Mojahed Kourkour

Mojahed Kourkour was arrested in Izeh during the 2022 national uprising. The state media blamed him for the murder of protesters including Kian Pirfalak in Izeh.

<coverage-outsourcing id='49849'> During the National uprising in 2022 in the market area in Izeh, the security forces opened fire at the crowd and killed several with live rounds. That same night, the car carrying Kian Pirfalak and his parents on their way back home also got shot and the 9-year-old was killed while his father was severely wounded. The death of Kian Pirfalak poured gasoline on the fire of the national uprising in Iran and created a new wave of protests. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54510'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mr2httpe'> Just a few hours after the attack on the evening of November 16, 2022, Hamshahri newspaper, owned by Tehran Municipality, claimed that ISIS accepted the "responsibility" of the "terrorist" attack in Izeh in a statement. A day later, however, it became clear that Hamshahri's announcement was fake and ISIS did not play a role in this attack, however, the government media did not stop insisting on the idea of a "terrorist" shooting on the evening of November 26, Izeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54511'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3e7vank7'> Fars, the state news agency of the Islamic Republic, quoted Mohsen Rezaei, the economic vice president, writing that the perpetrators of the Izeh massacre were arrested when they were about to leave the northwestern borders of the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48182'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/5973xvnh'> The IRGC Intelligence forces raided a house in Por Sourakh village near Izeh, wounding and arresting Mojahed Kourkour and killing two others in the house named Hassan Saeedi and Mahmoud Ahmadi., </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48184'> <reference source='https://t.me/IranintlTV/154390'> Hos mother released a video asking for help to prevent her son's execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48191'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/154672'> BBC Persian reported that the state TV in Iran has aired images that it claims to be of Mojahed Kourkour, Mahmoud Ahmadi, and Hossein Saeedi, and accused them of being involved in the "terrorist attack" in Izeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48188'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/154730'> BBC Persian announced that his mother sent a message to them saying none of the families of the killed protesters in Izeh have blamed her son for the murders. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48183'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1606184803744862208'> It was reported that he was tortured for a video confession. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48231'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/TRoggeman/status/1606605951926239234'> A member of parliament in Belgium accepted his political guardianship. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48197'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3J4MKah'> Official media in Iran including Fars News labeled the story as "The Operation for the Arrest of Kian Pirfalak's Murder". They announced the arrest of two people and the killing of two others during the operation. The identity of the last person was not revealed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48199'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3SF07kk'> Iranian official media including Fars News released the video of the coerced confession and the moment of the arrest of Mojahed Kourkour. They said it was a joint operation between IRGC, Intelligence Ministry, and the police. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48192'> <reference source='https://t.me/VahidOnline/53200'> Based on the videos on social media, on the memorial of Kian Prifalak people chanted in support of Mojahed Kourkour. The attendees rejected the Islamic Republic's official narrative about the murder of protesters and Kian Pirfalak by Mojahed Kourkour and were holding signs that read: > Basiji, don't lie to us; Kian is Mojahed's brother. They also warned that if Mojahed is executed, the protests will become more intense. Some of these videos are archived on Vahid Online. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48190'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmq6fPWMbRT/'> In a post on his Instagram page, Kian Pirfalak's uncle Sajjad Pirfalak said blaming the Bakhtiari tribe for the terrorist attack is an insult and rejected any narrative by the state about the murder of Kian and the injury of his father Meisam Prifalak. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48186'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/155542'> BBC Persian reported that the symbolic burial of Mahmoud Ahmadi who was killed along with Hossein Saeedi during the arrest of Mojahed Kourkour, was held in Izeh. They buried his military uniform. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48187'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/155445'> BBC Persian reported that the protesters at the memorial of Milad Saeedianjou, chanted in support of Mojahed Kourkour. The protesters referred to Mahmoud Ahmadi, Hossein Saeedi, and Mojahed Kourkour as "Bakhtiari generals". Milad Saeedianjou was killed on the same day as Kian Pirfalak. