Shahriar Bayat

Shahriar Bayat, a retired employee, married and residing in Shahriar, was among those arrested during the nationwide protests of 2022. He was initially sentenced to death, but the verdict was later overturned by the Supreme Court and converted into a prison sentence.

<coverage-outsourcing id='56681'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA, Shahriar Bayat was arrested at four in the morning by the security forces in his home in Shahriar during the nationwide protests and was taken to the Greater Tehran prison. According to this report, he was denied medical treatment in this prison due to the long process of issuing medical treatment orders. HRANA wrote that he was transferred to Ward 6 of Evin Prison sometime later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56682'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA's report, the first branch of the Shahriar Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Ismail Al-Alaand and Judge Soleimani sentenced him to one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the state, and two years in prison for the charge of insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic for his first case. He was sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of conspiracy and collusion in committing crimes against the country's security, and for the charge of forming and managing illegal (virtual) organizations and groups with the aim of disrupting the country's security, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, 10 years of imprisonment can be applied to him as the heaviest punishment, which was reduced to eight years and six months after he zccepted the verdict. The document issued by Shahriar Revolutionary Court is placed in the evidence section of the profile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56690'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA, while sending a letter to the judiciary, referring to the fact that he has been in prison for 11 months and is suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, Mr. Bayat wrote: > My letters addressed to the Honorable Head of the Judiciary, Mr. Mohseni Ejei, the Honorable Head of the Prosecutor General's Office, Mr. Montazeri, the Honorable Prosecutor of Shahriar, and the representative of the people of Shahriar remain unanswered, none of these gentlemen have given any answer or reaction, while twice in my case, the verdict of two judges in my favor, in complete injustice have been changed due to influence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56755'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/mrxn6vya'> According to IranWire, Shahriar Bayat along with Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb, Mohsen Ghiasi, and Ali Rezaei sent a letter from Evin prison, while announcing their solidarity with the people of Iran and emphasizing the unity of the people, they called for the rule of the people and the law and holding free elections to establish a democratic society in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56684'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA, in the second part of his case, Branch 13 of the Criminal Court 1 of Tehran Province, with the advice of Saeed Sherafati and Ali Taghian, with the majority vote of the members, he was charged with insulting the prophet of Islam and insulting other holy figures of Islam through publishing images and content online and was sentenced to death. It is stated in this report that at the same time the said branch issued a minority decision with the advice of Abolghassem Morad Taleb, sentencing him to six months in prison for the charge of insulting the prophet with a reduction in the punishment due to Mr. Bayat's expression of remorse. According to HRANA's report, an order of non-pursuit was previously issued to Mr. Bayat for the said charge in Shahriar Public Prosecutor's Office. This report says that the aforementioned sentence was reviewed in the Revolutionary Court of this city with the objection of the prosecutor of Shahriar, but since the Revolutionary Court did not have the jurisdiction to try him for the accusation of insulting the prophet, his case was referred to the Criminal Court 1 of Tehran Province. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56688'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA's report, Mr. Bayat was sent on leave from Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56689'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47692/'> According to HRANA report, on the last day of his leave, he was served with the death sentence for the charge of insulting the prophet. In this report, it is stated that his wife does not have good mental and physical conditions to follow up on the status of her husband's case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='56754'> <reference source='https://x.com/Arash_sadeghii/status/1774502080864002542'> Arash Sadeghi wrote in his X account that during the protests of 2022, he was in the same cell with Mr. Shahriar Bayat in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. He wrote that during Mr. Bayat's interrogations, a number of pictures and posts published online were attributed to him, but he declared that "he did not produce any content and these pages have nothing to do with him." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='67790'> <reference source='https://x.com/AAdelahmadian/status/1909564042173088088'> Amin Adel Ahmadian, an attorney at law, announced on the social platform X that the death sentence of Shahriar Bayat was overturned by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, and his case was referred to a parallel branch in the Tehran Criminal Court for retrial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='68609'> According to HRANA, Shahriar Bayat was sentenced by Branch 10 of the Criminal Court One of Tehran Province to five years in prison and one year of unpaid community service at the Kahrizak Charity Institute as a supplementary punishment, on charges of insulting Islamic sanctities. According to the report, the judge of the mentioned branch deemed Mr. Bayat “deserving of a punishment beyond the minimum” and issued the maximum sentence. </coverage-outsourcing>