was renamed to Komala Kurdistan’s Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran.

In 2000, part of the party’s leadership and members, under a project entitled “Reviving Komala,” split from the CPI and reverted to their original name before the formation of the CPI; the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan or Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan believes in social democracy and considers “establishing a federal government” the appropriate solution for the Kurdish issue in Iran. The central headquarters of this party is in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.