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48185'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/157551'> Images of attorney at law Ebrahim Paesamehr with a wounded face and blood stains on his shirt were released on social media. BBC Persian reported that he intended to accept some of the protesters in Izeh and Baghmalek including Mojahed Kourkour as his clients. BBC Persian reported that the attorney also intended to accept the families of Mahmoud Ahmadi and Hossein Saeedi as his clients to get their bodies back for their families. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48203'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiofarda/98093'> Images on social media show the heavy presence of security forces to prevent the memorial of Mahmoud Ahmadi. He was 21 when he was killed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='48204'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/KavehGhoreishi/status/1629408173894320130'> Journalist Kaveh Ghoreishi reported that there is absolutely no information on Mojahed Karkour. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49848'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiofarda/101428'> Radio Farda reported that in response to the Islamic Republic officials accusing Bahman Bahmani of murdering her son, Zeynab Molaei Rad, Kian Pirfalak's mother posted on Instagram: > Bahman is my brother. I won't accept any citizen that you identify as the murderer of my son. Why do you want to start a war between tribes? Instead, point at the real culprits... </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49856'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/w4zg'> The trial of Mojahed Kourkour was held at the revolutionary court of Ahvaz. According to the report, he was charged with "Moharebeh" through drawing a weapon with intent to terrorize and kill people, and "spreading corruption on earth" through committing murder by firing live rounds from a military weapon, disrupting public order, causing severe physical harm leading to the death of seven people including Kian Pirfalak, damaging public and private property, an forming an armed-dissident group. Mizan claimed that Mojahed Kourkour has accepted the charges and said: > I committed these crimes because I was influenced by the internet... The trial was held behind closed doors with no independent media present. The IPA cannot confirm Mizan's claims about Mojahed's comments during the trial and the presence of Mojahed's chosen attorney in court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49852'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Soranmansournia/status/1638512349685448704'> Souran Mansournia Borhan's brother who was killed in the November 2019 protests tweeted: > A few days ago, the Islam Republic's judiciary officials took Kian Pirfalak's mother to the scene of the crime, where they killed Kian, to force her to say Mojahed Kourkour and Bahman Bahmani shot at their cat. But Kian's mother denied it and said she saw the murderers with her own eyes and they looked nothing like Mojahed and Bahman. He continued: > The Islamic Republic agents have found no evidence against Bahman Bahmani except for a few photos on his phone with a hunting rifle, and they showed it to Kian Pirfalak's mother. Regarding this case, Behrouz Salahshour was also imprisoned and is still being tortured. Several prisoners from Izeh in Sheyban Prison in Ahvaz have been tortured in recent weeks in order to agree to video confessions. But Behrouz Salahshour and Bahman Bahmani are in worse shape and they are being tortured every 48 hours. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49860'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Soranmansournia/status/1639575130971013121'> Souran Mansournia, brother of Borhan Mansournia who was killed in the November 2019 uprising reported on Twitter that Mojahed Kourkour, Bahman Bahmani, Behrouz Salahshour, and several other prisoners in Sheyban Prison have ended their hunger strikes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50215'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/sajadpirfalak/status/1643594666628055040?s=20'> Sajjad Pirfalak, Kian's uncle, tweeted that in the cases related to November 16, 2023, videos from CCTV in the area were used to convict some of the protesters from before and after the murder, but the prosecutor claimed he was unaware of any video from the moment of Kian's death </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50216'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/zeynab_molaei.rad/'> Kian Pirfalak's mother Zeynab Molaeirad released another photo of herself and Mojahed Kourkour's mother with the hashtag "no to execution Mojahed Kourkour. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50214'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/43ezibR'> He was sentenced to death. