Shaker Behrouz

Shaker Behrouz (Shaker Behrouz Dizaj) was a member of one of the Kurdish parties before returning to Iran. He returned to Iran on a safe-conduct but arrested by the IRGC later. He was sentenced to death on the charge of "Baghy (armed rebellion against the state)."

Shaker Behrouz is accused of "murdering" a Basij member. The Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death on the charge of "Baghy (armed rebellion against the state)." According to the Islamic Penal Code, Baghy refers to individuals or groups who commit armed action against the Islamic government. The alleged charge of "Baghy" may have been made without a legal basis due to the General Courts vote on acquitting him of "carrying and keeping weapons." <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='33312'> <reference source=''> Reports received by IPA indicate that during the fireworks on the last Wednesday of the Persian year, Mamel Mohammadi, a member of the Basij in the Marghur area of Urmia, was killed by unknown gunmen. His youngest son, Heiman Mohammadi, who was with him, was also shot and injured. Another informed source reported that according to the judge's claim, "a gunman went over the victim's head after firing him with Kalashnikov and reshot him." The judge in the case "introduced Shaker Behrouz and another person named Bashir Mamand as the assailants of Mamel Mohammadi"; Despite the defendant's denial of the charge and the reasonable suspicion of the presented evidence, the judge eventually found him guilty. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33310'> He returned to Iran after leaving the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was detained for about two weeks in detention centers. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33305'> According to IPA, the Urmia General Court sentenced him to two months suspended imprisonment (for one year) on the charges of "passing the country borders illegally." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34052'> According to reports received by the Iran Prison Atlas, Branch 110 of the Criminal Court of Urmia charged Shaker Behrouz, citing the testimony of Mr. Behrouz's cousin, that he helped the injured person, that the injured person did not present a complaint, that Mr. Behrouz did not accept the accusations and that he did not discover a weapon. He acquitted the defendant of "using a weapon and intentionally using a Kalashnikov to cause injuries a Kalashnikov." This part of the case is about the assassination attempt of Fariq Azadi, the commander of the Basij base in Dizaj village, by unknown individuals. Mr. Azadikhah had previously been shot dead by shooters, who survived the attack. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24226'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF'> He was arrested by security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25237'> He was transferred to the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center for some time. Since his arrest, he has been taken to prison and transferred to detention centers. According to reports received by Hrana, Mr. Behrouz was being pressured and tortured to confess to the murder of a Revolutionary Guards member. According to Kurdpa, he was under pressure and tortured for one year and nine days to obtain a forced confession. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24617'> Hrana reported that there was concern that the transfer of Mohammad Salahshour and Shakir Behrozi from Urmia Prison to the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center was that new charges should be brought against the two men. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33308'> According to the Iran Prison Atlas, citing informed sources, several witnesses in the case have testified that Mr. Behrouz was not present at the scene of the crime. "Before the murder of the victim, Mr. Behrouz was a guest at his son-in-law's house," the statement said. After dinner, he goes with some of his friends to spend the evening at the Aziz brothers’ shop, in front of the checkpoint and the clinic. They were playing backgammon when they noticed the noise of people in front of the clinic and went to help the injured. "Meanwhile, Mr. Behrouz transported the victim to the clinic for help." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33313'> At the end of 1998, he was transferred to Urmia prison at the end of the interrogation process. He had been subjected to "physical and mental torture" during those days and had not visited his family. He was held in solitary confinement for several months. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33307'> According to Iran Prison Atlas, the First Branch of the General Court of a Special Juvenile of West Azerbaijan, headed by Judge Latif Zare and Counselled by Hossein Mohseni, ruled that “the branch is of limited competence to rule” on Mr. Behrouz's case. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29811'> <reference source=''> Shaker Behrouz is said to have been "acquitted" of the charge of "murdering an IRGC member" for "lack of sufficient evidence" and "failure to discover a weapon he might have used." His murder case is vague, and the Iran Prison Atlas investigations have not yet reached a clear picture. He was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "being a member of opposition groups." The sentence is a custodial sentence issued by the second Branch of the Urmia Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Sheikhlou. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32523'> The trial was held in the Revolutionary Court of Urmia. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32522'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2F88Dr3'> According to Kurdpa, Shaker Behrouz was sentenced to death for Baghi (armed rebellion against the state.) This verdict was issued by the Second Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia, presided over by Judge Sheikhlou. The Islamic Republic has also claimed that Mr. Behrouz was involved in the "murder" of an IRGC member. It should be noted that the branch had previously convicted Shaker Behrouz only on charges of "membership in opposition groups," and the court sentenced him to five years in prison. It is said that with the intervention of the Revolutionary Guards, his case was re-examined, and a sentence was issued for him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33309'> According to the Iran Prison Atlas Atlas, Shaker Behrouz sent a letter to the judiciary stating that "during the preliminary investigation and interrogation by the officers in the detention center of the Revolutionary Guards, he was subjected to physical and mental torture and forced to confess." He wrote in the letter that he had been held in this detention center for a year and a few days. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33001'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/543061'> Amnesty International urged a fair trial for Shaker Behrouz and overturned his death sentence </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33311'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3830Q9M'> Bahman Ghobadi, a prominent Iranian director, posted a post on his Instagram page complaining about the death sentence of Shaker Behrouzi. According to Kurdpa, Bahman Ghobadi wrote on his Instagram post: > we should stand against the death sentence of Shaker Behrouzi by public protests. We will stop the illegal executions in Iran, and we will not allow unjust rules to take our brothers, our children, and loved ones anymore. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33290'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2JaUevG'> According to Kurdpa, quoting an informed source, Shaker Behroozi has been summoned to court in a new case on the charge of "killing a member of the Revolutionary Guards." