Amir Hossein Moradi

Amir Hossein Moradi is a physics student at Sharif University in Tehran. He and Ali Younesi, another elite student at Sharif University of Technology, have been charged with corruption on earth. They have been held in the security ward of Evin Prison since April 2016.

Amir Hossein Moradi was the silver medalist of the National Astronomy Olympiad in 2017. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='30246'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c-%db%8c%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3%db%8c/'> Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, two elite students at Sharif University, were arrested by IRGC agents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30283'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AR_Ghaderi/status/1252592061536231430?s=20'> The Head of Sharif University student’s Basij Organization, Alireza Ghaderi, commented on the detention of the two students on his Twitter page: > The reason for the detention of these students is not related to student activities. The subject of the crime is outside the university environment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30251'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c-%db%8c%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3%db%8c/'> According to reports received by IPA, IRGC agents beat Mr. Younesi during the arrest. "Ali Younesi's head was injured, and his forehead also bled after being beaten.", His brother wrote on his Twitter account. Officers entered their homes without showing a warrant. They also seized and took Mr. Younesi's personal belongings, his family's communication devices, and his father's car. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30284'> According to IPA, Amir Hossein Moradi was also beaten by IRGC agents during his arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30418'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YounesiAida/status/1257701661574823938?s=20'> Gholamhossein Esmaili, Iran’s judiciary spokesperson, accused Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi of collaborating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MKO) at a news conference and "Explosive devices" were found in their home. "This claim is false and ridiculous," said Aida Younesi, condemning the charge. "These are part of your known to all tactics." She added. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30543'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%be%db%8c%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%e2%80%8c%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b4%da%a9%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%9b-%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%87-%d9%be%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c-%db%8c/'> Iran Prison Atlas (IPA) has published a comprehensive report on the case of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi. IPA researchers pointed to the Iranian government's security tactics and reviewed several cases that have been charged with connections to the Mojahedin-e Khalgh organization (MKO). One of the most notable cases is Zia Nabavi, who was finally acquitted after nine years in prison. Mr. Younesi's family was supporting MKO during the revolution; many political activists have attempted a new evolution to deal with the Islamic Republic's repression at the time. IPA concludes that Iran's security system accuses political activists according to their family background. They have even made accusations against people who have not been involved in any political activity. According to his friends and family, Ali Younesi is one of the people who had been away from political activities. There is no information about Amir Hossein Moradi, but some of his relatives have said that Mr. Moradi did not participate in political activities either. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30552'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1323062020ENGLISH.pdf'> Amnesty International has issued a statement addressed to the Iranian judiciary calling for the release of two detained students, Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi. The organization has called for an investigation into the beating of Ali Younesi by security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30763'> <reference source='https://concernedscientists.org/2020/05/international-astronomy-olympiad-winner-jailed-in-iran/'> The Committee of Concerned Scientists expressed their concern over the situation of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi in a letter to Ebrahim Raisi. They have called for clarification about their arrest and respect for their rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31061'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/6_mEN4i3g.pdf'> Human Rights Watch issued a statement expressing concerns over the security agents' misbehavior on Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi and calling for their release. "If they are guilty, Iran must issue a legal indictment," the statement said </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31033'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25053/'> A group of Iranian students and professors outside Iran have issued a letter and demanded the release of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31065'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RezaYounesi/status/1271176548603908112?s=20'> Reza Younesi, Ali Younesi's brother, wrote on his Twitter page: > My mother and father went to Evin with Mr. Moradi's family to visit, but their request was rejected. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31632'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%da%86%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%ac%d9%88%db%8c%db%8c-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%9b-%d8%aa%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b4-%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%a7/'> Detailed reports compiled by IPA and based on the Sharif University Islamic Association reports the Islamic Society of Students, and the Student’s Basij Organization, the claims of the security and judicial institutions are unsubstantiated. "We saw the video, but it was not clear whether those who were sabotaging were Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi," Student organizations have written separately about the video shown by the Security institution. Only the "Islamic Association of Independent Students of Sharif University" has commented confidently about the two students' accusations. According to a summary of three student organizations' reports, Ali Younesi insisted on his request to transfer the case from the Ministry of Intelligence to the judiciary so he could defend himself there." He said, "This does not mean I didn't do anything. I did make mistakes, but not to the extent that it is claimed."This sentence shows that, although he could not express himself explicitly, he denied the allegations of the bombing. All three associations in this meeting have agreed on the violation of the rights of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi in depriving them of access to a lawyer, being kept in solitary confinement, and beatings them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31595'> <reference source='https://virgool.io/@mostaghelsharif/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87-pcoypktvmmyg'> A meeting was held between several students from different student organizations, professors, union activists, Ali Younesi, and Amir Hossein Moradi in the presence of security and judicial officials. The details of this gathering were published for the first time by the "Islamic Association of Independent Students of Sharif University.” "Ali and Amir Hossein have been arrested for their activities in the Mojahedin's insurgent groups. They were bombing around the Bahonar Judicial Complex on the night of the arrest, and other bombs were discovered in their house. Ali Younesi is blamed for the conflict caused on the arresting night; he bit one of our agent's hands to escape." the statement quoted officials. The meeting was attended by Amin Naseri, Deputy Prosecutor for Security, Bazpors Mohammadi Hossein Jafari, the investigator, interrogator, and people related to the university. The Sharif University Students' Islamic Association wrote: > They broadcast a video on Mojahedin TV with the picture of Maryam Rajavi on the wall of the Physics and Industry Faculty." Judicial and security officials are blaming two detained students for this action. Several other videos attributed to the bombing carried out by Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi were also broadcast during the meeting. The university association claims that the pair "confessed to some of the activities but expressed their regret. Officials have declared: > In addition to the public prosecutor, they also have a private plaintiff; For example, a pregnant woman was injured." According to judicial and security officials, "several other bombings in Tehran had been ordered by the Mojahedin Organization (MKO). They have defined Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi as responsible for these actions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32421'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/337IIYb'> "Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi have been "under pressure" by interrogators to make a forced confession," Iran International quoted a source close to Amir Hossein Moradi's family. Interrogators told the two students that "confession eases the case" and asked them to confess and sign the paper. According to the report, while Moradi informed his family about these pressures, the officers cut off the phone and reacted violently with him. According to reports, Mr. Younesi and Mr. Moradi are in danger of being sentenced to death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32566'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%85-%d9%81%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c-%db%8c%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3%db%8c-%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%ad%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af/'> According to the Iran Prison Atlas, even though five months have passed since the arrest of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, the interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence are still trying to put the two students in front of the camera of the forced confession. The interrogators told them that their sentence was death, but if they cooperate with them, this sentence will become life imprisonment, and they will be released from prison with amnesty after a few years. They are still in Section 209 of Evin without access to an elected lawyer. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33495'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27463/'> Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi met with their families for the first time. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35539'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3dbPmD8'> In an interview, Mostafa Nili, a lawyer, said that his client's case was referred to Branch 29 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran before the Iranian new year. The hearing had been scheduled for today. However, despite the presence of lawyers and judges, the court refused to issue a subpoena for them. He also said that the fair trial process was facing obstacles. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35870'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/33WQg17'> ISNA wrote that more than 174 professors of Sharif University had sent a letter to the authorities demanding the release of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi. The signatories of this letter have urged the high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic to allow these students to return to their families and university life. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37577'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/5024/2021/en/'> Amnesty International issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi. Amnesty International has also called on the head of the judiciary to protect Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi from torture and ill-treatment and set up an independent panel to investigate beatings, long-term solitary confinement, and torture during detention. Amnesty International has warned the judiciary that Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi have faced false charges in an unfair trial that could lead to the death sentence. The letter states that the Iranian authorities have violated the right of Younesi and Moradi to be presumed innocent by accusing them of “ties to counter-revolutionary groups based on their families’ real or perceived association with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MKO), an opposition group based outside of Iran” and they are also accused of being involved in protests related to the issue of the Ukrainian plane. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37842'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ytEk55'> Ali Younesi's lawyer, Hossein Taj, said in an interview that the continued temporary detention of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was not legal. He stated that he had repeatedly reported this breach of the law to the prosecutor's office, the Head of the Branch of the Revolutionary Court, and the Department for Supervision of National Security Prisoners but had not received a proper response. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37840'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ytEk55'> He also said the lawyers of the case analyzed the case and found many formal and substantive flaws that were reported in a pleading to the Head of the Court. For this reason, the judge of the Revolutionary Court referred the case to the prosecutor's office to rectify the deficiencies. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37844'> <reference source='https://mobile.twitter.com/mohshaltouki'> A part of the forced confessions of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was published on the personal page of a journalist from Fars named Mohammad Shaltouki. This video is short, and the fragmented voices of Mr. Moradi and Mr. Younesi can be heard in it. A brief excerpt from Ali Younesi's forced confessions has also been published in this file, discussing throwing incendiary bottles and sending videos to an unknown destination. In his forced confession, Amir Hossein Moradi talks about the explosives that make a terrible noise at the moment of the explosion. The report uses videos that show moments of explosives exploding in unknown locations. In response to the video, Reza Younesi, Ali Younesi's brother, wrote on Twitter that the forced confessions resulted from continuous torture and harassment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38880'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/65137'> Two years have passed since the temporary detention of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi. According to Mustafa Neili, a lawyer, their continued detention is clearly against the law; According to Article 242 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the maximum period of temporary detention in crimes punishable by death is two years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38878'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MostafaNili58/status/1513898297051787271?s=20&t=5FsC4XWFw2a87yTtg4Wgcg'> Mustafa Nili, a lawyer, wrote that the third hearing in the case of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi would be held on Sunday, April 17th. He also wrote that, contrary to the law, their temporary detention did not turn into bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39060'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3vjBTCd'> Mostafa Nili, Ali Younesi's lawyer, told the news site Emdad about the verdicts in the case: > The indictments include allegations of corruption on earth, assembly and collusion against national security and propaganda against the system. However, the court did not find the charge of corruption on earth correct and considered the actions of the two prisoners as sabotage. According to Mostafa Nili, there is no proof to confirm these allegations. The court ruling was based on "the confessions of these two people after about fifty days in solitary confinement, without any possibility of using phone calls and the right of access to a lawyer. Nili acknowledged that agents of the Ministry of Intelligence had repeatedly breached the law and the rights of Younesi and Moradi from the beginning. To the extent that, after referring the case to Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court, the judge raised some objections. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39006'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3vDJhrf'> According to the Tasnim news agency, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi were sentenced to 16 years in prison by Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. According to the verdict, they were sentenced to ten years in prison for sabotaging public property (Article 687 of the Penal Code) and five years in prison for Assembly and collusion to carry out acts against national security (Article 610 of the Penal Code). They have been sentenced to one year in jail on charges of propaganda against the regime (Article 500 of the Penal Code). Ten years of this sentence will apply to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39065'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RezaYounesi/status/1518703862466629636?s=20&t=G3-CXco34r1vxap1k3ra4A'> Reza Younesi, Ali Younesi's brother, wrote on Twitter that the Ministry of Intelligence had asked his brother and his family, Amir Hossein Moradi, and his family to cooperate with the security agency during the two years of their temporary detention. According to Reza Younesi, sometime after the temporary detention, the Ministry of Intelligence agents took Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi to their homes for several hours to manipulate their feelings and those of their families to accept the demands of this security agency. However, despite months of mental torture and solitary confinement, Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi rejected the demands of the Ministry of Intelligence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>