Javid Dehghan Khold

Javid Dehghan Khold

Mr. Dehghan Khold has been sentenced to death on charges of "Moharebeh (enmity against God) for murdering two IRGC officers." He is accused of carrying out "armed operations" against IRGC forces, in fulfillment of the Jaish al-Adl organization's goals.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34505'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Two IRGC officers were killed by unknown individuals on their way back from Birk Mountain in Mehrestan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13599'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Criminal investigation police officers detained Javid Dehghan Khold on one of the streets of Iranshahr. Mr. Dehghan had been together with another person at the time of detention and they were both detained. However, the Prosecutor's Office subsequently issued a writ to suspend the other person's prosecution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34506'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> According to information gathered by IPA, Javid Dehghan Khold and the rest of the accused have, so far, been transferred to three detention centers belonging to the Intelligence Ministry, the IRGC, and the Criminal Investigation Police. "All of these people have been brutally tortured during the interrogation phases, especially at the Intelligence Ministry's detention center," an informed source on the Iranian security forces' treatment of the detainees told IPA. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34529'> <reference source='https://t.me/Amnesty_International/1848'> Javid Dehghan Khold informed his family in a phone call, that he had been transferred to Zahedan Prison from the Zahedan IRGC detention center. A week later, his family was permitted to visit him in Zahedan prison for the first time. Security forces allowed him to get in touch with his family after three months. Mr. Dehghan's family had repeatedly contacted the security and judicial officials, hoping to hear something about him, but none of the responsible authorities provided them with any information about his condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34508'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> The indictment was sent to the Zahedan Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34507'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Three other of the accused, Mahmoud Kalkali, Omid Imani, and Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi, were detained. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34530'> <reference source='https://t.me/Amnesty_International/1848'> Javid Dehghan Khold has been transferred to the Zahedan IRGC detention center several times over a period of about one year. "According to Mr. Dehghan, during the interrogations at the detention center, he has always been mistreated and tortured," Amnesty International wrote in this regard. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13582'> According to the Baloch Campaign, Javid Dehghan Khold's case is being held "in abeyance." </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14217'> Javid Dehghan Khold, together with a group of "Zahedan Central Prison's political prisoners," wished the Iranian people a happy Nowruz in a message. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14456'> The Baloch Campaign published a letter signed by 36 of "Zahedan Central Prison's political prisoners.", Javid Dehghan Khold, together with the others who have signed the letter, has asked the "Sunni youth" not to pay attention to the authorities' promises, and continue their protests until Molavi Kouhi is released. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34509'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Branch 1 of the Zahedan Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Reza Javad Mousavi and secondary judge Mehran Bameri, sentenced Mr. Dehghan Khold to death on charges of "Moharebeh (enmity against God)" and to five years in prison on charges of "being a member of opposition groups." The prison sentence is a custodial sentence. He was charged with "Moharebeh" according to Articles 279 and 282 of the Islamic Penal Code, and with "being a member of opposition groups" according to Article 499. Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi, Mahmoud Kalkali, Omid Imani, and Ali Reza Bampouri were also sentenced, by the same branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, to 15 years in prison on charges of "being a member of opposition groups." The sentence is a custodial sentence. Yet, these individuals have been acquitted of the charge of "Baghy (taking up arms against the Islamic government)" for the following reasons: > 1- no use of weapons or involvement in armed conflicts 2- no significant involvement in the Jaish al-Adl group; the court recognizes involvement with this group as Baghy only if the person is one of the group's central figures. 3- insufficiency of evidence." It should be noted that their acquittal was issued based on Principle 37 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Article 265 of the Islamic Republic’s Code of Criminal Procedure. Saeed Dadgar, another defendant of the case, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "being a member in an opposition group. The sentence is a custodial sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15869'> According to this report all the individuals were severely “tortured” while being held at the Intelligence ministry’s detention center in Zahedan. The security forces had stripped them naked and physically and mentally abused them </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15914'> According to HRDAI's report, Javid Dehghan and Mahmoud Kalkali are held in Ward 3 of Zahedan Prison, and Omid Imani is held in Ward 2. Ali Reza Bampouri and Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi are being kept in Ward 1. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34527'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Branch 41 of the Supreme Court, presided over by Judge Razini, upheld Javid Dehghan khold's death sentence without reviewing the case. Judge Razini claimed that the Supreme Court was not responsible for this problem, citing that the Supreme Court had not received the appeal. Not long ago, the prosecutor’s office had objected to Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi's prison sentence, and therefore, that case, as well, was sent to the Supreme Court. Mr. Mirbaluchzehi's case was referred to the Zahedan Revolutionary Court for reconsideration at Judge Razini's order. "The IRGC Intelligence is trying to convince the judicial authorities to consider the death sentence for Mr. Mirbaluchzehi," an informed source on the case told IPA. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='32525'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2018/hranews/a-17243/'> As reported by HRANA, "Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi and Javid Dehghan were notified of their death sentences" in recent days. In the court of first instance, Mr. Dehghan had been sentenced to death, and Mr. Mirbaluchzehi to 15 mandatory years in prison. Due to lack of access to further details, the judicial process of the case is unclear IPA. The rest of the defendants are said to have not appealed the first instance judgment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34578'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3j8JADu'> Based on documents viewed by IPA researchers, IRGC’s intelligence department submitted a written report to the court in which it claimed that those accused in this case were alleged members of the militant groups Jaish ul-Adl and Jaish ul-Nasr and that they were allegedly led by “ringleader” Javid Dehghan Khold, who is co-accused in this case. According to the IRGC report, only two of the accused -- Dehghan Khold and Abdul Hamid Mirbaluchzehi --took part in armed activities. The report claimed that Dehghan Khold and Mirbaluchzehi were present in the Kuh Birak armed clash that led to the killing of two IRGC soldiers. According to the report, Dehghan Khold and Mirbaluchzehi had also planned other armed acts which were not carried out. The national police force and the Ministry of Intelligence also provided the court their own reports on this case.The order issued by the trial court references all three reports. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34526'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Mr. Dehghan Khold's sentence was upheld in 2017. Since then his request for judicial review has been rejected by the Supreme Court at least once. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34518'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3aWvBir'> Abdolhamid Mirbaluchzehi was executed. According to his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, the sentence was carried out while his judicial review request had been registered through the electronic Judicial Services System, and the case was awaiting referral to a branch. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34309'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%84%d9%88%da%86/'> The United for Iran organization has issued a statement condemning the recent executions of the Baluch political prisoners. The statement warns of the upcoming executions of three other prisoners. Abdolhamid Mirbluchzehi, Hamid Rast Bala, Kabir Saadat Jahani, Mohammad Ali Arayesh, Hassan Dehvari, and Elias Ghalandarzehi are among those executed. Amanollah Baluchi (also known as Amin Mirbaluchzehi), Abdolrahim Kouhi, and Javid Dehghan are in danger of being executed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34484'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87/'> Mostafa Nili, Mr. Dehghan Khold's lawyer, tweeted "Javid Dehghan Khold's mother called and informed me that he had been transferred to the quarantine area of Zahedan Prison, and had asked his family to go to the prison for a final visit. His judicial review request had been rejected, and the rejection was registered on the judicial system's online platform three days ago. I was going to file a request for the application of Article 477 on Saturday. "You can always execute someone; it can never get late for it. If it is done, though, it is irreversible." "If no effective action is taken, Mr. Dehghan Khold will probably be executed on January 30, at dawn," an informed source told IPA. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='34531'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d9%87%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b4%d8%af/'> He was executed in Zahedan prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>