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34057'> According to Atlas, Shaker Behrouzi was sentenced to death on charges of "murdering a Basij member (Mamel Mohammadi)" by the First Branch of West Azerbaijan's General Youth Court presided over by Judge Latif Zare and Secondary Judge Hamid Jalizban. He was notified of this sentence on December 26th. This court branch had previously passed a decree that the branch was "not qualified" to investigate Shaker Behrouzi's case. It is not clear why the same branch eventually re-examined the case. The judge pointed out that the defendant had not confessed in court in his verdict. It was then stated that the sentence was pronounced based on the judge's knowledge of Article 211 of the Islamic Penal Code. Shaker Behrouz had told the judge: > All my confessions during my temporary detention have all been obtained under torture." The judge considered this statement unacceptable to the court for lack of sufficient evidence. Shaker Behrouz is convicted of this crime, while 12 people would testify that he was in a shop in Dizaj town, located in the suburbs of Urmia city, at the time the murder took place and that Mr. Behrouz was present, with others, at the victim's bedside immediately after anonymous individuals had injured the victim. They have also stated that he even assisted the victim in admitting him to the hospital. Still, the court refuses to hear the witnesses' statements. According to an informed source, the judge has claimed that "after the investigation of the discovered cartridges along with the legal medicine report, it has been concluded that Mamel Mohammadi, the dead victim, and Farigh Azadikhah, the surviving victim, have been shot using the same weapon.” The verdict explicitly states that Shaker Behrouz "has confessed to having taken part in the failed assassination of Farigh Azadikhah. In contrast, in February 2019, the judge at Branch 110 of the Second Urmia General Court acquitted Mr. Behrouzi of this accusation, citing the following reasons: > Mr. Azadikhah's cousin has testified that Mr. Behrouz assisted the wounded person. The injured party has not filed a complaint against Mr. Behrouz. Mr. Behrouz has not confessed to this crime. And no weapons have been discovered. According to an informed source who has studied the case file: > The verdict of "not guilty" has already been reached and passed for the following accusations against Mr. Behrouzi: > illegally leaving and entering the country, using a firearm, and injuring a person (Farigh Azadikhah) with a gun. > However, the court has requested filing a case at the Prosecutor's Office for the charges mentioned above and for intentionally injuring Himan Mohammadi (the victim's son) with a gun. It should be noted that during the investigation of this case, two other political prisoners were also interrogated like suspects. Here is how the judges described it: > For some reason, the accused had introduced Mohammad Salahshour and Adel Salemfard as his companions in this crime, but the investigation revealed that the second defendant of the case was someone named Bashir Mamand. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36840'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3unoDKE'> According to reports received by Hangaw, the death sentence of Shaker Behrouz has been canceled by the Supreme Court. The case has been referred to the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal of Urmia for reconsideration. This case is related to the crime of Baghi, meaning (armed rebellion against the state) </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36841'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16695'> All 43 political and religious prisoners detained in Ward 10 of Urmia Central Prison refused to receive government food in protest of the prison council's opposition to sending sick prisoners to a hospital outside the prison. The names of 12 political and religious prisoners who urgently need to be sent to the hospital are as follows: Shaker Behrouz, Nayeb Askari, Nayeb Hajizadeh, Ahmad Tamavi, Mohammad Houshangi, Hatem Azdmir, Dara Rashidi, Anvar Chalshi, Kamel Seydan Maskan, Sirvan Amini, Mokhtar Ebrahimi, Taher Hosseinzadeh </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36839'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16753'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that Branch 31 of the Supreme Court based in Qom had upheld the death sentence of Shaker Behrouz on charges of premeditated murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37526'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17165'> He staged a sit-in in front of the Urmia Central Prison Security Office with a letter announcing his hunger strike. He went on a hunger strike to protest the Revolutionary Guards' pressure on the plaintiff's family members to express his dissatisfaction. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37716'> According to informed sources, Iran Prison Atlas was told that he ended his hunger strike. Prison officials have promised to pursue his demands. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38640'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-34110/'> Hrana wrote that Kamran Ghasemi and Shaker Behrouz were transferred to solitary confinement for protesting against the non-observance of the principle of separation of crimes in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38748'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17971'> Naib Askari and Shaker Behrouz were transferred to solitary confinement by order of the officials of Urmia Central Prison. In the past few days, they have been on a hunger strike to protest their transfer from the "political prisoner's ward" to "Quarantine and Dormitory Two." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38883'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=18038'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Shakir Behrooz and Naib Askari are still being held in solitary confinement on the 14th day of their hunger strike. According to the report, they have been denied access to their families since the strike's beginning. The physical condition of the two prisoners is reported to be critical. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38960'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3JSszJR'> Shaker Behrouz was returned to the "political prisoner's ward." He then ended his hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40341'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3P9YVTt'> His retrial request was denied by the supreme court of the country. According to Kurdpa, he received the final verdict in prison. The verdict was likely for the Qisas case (avenge for blood). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40342'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3QZhsDn'> IRGC intelligence agents forced Shaker Behrouz to repent and express remorse in front of the plaintiffs. According to Kurdpa, the agents recorded this scene and assaulted him afterward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40338'> According to an IPA source, Shaker Behrouz was moved to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40345'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5320/'> An IPA source reported that the plaintiff in the case of Shaker Behrouz dropped the lawsuit and officially announced full satisfaction without any terms or conditions. The source said the plaintiff has asked for the case to be closed. Iran Human Rights Organization reported that he was moved to the political ward of Urmia Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>