Ahmad Zeidabadi was arrested on 21 June 2009, shortly
after mass protests erupted following the announcement that
incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the
disputed presidential election. He was held incommunicado
in Evin Prison, Tehran, until his appearance on 8 August
2009 at the second session of a mass “show trial”.
Ahmad Zeidabadi was sentenced in November 2009 to six
years in prison and five years of internal exile in the city of
Gonabad. He was also given a lifetime ban on all social and
political activities. His sentence was upheld in January 2010.
At the end of January 2010, he was transferred to Reja’i
Shahr prison, where mostly non-political prisoners are held.
