Jamshid Sharmahd

.Jamshid Sharmahd is an Iranian-German political activist and a member of the Monarchy Assembly of Iran. He was kidnapped by the Intelligence Ministry in Dubai and was transferred to Iran where he was sentenced to death for alleged terrorism.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='31837'> He sent a selfie to his wife from Dubai International Airport. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31838'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/60134'> According to the GPS data, he went to Oman on this date. Although Iran International Tv investigations show that he was transferred to Oman via the UAE land route, on that date, all land borders of the destination country were closed; The closure of the country's borders has increased his abduction in the UAE. He was in the Quranic school "Ma'adh ibn Jabal" or a place near this building for about 15 hours. His last location was a hospital on the north coast of Oman, and from this point on, his location information has been disabled. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31839'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/60134'> Jamshid Sharmahd sent a WhatsApp message to his wife: > I'm Okay, I'll call you later. Intelligence agents may have sent this message. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31835'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/33MdvvZ'> The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement calling Jamshid Sharmahd a "terrorist" and announced his arrest. He was reportedly abducted in a foreign country. According to the statement, He is responsible for the Shiraz explosion. "Mr. Sharmahd planned and directed the explosion operation in Shiraz Seyyed al-Shohada Hosseiniyeh in 2008. This explosion killed Fourteen and injured 215 people," the statement said. Mr. Sharmehd has been accused of attempting to bomb Ruhollah Khomeini's tomb and the Tehran Book exhibition by Iranian intelligence. Jamshid Sharmahd repeated Iran's intelligence claims in his forced confessions broadcasted on Iranian TV. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38244'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news/tehran/47907'> Jamshid Sharmahd was kidnapped by Islamic Republic forces in Dubai and transferred to Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38241'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/files/fa/news/1399/5/11/2692076_344.mp4'> The Islamic Republic's state TV aired a program in which a person with blindfolds calls himself Jamshid Sharmahd and throughout the program, he confesses to bombing and handling explosives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31836'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53634555'> The Javan newspaper claimed that Mr. Sharmahd had been arrested in Tajikistan and extradited to Iran. Tajikistan and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence denied this claim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31844'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2DtkJKo'> Iran TV repeated his accusations by publishing a video report. The video also showed the forced confessions of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Roozbeh Yahyazadeh, two executed members of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31840'> <reference source='https://apnews.com/2ba6f187105566ccc06ef2b5f9e5490e'> According to GPS information obtained by several media outlets, including the AP, he was abducted in Dubai, and he was in Oman before being transferred to Iran. "The abduction of my father from another country and transferring him to Iran is a violation of human rights. I call on free and democratic countries to support my father." Shayan Sharmahd, son of Jamshid Sharmahd, told the AP. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34282'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3oTfVQW'> Contacted his family for the first time. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34281'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3oTfVQW'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd asked the German government to intervene and help release her father. She told Spiegel that her father had called them three times, and they could hear the agents whisper on the line so they knew he cannot talk freely. In response to a question about her father's confession on state TV she said confession under torture is not a new phenomenon in Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38242'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/3993/2021/en/'> Amnesty Internation expressed concern about the possibility of Jamshid Sharmahd's execution and asked the chief of Iran's judiciary to release him. Amnesty International also expressed concern about the fact that his family does not know his condition and where he is held inside the prison. According to Amnesty, he suffers from diabetes, heart problems, and Parkinson's disease and requires daily medication. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38243'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1397303374307946500?s=20&t=YrPXb0bED4MMxF7t2istYg'> His daughter said on Twitter that the court-appointed lawyer for her father has demanded $250,000 and said if they do not pay him he will not do anything for the case. She published a photo of her father's court-appointed lawyer and said: > This is a circus, not a justice system! </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38238'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3vChkBt'> The first trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd was held at the revolutionary court of Tehran and was presided over by Judge Salavati. He is charged with "spreading corruption on earth through planning and guiding terrorist operations and bombings." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38239'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1490134504878403584?s=20&t=tvuM2ezKhXgReL40T11W2Q'> In a series of tweets, his daughter called her father's trial a kangaroo court and said even the German consulate was unaware of the date of the trial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38240'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/35LPrMy'> According to the judiciary's Mizan website, the second trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd was held at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Slavati. The representative for the prosecution, Behrouz Hassani Etemad, brought several accusations including the "bombing at Imam Khomeini's shrine in 2009 and the bombing in Shiraz" against Jamshid Sharmahd. These charges could lead to a death sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38237'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1495685201317531649?s=20&t=tvuM2ezKhXgReL40T11W2Q'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd called her father's trial a mock trial and said the second session was held without prior notice so that "the consulate or the lawyer cannot attend and ruin their show." Jamshid Sharmahd has been in solitary for more than 500 days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38311'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1499878341368709122?s=20&t=P9nDAS54sLYUai3XGLopUg'> With the third trial session of Jamshid Sharmehr, his daughter warned on Twitter that his father is at risk of receiving a death sentence and asked Twitter users to participate in a Twitter campaign in support of her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38310'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3hPL4CP'> The third trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd was held at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Slavati. The prosecution accused Mr. Sharmahd of "trying to bomb a Friday prayer in Rasht". He was also accused of planning the assassination of the governor of Gilan province at the time. Later in the session, an alleged audio of Jamshid Sharmahd was played in which he orders violent actions and bombings. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47734'> <reference source='https://telewebion.com/episode/0x281dc14'> The Islamic Rewpublic's state TV aired a program titled "All Out War" reviewing his trial. In the program, the representative of the prosecutor read Jamshid Sharmahd's charges based on his forced confession. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40541'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/31908846.html'> The fourth trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd was held at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Slavati. According to Radio Farda, a new charge for "selling information about IRGC's missile program to FBI." A while back, his daughter wrote on Twitter that her father has been in solitary for over 600 days while he has respiratory problems and has only two teeth left. She said his father has a problem walking now due to the narrow cell, and he doesn't receive her medication on time or sometimes at all. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40683'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-62135271'> The fifth trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd was held at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Slavati. According to BBC, at the end of the session, the judge said the next session will be the indictment and hearing from the defense. The report stated that the basis for Mr. Sharmahd's charges is selling information on IRGC's missile program to the US, planning to assassinate Gilan province officials, planning a sabotage in Gonaveh port, connection to American and Israeli intelligence organizations, and planning an explosion in Shiraz. According to the report, previously some individuals including Arash Rahmanipour and Mohammadreza Ali Zamani who were accused of cooperating with the Royalist Association had been executed in connection to the bombing in Shiraz. BBC reported that in this session, two of the plaintiffs asked for the public execution of Mr. Sharmahd. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40926'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/jamshid-sharmhead-court/31960929.html'> In his defense hearing, Mr. Sharmahd said he does not accept the charges. Regarding the bombing in Shiraz, Mr. Sharmahd said Majid Rastgou, the other member of the Royalist association only contacted him and he did nothing in that regard. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44638'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/VOAfarsi/status/1560329178142035968?s=20&t=ntjCCQ5ivJO16DHh2aXVJw'> His daughter told VOA that they have received suspicious offers about breaking her father free. According to the report, after arresting Mr. Sharmahd, the security forces tried to gain access to the family's computers by pressuring them. According to a VOA reporter, Ghazaleh Sharmahd said the court-appointed lawyer initially asked for $250000 but now says they want to help break him free. She said the Islamic Republic officials are directly responsible for whatever happens to her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44637'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3WehDwX'> In the seventh trial session of Jamshid Sharmahd, the judge mentioned some interviews with Mr. Sharmahd "about different terrorism-related issues". Based on the report, in response to the judge's question about the Shiraz bombing, he said: > I did declare my intention to overthrow the Islamic Republic but I was not the planner and didn't order the bombings. