Hossein Mohammadi

Hossein Mohammadi is a theatre actor. He was arrested after attending the memorial of Hadith Najafi who was killed during the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. He was sentenced to death on the charge of spreading corruption on earth.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='44770'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38329/'> HRANA reported that he was arrested by the security forces in Karaj. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55280'> <reference source='https://media.farsnews.ir/Uploaded/Files/Video/1401/08/15/14010815000805_240P.mp4'> The Islamic Republic's state TV broadcasted the forced confessions of several arrested citizens in Karaj about the death of a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian. In the video, there are clear signs of physical torture on the faces of the interviewees. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55281'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3O7Fo6A'> According to Mehr News, a state media, Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, the chief of the judiciary of Alborz province announced that 11 citizens including a female in Karaj have been indicted in relation to the murder of a Basiji named Rouhollah Ajamian. They have been charged with spreading corruption on earth, assembly and collusion against national security, and propaganda against the state. Fazeli claimed that the Basij member was "clearing traffic" on the highway when he was attacked and killed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55283'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202211173394'> Amnesty International released a statement saying the Islamic Republic intends to execute at least 21 of the protesters after holding mock trials in order to terrorize the protesters. According to Iran International, Amnesty pointed out the comments made by the Islamic Republic officials about public trial of the protesters and asked foreign embassies to send observers to these courts. Diana El-Tahawy, the vice-president of Middle East and North Africa emphasized in the report that the Islamic Republic officials must immediately drop the sentences and cancel the executions and refuse to enforce them. According to Amnesty International's report, 11 prisoners are being tried for the charge of corruption on earth in Karaj revolutionary court including Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou and Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou. The Amnesty report also names some of the protesters in risk of execution. The report mentions the names of Parham Parvari, Sahand Nour-Mohammadzadeh, Abolfazl Mehri, Hossein Hajilou, Manouchehr Mehman Navaz, Saeed Shirazi, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mahan Sedarat Madani, Saman Yasin, Mohammad Broughani, and Mohsen Rezazadeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55284'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3FiVR54'> The first trial session of the 155 defendants in the case of the murder of a Basij member in Karaj was held at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz province presided by Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini. According to ISNA, In this session, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, Arian Farzamnia, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria, Mehdi Mohammadi, Shayan Char Ani, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi, Amir Mehdi Jafari, Reza Shaker Zavardehi, Javad Zargaran, Behrad Ali Kenari, Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, and Ali Moazami Goudarzi were charged with spreading corruption on earth and assembly and collusion against national security. The report states that Arian Farzamnia, Amin Mohammad Shokrollahi, and Amir Mohammad Jafari, the three teenagers on trial, are under 18 years of age. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55285'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cz58pmvpdpmo'> According to Judiciary's Mizan website, the second trial session was held at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz province. Legal expert Pegah Hashemi told BBC Persian that Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini did not allow any hired attorney to enter the court room. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44772'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4544717/%D8%A7%D8%AD%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85/'> Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz province, in the case of the murder of a Basij member in Karaj, sentenced five defendants to death on the charge of spreading corruption on earth, and the other 11 defendants including the three 17-year-olds to prison sentences of to 25 years on the same charge. The report has not separated each sentence for each prisoner, but Hassan Ghareh Hassanlou told Radio Farda that his brother Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is among those who have received the death penalty. Hassan explained that his brother's death sentence was d delivered when he had just become conscious after a heavy operation at the hospital, and the court representative didn't agree to deliver the sentence to his sister. He explained that despite Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou's heart disease and his family's objection, the court representative delivered the death sentence to him at 12:00 midnight at the hospital. According to Hassan Ghareh Hassanlou, Ms. Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in exile at Ahvaz Prison, under monitoring and without any contact with anyone. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44771'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38407/'> The identities of the five defendants who received the death sentence in the case was revealed by HRANA. According to HRANA, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Reza Aria, and Hossein Mohammadi have been sentenced to death for the charges of spreading corruption on earth and assembly and conspiracy against national security. HRANA reported that in the initial reports, the judiciary had announced 11 defendants in the case, but on the first day of trial, the judiciary's Mizan website reported 15 defendants. The report emphasized that in the third trial session, another citizen named Hossein Mohammadi was also added to the list, raising the number of defendants in the case to 16. According to HRANA, the case has been referred to the supreme court while all of the defendants have been denied access to their own attorneys. The report states that the revolutionary court of Alborz province has not only denied them visitation for signing the attorney-client contract, but it even denied the families the name of their court-appointed attorneys and some of the defendants do not know the name of their attorneys. The report states that the initial 15 defendants were held at the Intelligence Ministry lockup for the three trial sessions. HRANA says Hossein Mohammadi, the 16th defendant was held at Karaj central prison and was suddenly taken from there to the court for the third trial session. According to HRANA, all 12 adult male defendants are currently at the general population ward of Karaj Central Prison, and the three teenagers, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, Arian Farzamnia, and Amir Mehdi Jafari, are at the corrections and cultural reform ward of Kachooei Prison in Karaj. According to the report, in recent days Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was transferred out of prison to an undisclosed location after his health deteriorated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45320'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38844/'> The death sentences of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were confirmed by the supreme court and the sentences of the other 14 defendants were overturned and their cases were referred to the branches of the same rank. According to HRANA, the supreme court overturned the death sentences of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Hossein Mohammadi, and Reza Aria for "flaw in the investigation" and their cases were referred to branches of the same rank. HRANA also reported that the supreme court has overturned the prison and banishment sentences of the other 11 defendants, namely Mehdi Mohammadi, Shayan Char Ani, Reza Shaker Zavardehi, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi Savojbolaghi, Ali Moazami Goudarzi, Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Behrad Ali Kenari, Javad Zargaran, Arian Farzamnia, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, and Amir Mehdi Jafari, and has referred their cases to branches of the same rank. The report states that the supreme court has overturned these sentences due to the "flaw in the investigation and necessity of punishment appropriate to the actions of each individual". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47122'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/'> In a call for immediate action, Amnesty International announced that at least 14 of the people arrested during the 2022 uprising in Iran have been sentenced to death and are in danger of execution. Amnesty International stated that the Islamic Republic has violated fair trial principles and has tortured most of these individuals, namely Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Khorute, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, and Arshia Takdastan. by cable, whip, electric shock, mock execution, rape, and other types of sexual violence. The report goes on to say that Mehdi Mohammadifard was raped during his interrogation and had to be hospitalized. Based on the reports, Mr. Mohammadifard also experienced beatings, being hung by a foot, threats with a gun, and putting ice on his testicles during interrogation. The report also mentions the repeated torture of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou which led to his broken ribs and interior bleeding and lung issues. Mohammad Ghobadlou has also experienced several violations and according to the medical examiner his body was wounded and bruised after the arrest. At least 14 out of dozens of prisoners named in the report have been sentenced to death and the rest face heavy charges. Toumaj Salehi, Farzaneh Tahazadeh, Farhad Tahazadeh, Karevan Shahiparvaneh, Reza Eslamdoust, Taher Hamidi, Shahram Marouf Mola, Pouria Javaheri, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Kharout, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, Arshia Takdastan, Mohammad Boroughani, Mehdi Bahman, Majid Kazemi, Manouchehr Mehmannavaz, Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Reza Ariya, Mahan Sedarat, Saeed Shirazi, Abolfazl Mehri Hossein Hajilou. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50344'> <reference source='https://www.farsnews.ir/alborz/news/14020106000347'> Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, Chief Justice of Alborz Province, while referring to the situation of the three defendants whose death sentences were reversed in this case, announced that the case was referred to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court and hearings were held, but the defendants and their "chosen lawyers" requested some time to send a supplementary defense bill to the court. He further added that none of the accused in this case were granted amnesty in February of last year and all of them are in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50328'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_list/status/1641534414076125219?s=20'> 1500 Images X (Twitter) account (quoting reliable sources) wrote that the sister of Rouhollah Ajamian, the victim of this case, shouted at the three defendants who were under 18 years of age in the court session and said: > If you don't execute them, when they get released, I will come and tear out their eyes and I will kill them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50637'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/2covl'> Eleven of the arrested protesters in Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Karaj were sentenced to a total of 79 years in prison. All these citizens were arrested at the same time as the 40th-day anniversary of Hadith Najafi, one of the victims of the anti-government protests in Karaj. During the ceremony of the 40th-day Hadith of Najafi's death, a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian lost his life and 16 of those arrested in Karaj were accused of participating in his killing. Fars news agency quoted Hossein Fazli Harikandi, Chief Justice of Alborz Province, as saying: > The trial of 16 defendants in the martyrdom of Ajamian case was held in the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, and a verdict was issued. The Supreme Court of the country confirmed the death sentences of the defendants Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Mehdi Karmi, and returned the case to the same branch for more consideration and issuance of a new verdict against the rest of the defendants. Fars further wrote that according to the verdict, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, Mehdi Mohammadi and Arian Farzamnia were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi Savojbolaghi, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou were sentenced to five years each. Shayan Charani, Amir Mohammad Jafari, and Ali Moazzami Goudarzi were sentenced to three years in prison. According to Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, in the retrial of this case, three of the defendants named Behrad Alikenari, Javad Zargaran, and Reza Shaker Zavardehi were charged with spreading corruption in the world, but it changed to assembly and collusion to commit a crime against the country's security and propaganda against the state. These three citizens were subject to the "amnesty and reduction of public punishment directive and were released from prison on April 18, 2023. Regarding the verdict issued against these citizens, the Detainee Follow-up Committee has written that Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to 15 years in exile in Yazd and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to five years in exile in Mashhad. In this case, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were executed in January 2023. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55236'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43046/'> The 39th branch of the Supreme Court confirmed the verdicts issued against eight of the detainees in the case of the death of a Basij soldier named Rouhollah Ajamian in Karaj. According to HRANA, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years of exile in Yazd prison, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, and Mahdi Mohammadi were sentenced to 10 years of exile in Kerman prison, Mohammad Amin Akhalli, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Gharehassanlou were each sentenced to five years imprisonment in Mashhad prison, and Ali Moazzami Goudarzi was sentenced to three years in Qom prison. In this report, it is stated that the sentence issued against Arin Farzamnia was violated due to the lack of investigation, and the reason for the violation of Arian Farzamnia's sentence is stated to be psychological problems. Also, based on this report, the case of Shayan Charani and Amir Mohammad Jafari was declared closed following the amnesty order. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55279'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43266/'> According to HRANA, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, and Mehdi Mohammadi were exiled to Kerman prison to serve their 10-year sentences. Also, according to this report, in recent days, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Yazd, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi, Amin Mahdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou were sentenced to five years in Mashhad prison, and Ali Moazzami Godarzi was sentenced to three years in Qom prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55262'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/2nzf7d4d'> On the anniversary of Rouhollah Ajamian's death, Mirza Vali Ajamian, his father, claimed in a radio program that Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei's adviser, "mediated" in this case and "prevented the continuation of executions". He also said about the so-called "Ekbatan town" case: > One year has passed since the death of Arman Aliverdi, but it is still unknown who his killer is, and out of the 80 people who were arrested, only eight people remain." According to Radio Farda's report, Babak Paknia, one of the lawyers of the defendants in the Rouhollah Ajamian case, said that "Mr. Ajamian's father had no role in the Karaj case because this case was not a murder case, but a Moharebeh case, which is a public crime." Payam Darafshan, one of the lawyers present in the Ekbatan settlement case, also responded to the statements of Rouhollah Ajamian's father and told Daadban that this case "had nothing to do with Mr. Ajamian, and his words in a national media are just pouring gasoline on the fire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>