Davoud Abdollahi

He is one of the individuals that was accused in a case brought against individuals for “membership in jihadi groups” in the second half of 2009. The entirety of the developments of the cases were uniform for all of the citizens, there may be differences in dates and details, that have not been taken into account by Atlas in its archival filing

<coverage-outsourcing id='14297'> Atlas reported that Anvar Khezri, Davoud Abdollahi, Kamran Shiekheh, Farhad Salimi, Khosrow Besharat, Ghassem Absateh and Ayoub Karim, had been arrested on this date. They spent most of the first days of their arrest in solitary confinement at the Urmia Intelligence Ministry detention center prison. They had no access to lawyers and were severely tortured. They also had no contact with their families. Most of those arrested in this case reside in towns of Western Azerbaijan. Based on a letter published by the Detention Center, the interesting feature of this case i that Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikh, Ghassem Abesteh and Khosrow Besharat turned themselves into the prosecutor after they were summoned </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2096'> Upon his transfer to Evin Prison, he spent more than five months in solitary confinement in Wards 209 and 240 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2097'> He was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2098'> He was transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison after spending 20 days in Ward 350 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2099'> He was called into Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh after four years of his incarceration. In this trial , he and his co-defendants were given the option of a court appointed or chosen attorney </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2101'> The trial session for him and six other Sunni prisoners was not held due to their attorney and the representative of the Intelligence Ministry not being present </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15565'> Those arrested in this case, wrote a letter proclaiming their innocence. According to this letter they were arrested for the killing of a soldier, but they claim that two others have already been arrested and condemned by the court for this killing. Moreover the two who were originally tried for this crime have already made a statement regarding their innocence and deposed on behalf of them </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2100'> It was reported that he has entered his sixth year in a state of judicial limbo </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5350'> It has been reported that he is still in a state of limbo in prison not knowing the final verdict </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14312'> Kamran Sheikheh and Davoud Abdollahi were called to Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moghiseh. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6163'> According to HRANA the warrant to execute the seven accused in this case was issued by judge Moghiseh and carried out in Rajaee Shahr prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14292'> HRANA reported that the Supreme Court has reversed the verdict of execution of Anvar Khosravi, Davoud Abdollahi, Kamran Sheikheh, Farhad Salimi, Khosrow Besharat, Ghassem Abesteh and Ayoub Karimi </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14977'> Mohammad Alizadeh Tabatabae, without naming the accused in this case, told Insaf News that the verdict of execution had been previously set by the Judge at the Supreme Court of Iran. The file was sent to branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court. According to his statements they were accused of the crime of heresy … and sentenced to be execution. But they don’t fit the accusations in this case and deny charges of terror </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20231'> HRANA reported that seven of the defendants are still in abeyance. According to this report, their execution sentence has been violated in the Supreme Court by Judge Razini </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38707'> The hearing of this case was held in Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. Sometime later, Judge Salavati sentenced all the accused in this case to death for the charge of Moharebeh. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29007'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23741/'> The supreme court confirmed the death sentences of the seven defendants in this case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52163'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/5281/2022/en/'> Amnesty International announced in a statement that Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Farhad Salimi are at risk of execution in the Rajaee Shahr prison of Karaj. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53809'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42662/'> Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Farhad Salimi were transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. While announcing this news, HRANA reported that these people are all kept in a suite without facilities, which has increased their families' concerns. According to this source, Ghasem Abesteh, who suffers from kidney disease and thyroid problems, has been deprived of proper medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54863'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43386/'> HRANA wrote that 15 of the Sunni prisoners named Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, Farhad Salimi, Fereydoun Zakerinasab, Salahuddin Ziyaei, Abdol Rahim Ghambarzahi Gargij, Eidou Shahbakhsh, Abdol Ghani Shahbakhsh, Soleiman Shahbakhsh, Mohammad Saleh Ziadollah, and Abdollah Varia are kept in a small suite without necessary facilities after being transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison. This informed source went on to say that the yard area for the 15 prisoners is not enough to answer the density of their number, and added: > Bathroom, toilet, washroom, and kitchen are also located in a small place together, and this situation causes problems for these prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53821'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2023/11/17/p30707/'> Following the execution of Ghasem Abesteh on November 5, 2023, Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi and Ayoub Karimi are at risk of execution. Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that after the death sentence of these people was confirmed in the Supreme Court in 2019, their case was sent to the sentence enforcement office and they are at risk of execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53837'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2023/11/29/p30954/'> Ayoub Karimi was executed in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while announcing this news, wrote that with the execution of Ghasem Abesteh and Ayoub Karimi, five other prisoners of conscience in this case, namely Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi, are in immediate danger of execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53851'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/12/7'> Kurdpa wrote that after the execution of Ghasem Abesteh and Ayoub Karimi, the families of Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi have come under severe pressure from the security agencies to remain silent about the risk of execution of their children. According to this source, the security forces have threatened them that otherwise the bodies will not be handed over to their families. According to Kurdpa's report, the security pressure against these families was so great that in the funeral ceremony of Ayoub Karimi, despite the large attendance of people, no video or image was released so that the families could receive the bodies of their children. According to this report, the pressure on the families of these five people has gone to the point where the security agencies call some families daily and announce that their child has been executed, but when the families go to Karaj, they are told that nothing has happened. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53984'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/dashboard/prisoners/1304/'> He was transferred to the solitary cell of Ghezalhesar prison in Karaj. According to Kurdpa and quoting an informed source, Davoud Abdollahi is "at serious risk of execution" after being transferred to solitary confinement. According to Kurdpa's report, Abdollahi's family went to Ghezalhesar prison in Karaj to pay their last visit to their son. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54167'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45937/'> HRANA wrote that Davoud Abdollahi is still in solitary confinement. According to this informed source, in a meeting with his family, Davoud expressed concern about his ambiguous situation and said that he has been on hunger strike since being transferred to solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54035'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/01/5'> He was executed. According to Kurdpa, Davoud Abdollahi's death sentence was executed after 14 years of imprisonment and at the same time as the seventh day of his hunger strike in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj. Davoud Abdollahi had been on a complete hunger strike since Tuesday, January 5th, after being transferred to solitary confinement for the execution of the death sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54641'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7580/2024/en/'> In a statement, Amnesty International warned about the imminent execution of Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, and Kamran Sheikheh in Ghezal Hesar prison. According to Amnesty International, these four people, who are incarcerated in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, are in danger following the execution of Ghasem Abesteh, Ayoub Karimi, and Davoud Abdollahi in recent months in connection with the same case. Amnesty International wrote: > These seven people were convicted of corruption in the land and sentenced to death in a very unfair trial that was accompanied by allegations of torture and mistreatment of the hospital. Also, Amnesty International, citing informed sources, wrote that Ghasem Abesteh was tortured just before the execution, and his nose was broken. According to this statement, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have made the delivery of the bodies of Davoud Abdollahi and Ayoub Karimi to their families contingent on the families' silence regarding the execution of their loved ones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>