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41841'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/families-accuse-eu-ignoring-europeans-imprisoned-in-iran/6733393.html'> Families of four European citizens incarcerated in Iran sent a letter to Josep Borrell of the European Union, accusing European countries of ignoring and neglecting their citizens in Iran. Benjamin Briere's sister in France, Kamran Ghaderi's wife in Austria, Ahmadreza Jalali's wife in Sweden, and Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter in Germany wrote the letter expressing their anger at the European Union for ignoring the plight of their loved ones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46400'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsivoa/136652'> Jamshid Sharmahd's daughter told VOA that they have no contact with her father and don't know whether he survived the Evin Prison fire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46401'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsivoa/145066'> His daughter told VOA: > The situation is not good. Dad is charged with spreading corruption on earth and this charge could get him the death sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46402'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsivoa/145285'> The leader of the Democratic Christian party in Germany accepted the political guardianship of Jamshid Sharmahd. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46403'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/157447'> Ghazaleh Sharmahd told Iran International that the last trial session of her father was held behind closed doors. Ms. Sharmahd added that her father has been in solitary confinement for 893 days and he is only taken out of the cell for his trial sessions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46404'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/innn_it/status/1615399669466529794?s=20'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd addressed the German chancellor and foreign minister and asked them to make efforts so she can have phone calls with her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47730'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3XMHnAw'> He was sentenced to death by Judge Salavati on the charge of "spreading corruption on earth through planning and guiding terrorist activities." The sentence can be appealed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47735'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXkHGPolKGI'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd told VOA that her father's court-appointed lawyer and the fact that he is not approved by them but he is the only connection between the family and her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47778'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3Irhtws'> Deutsche Welle reported that in response to the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd, Germany called two Iranian diplomats "undesirable elements" and demanded that they leave the country. The German foreign ministry summoned the Iranian consulate's charge d'affaires and told the diplomat that "Germany finds the severe violation of the rights of German citizens unacceptable." The German foreign minister demanded that the death sentence of Mr. Sharmahd be overturned until a fair trial. The leader of the Christian Union faction in the German parliament stated that the death sentence of a German-Iranian citizen will not go unpunished for the leaders of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48311'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1629220734114594816?s=20'> His daughter met with the leader of the opposition in the German parliament and discuss ways to release her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48315'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1629304775065083904?s=20'> The US special representative on Iran Robert Malley released a statement saying the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd is an attempt by the Islamic Republic to isolate itself further in the world. He strongly condemned the "kidnapping and mock trial" of Mr. Sharmahd. Mr. Sharmahd's daughter thanked Mr. Malley for the tweet but said "condemning is not enough". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50441'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/cgt7h'> In a letter to the chief of the judiciary of Iran, Amnesty International asked him to order the immediate reversal of the "unfair conviction" of Jamshid Sharmahd and overturn his death sentence. Amnesty stated: > Sharmahd's arrest was arbitrary, and his trial procedure was unfair and for that, he must be released immediately." > Amnesty International reminds him that the Iranian authorities "kidnapped Jamshid Sharmahd about 32 months ago and asked them to at least inform his family of his whereabouts and condition, provide sufficient medical service for him, allow him access to an attorney and consulate help from Germany and protect him against more torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50442'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5798/'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd told Iran Human Rights that her father is still being denied access to an attorney and family visits. She said in the past two and a half years, the Sharmahd family has hired three attorneys for him, but the judiciary and Abolqasem Salavati, the chief of branch 15 of the revolutionary court of Tehran, have not allowed any of the attorneys to study the case or enter the court to defend their client. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50440'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5798/'> His daughter Ghazaleh Sharmahd told Iran Human Rights that her father is not a dual citizen and only has German citizenship. She said: > I have to emphasize that my father only has German citizenship. He left Iran for Germany when he was seven and lived and worked in Germany for 40 years. He only has a German passport. After leaving Iran, until his kidnapping, he never traveled to Iran." She also mentioned that Mr. Sharmahd's mother is an American citizen. His father spent 20 years of his life in the US. In fact, Mr. Sharmahd is German American. But still, "the Islamic Republic intends to declare him as an Iranian citizen so they can have full control over his case and make any decision they want about my father." > She also criticized the German government's "refusal to accept responsibility and said: > The German government uses the excuse that my father is a dual citizen to evade the responsibility of following up on its citizen, saying if he was only a German citizen they could have done much more. She also criticized the denial of access to the consulate service. She said: > The Sharmahd family is not only at war with the Islamic Republic, but it is also trying to make the German government do the right thing or at least stop cooperating with the Islamic Republic. She also said the United States hasn't taken any actions for her father's release either: > The US government also hides behind my father's dual citizenship and doesn't accept that my father's case relates to the US government as well. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50559'> The charge of "spreading corruption on earth" does not fit Mr. Sharmahd even by the Islamic Republic's law. The codification of "spreading corruption on earth" as a crime occurred in 2013. But the incident for which Mr. Sharmahd has been convicted of spreading corruption on earth, occurred in 2008, years before this charge was codified. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50684'> <reference source='https://www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/4709406/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A3%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%AF'> Mr. Sharmahd's death sentence was confirmed by the supreme court of Germany. The judiciary's Mizan website reported that the supreme court confirmed the ruling by referring to amendment A of article 469 of the criminal law procedure. Referring to the indictment, Mizan lists Mr. Sharmahd's charges as follows: > Spreading corruption on earth through leading the Tondar terrorist group. Planning and orchestrating terrorist activities, bombing in Shiraz in 2008 which killed 14 and injured over 300, bombing of Sivand Dam tunnel in Shiraz; planning the assassinations of officials; Planning and making explosions for the bombing of Ayatollah Golpayegani's library and seminary in Qom that led to the fire in Hotel Jahan Tehran; Bombing at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini and the death of terrorist Bijan Abbasi in 2009; The explosion of the state TV antenna in Shiraz; The explosion of a stun grenade at Abdanan refinery; Arson at Shahroud refinery; exposure of classified documents about the IRGC missile program; Communication and cooperation with American and Israeli Intelligence officers; Financing terrorist activities in Iran to the amount of more than 30 thousand dollars; Planning and orchestration of the explosion of oil pipes in Bandar Gonaveh; planning the assassination of a local official in Marivan; planning the bombing of Russian head-consulate in Rasht. Planning the bombing of Rasht mosque during the Friday prayer. Planning and orchestrating the assassination of the governor of Gilan at the time; planning to poison the drinking water in Qom; planning to bomb the Masoumeh shrine in Qom; planning to bomb the seminary of Emamzadeh Shah Feiz in Shiraz; Planning to bomb the Shiraz University mosque; planning to bomb the IRGC and Basij transport units; Planning to assassinate the Friday prayer Imam of Shiraz at the time; planning the armed robbery of banks and currency exchanges; Planning to bomb the Abdol-Azim Hassani seminary in Shahr-e Rey. Planning terrorist attacks on the parliament; Planning the bombing of the Foreign Ministry and 30 other foiled operations. While Mizan published the charges in the indictment, no media including Mizan have offered any evidence in support of any of these charges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50831'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/fhr9o'> Ghazaleh Sharmahd said in an interview with DW Persian: > Germany is not doing enough to save my father's life. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52400'> <reference source='https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/berlin-gazelle-sharmahd-erstattet-anzeige-wegen-verbrechen-gegen-die-menschlichkeit-a-b284d698-3cdd-4d6f-8b34-a9deb80cb2b2?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh'> Ghazaleh Sharmahd, daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, filed a complaint against eight judicial officials of the Islamic Republic to the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany. According to Spiegel, Ms. Sharmahd has filed a complaint against these judicial authorities for "violation of human rights, kidnapping and mistreatment of her father". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53577'> <reference source='https://x.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1680691134874664960?s=20'> Ghazaleh Sharmahd wrote on her Twitter account: > After 5 months, today we had a phone call from my father Jamshid Sharmahd for the first time. It is disturbing that after two years of being denied contact with her daughter, he was allowed to talk to me this time." She further wrote that this call scared her a lot and expressed concern that "could this be his farewell call? </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53581'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/us-ghazalle-sharmahd-phone-father-jail-iran/7184545.html'> In an interview with Voice of America's Farsi section, Ghazaleh Sharmahd said about her father's phone call: > We didn't expect the phone call. For more than two years, I have not been allowed to talk to my father and only my mother can talk to him. While pointing to her father's concerning state of mind, she said: > He knew nothing about the Mahsa revolution, and he was not even aware of his own sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53582'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/55t72kus'> According to Deutsche Welle, Friedrich Mertes, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany, asked the government of this country to make more efforts to release Jamshid Sharmahd from the prison of the Islamic Republic. Mertes has assumed the political guardianship of Jamshid Sharmahd and emphasized that "Sharmahd's trial was a political show trial". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53584'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4uzkt2b3'> Jason Poblit, Jamshid Sharmahd's lawyer, criticized the current agreement for the release of American prisoners in Iran and said: > Hostage-taking should not be accompanied by financial rewards, because it is a signal not only to the Islamic Republic, but also for other dangerous governments. It is dangerous. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53583'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/bde9ax6p'> According to Radio Farda, Ghazaleh Sharmahd demanded immediate action from America and Germany to save her father's life. She raised her demand by sitting in front of the US State Department building in Washington shortly after US President Joe Biden's government reached an agreement with the Islamic Republic for the release of five American citizens. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53578'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/2324ee6x'> Abram Pali, US Deputy Special Representative for Iran Affairs, while meeting Jamshid Sharmahd's family, said: > He should never have been detained in Iran, and we hope to see the day when he is with his loved ones again." Ghazaleh Sharmahd, daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, wrote in response to Abram Pali that "action" is needed and that her father should be part of any agreement to free American citizens. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53579'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/ythepbsj'> Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran's Judiciary, while referring to Jamshid Sharmahd's retrial, has written that this hearing was a legal hearing and had no criminal aspect. Judge Majid Hosseinzadeh has said: > The current court is the only legally competent court to hear the petitioners' lawsuit against the American government. According to the Mizan news agency, the charges against Jamshid Sharmahd have been announced as the same charges for which he was tried before. The explosion of Hosseinieh in Shiraz in 2008, in which 14 people were killed, is among the main accusations of Mr. Sharmahd. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53580'> <reference source='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231105-life-of-german-jailed-in-iran-at-grave-risk-over-failing-health-daughter'> France-Presse quoted Ghazaleh Sharmahd as saying that her father "is almost unable to walk and talk due to the bad sanitary conditions of the prison." In an interview with AFP, she said that her father suffers from Parkinson's disease and may die due to his worsening condition. "His teeth are broken from torture or malnourishment and he can't pronounce words properly or chew or eat," Sharmahead continued. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53642'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/ycyec26a'> German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock talked to Hossein Amirabdollahian, her Iranian counterpart, about the situation of two German citizens imprisoned in Iran. The Voice of America announced this news and wrote: > This phone call took place while Germany has faced criticism from human rights activists and families of German prisoners in Iran in recent weeks. According to Voice of America, the spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry, while condemning the violation of human rights in Iran, said that Germany's position towards the Iranian regime is very clear. Currently, two German-Iranian citizens are locked up in Iranian prisons: Nahid Taghavi and Jamshid Sharmahd. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55965'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1760654624065818692'> Ghazaleh Sharmahd, daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, launched a campaign against the death penalty. A number of prisoners' families, human rights activists, and political activists have also supported this campaign. Followers of the campaign show their protest against executions in Iran by publishing a photo or video of themselves and using the hashtag CutTheRope. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56164'> <reference source='https://www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/4763863'> A court in Tehran condemned the US government, Tonder Group, and Jamshid Sharmahd to pay two billion and 478 million dollars in compensation. The 55th branch of the Tehran International Claims Court headed by Judge Hosseinzadeh, who issued this verdict, identified Jamshid Sharmahd and his party as responsible for "bombing and sabotage" and the US government as a "sponsor of terrorism". According to Mizan's report, this verdict was issued due to the complaint of 116 survivors and families of the victims of the bombing case in Hosseinieh, Shiraz. However, according to what was mentioned in Mizan's report, part of the compensation is related to other incidents, including the fire in Jahan Hotel in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56165'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/ted-cruz-reax-iran-judiciaty-jamshid-sharmahd/7524574.html'> Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, after the ruling against the US government and Jamshid Sharmehed, told VOA Persian: > The Iranian regime believes that the Biden government and the West, regardless of the number of hostages they imprison, torture and even kill, will continue to appease them. Unfortunately, they seem to be right. The (Iranian regime's) treatment of Jamshid Sharmahd has been cruel and brutal, and instead of being held accountable, they have received billions of (dollars) in ransom. The Biden government should cancel its appeasement and the international community should ask the Ayatollah to immediately release Sharmahd without preconditions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>