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, one of the branches of the revolutionary court of Ahvaz sentenced Mojahed Kourkour to death on the charge of "Moharebeh," through drawing a weapon with intent to terrorize and killing people, and "spreading corruption on earth" through committing murder by firing live rounds from a military weapon, disrupting public order, causing severe physical harm leading to the death of seven people including Kian Pirfalak, damaging public and private property, an forming an armed-dissident group." Based on the report, Yar Mohammad Resalati, the public and revolutionary prosecutor of Izeh read the indictment. Mizan reports: > Based on the indictment and the details in the case including the video from CCTV which shows the defendant pointing his gun at people, forensic expert's report about the bullet, and the discovery of a large number of guns, bullets, and Molotov cocktails at the house of the defendant, and the report by the governor of Izeh about the damage done by the defendant and his associates to the public and government buildings, Abbas Kourkouri was sentenced to death. > A source told Iran Human Rights Organization that Mojahed Kourkour did not participate in the protests on the night in question and joined the protests "the next day to condemn this brutal massacre. According to the source, that's where he was identified and arrested 40 days later. The source said the family has not been allowed to visit Mojahed Kourkour and doesn't know his whereabouts. The source said Mr. Kourkour was allowed phone calls irregularly and in them he said a few times that they took the bullet out of his leg but hadn't finished treating it and he might lose his leg. He was denied access to an attorney of his choosing during the trial procedure and was appointed one. The criminal court of Ahvaz has also opened a case against him for the murder of Kian Pirfalak. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50233'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/sajadpirfalak/status/1645053680155066369?s=20'> Kian Pirfalak's uncle, Sajad Pirfalak tweeted that at the request of Mojahed Kourkour's family, Pirfalak family allowed their attorney, Davoud Shahvali to represent Mr. Kourkour. Based on the image of Mr. Shahvali's message, Abdolvahab Silavi (approved and appointed by the judiciary) was Mojahed's attorney. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50468'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/fjtsw'> Meysam Pirfalak, father of Kian Pirfalak released a video saying he "has filed no complaints against Mojahed Kourkour or anyone in Izeh and never will, because my wife and I saw with our own eyes that the security forces led by Abdi Aliour sprayed our car with bullets, wounded me, and murdered my son." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50467'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-65238828'> A Canadian MP accepted the political guardianship of Mojahed Kourkour and demanded that the Islamic Republic overturn Mojahed Kourkour's execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50851'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/sajadpirfalak/status/1652216681249505281'> Sajad Pirfalak, Kian Pirfalak's uncle tweeted: "According to Mr. Davoud Shah Vali's report on the case of Mr. Mojahed Kourkour, 1- The charges against Mojahed Kourkour in the case that resulted in the death sentence for him include the murder of Kian Pirfalak, Ali Molai, Milad Saidianjou, Sepehr Maghsoudi, Ashraf Nikbakht, Reza Shariati, and Artin Rahmani. 2- In all stages of the judicial investigation of the case, Mojahed Kourkour has strongly and repeatedly denied the accusation of killing Kian and other victims. 3- The murder of Kian Pirfalak was done in the presence of his parents and they have no doubts that the agents committed the murder. 4- All the news published in the government media about the murder of Kian Pirflek and other victims by Mr. Kourkour are fabrications and do not match the charges in his case and the verdict issued by the Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51507'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/avay_khuzestan/status/1658349977188311040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1658349977188311040%7Ctwgr%5Eebc5125118f058bb9538a3d8d3b4887a343bf47a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeedly.com%2Fi%2Fmy'> In a post about her brother's death sentence on Instagram, his sister wrote: > More than 6 months have passed since the arrest of my brother Mojahed Kourkour; During this time, my brother has been deprived of a fair trial and the basic rights of a defendant, including phone calls and family visits. My brother needs your support behind bars. We need your support; Please don't leave us alone. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51512'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/438YwYf'> In an interview with IranWire, his sister said about Mujahid Korkur's situation and his family: > At first, when they said he was transferred, we thought that they had transferred my brother from Sheyban Prison to Tehran, but now we know that he wasn't transferred, they only transferred the case to confirm the verdict...Since he was arrested, we have not had a phone call or visit, they allowed my parents to visit only once for a very short time. In the same brief meeting, they realized that his mental state was not good at all, because he had been severely tortured. He told my family that he was unconscious for a week after his arrest. My mother said that Mojahed's stomach was so swollen that it was hanging... Mujahid had said that was taken for mock execution three times. He said that every day someone comes and tells him to be ready and the sentence will be executed today or gives a date for the execution and leaves. They are torturing him... After Mojahed was arrested and he was still in solitary confinement, my family tried everything to transfer Mojahed out of solitary confinement. One of our relatives went to my family's house with an IRGC member from Izeh. They took all my father's savings from years of hard work, the income of a small grocery store that my mother ran, a small amount of gold belonging to my mother, and my sister's marriage loan, promising to transfer Mojahed to the general population in prison, but they did nothing. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51842'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1659492727342395392?s=20'> Negar Bakhtiari, Mojahed Korkur's sister, said on Dadban Space on Twitter about the investigation in Mojahed Kourkour's case: > The security agencies are trying to blame the murder of Kian Pirfalak on my brother, but despite torture and pressure, my brother did not take responsibility for the murder of this child and did not accept to give forced confession. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52388'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/47zhzmac'> The state TV of the Islamic Republic aired a documentary about the events of November 16, 1401, and the attack on the market, which claimed that the protesters in Izeh, including Mojahed Kourkour, were receiving hundreds of millions of Tomans from Hossein Cheragh Sahar in London for armed struggle against the state. In this documentary, Izeh prosecutor was quoted as saying that Kian Pirfalak was killed by Mojahed Kourkour's bullet. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52334'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mojahed-korkor-meeting-ban-judiciary-system/32460846.html'> After Mujahid Kokur's parents went to Sheyban Prison in Ahvaz, they were denied visitation. A close relative of the Kourkour family told Radio Farda that the obstruction took place while the Supreme Court had issued an official order to allow visitation. According to this source, Mr. Kourkour has seen his family only once since his arrest and is still in solitary confinement in Sheyban prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52387'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c9wj7gpg20no'> A close relative of Mojahed Kourkour told BBC Farsi that the security forces subjected him to severe physical and mental torture in order to obtain forced confessions: > They beat Mojahed a lot, once they beat him and force-fed him a pill, which then left his stomach bloated. He felt strange and fainted. His stomach was swollen and painful for a week. But he never confessed to killing Kian. Even in his supposed video confession, he doesn't say that he shot Kian, and finally the video cuts out and they show a gun that they say was used for the murder. According to the BBC, during the only face-to-face family visit he had two months ago, Mr. Kourkour told his mother that he was under the most intense psychological torture: > They keep telling him that we will execute you in 10 days, we will execute you tomorrow, every day someone tells him that the execution will be soon. You will be executed... and this is a torment for him. Regarding the conditions of Mojahed's family after his arrest, the source said that his sister was put under so much pressure that she has gone into hiding for fear of being arrested and cannot even be alone with her parents. This source also added: > They are constantly being called and threatened by unknown numbers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52385'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/yasna_bakhtiariiii/'> Yesna Kourkour, the sister of Mojahed Kourkour, wrote on Instagram: > During our lawyer's visit today to the first branch of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court to announce his representation and meet with my brother to pursue the case in the Supreme Court, they told him that for now my brother is in the custody of IRGC Intelligence for documentation purposes, and it is not possible to meet in person for two weeks. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52384'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1671645754832691200?s=20'> The 1500 Twitter account posted pictures of the violent visit of the security forces to Mojahed Kourkour's family home and announced that the cell phone of the Negar, Mojahed Kourkour's sister, had been confiscated, and she has also been summoned to the Intelligence Department. Yesna Bakhtiari, Mojahed Kourkour's sister, also announced hours later in an Instagram story: > Since last night, Wednesday night, when the government forces brutally attacked my father's house, we have no information about my sister Negar. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52386'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6935/2023/en/'> Amnesty International published a statement calling Mojahed Kourkour's trial and accusations "fake" and "extremely unfair", and warned of the imminent and serious danger of his execution and asked Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, to immediately "reverse" the death sentence of Mojahed Kourkour. In this statement, Amnesty International emphasized that Mojahed Kourkour has been subjected to kidnapping, torture and forced confessions since his arrest. It added that he was denied access to a fair trial, an independent personal attorney, and was sentenced to death in a show trial, using forced confessions taken by torture. In the statement, Mojahed Kourkour's lack of access to medical treatment is also mentioned, and it is stated that Mr. Kourkour's leg was injured by the security forces during his arrest, and during his detention, he was tortured instead of receiving treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52969'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1682797962269806595?s=20'> Iran International published a report citing a source close to Mujahed Kourkour's family. According to this report, his parents noticed his poor physical and mental condition during a meeting with Mujahed after several months of being banned from visiting him. This source told Iran International that the security agents had filmed the violent visit to Mojahed Kourkour's family home and showed the video of his sister Negar Kourkour's arrest to Mojahed and told him: > We will do to your sister whatever we want and whatever you're afraid of." According to this source, Mojahed Kourkour attempted suicide and self-mutilation in prison after hearing the news of the arrest of his sister, Negar. This source added that in a recent meeting with his parents, Mr. Kourkour "begged" them and asked them to tell him the "truth about Negar. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52970'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-mojahed-kourkour-calls-on-people-to-be-her-brother-voice/7192701.html'> Negar Kourkour, Mojahed's sister, in an interview with Voice of America Farsi, while stressing her brother's innocence, said: > Mojahed was not present at the scene of the incident when the car of Kian Pirfalak's family was shot." According to Ms. Kourkour, Mojahed participated in protests with a group of friends after the killing of Kian Pirfalak and was a fugitive until he was arrested in December. Ms. Kourkour clarified that her brother participated in the protests for "justice and his people and asked all Iranians to be the voice of Mojahed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54497'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mojahed-kourkouri/32665802.html'> After he was severely beaten by the jailer in Sheyban prison in Ahvaz, he was taken to Sheyban hospital. While announcing this news, Radio Farda quoted one of his family members and wrote that Mojahed Kourkour's injury led to "unconsciousness". According to them, the news published on social networks about "suicide" is not true. The agents made up this rumor and said that "he wanted to commit suicide, but we stopped him." This source told Radio Farda, "They beat him themselves. They beat him so much that he fainted, became ill and was taken to Sheyban hospital in Ahvaz." According to this person, Mojahed Kourkour "was still in solitary confinement and that's why he objected to the officers. They insulted him and he answered them and three people jumped on his head and beat him." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54498'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mojahed-kourkouri/32665802.html'> According to Radio Farda, after Mojahed Kourkour was transferred to the hospital, his family was able to meet him. Also, according to the sources of Radio Farda, "the risk has been lifted" and he is "currently admitted to the hospital". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54499'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44845/'> After three days, he was returned to prison despite the incomplete treatment process. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that Mojahed Kourkour has been transferred to solitary confinement in Sheyban prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54500'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44845/'> HRANA reported that he has been denied phone calls with family since three days ago. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55014'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mryjp4nx'> A source familiar with Mojahed Kourkour's situation told the Atlas researcher: > In the visit that Kourkour's family made to Branch 39 of the Supreme Court before confirming the appealed verdict, one of the judges of the Supreme Court informed them that after examining Mojahed's case, he concluded that due to the absence of a private plaintiff and according to the issues in the case, his punishment is only imprisonment and he cannot confirm the death sentence. According to this source, the judge of the case has explicitly told Mojahed Kourkour's family: > The officers of the case have pressured him many times to confirm Mojahed's death sentence with frequent calls and visits in person." Also, according to this source, when Mojahed Kourkour's family went to the Supreme Court, a person named Asadi talked with them and this person provided Mojahed's case number to his family. According to the investigations carried out by the IPA researcher, the full name and judicial position of this person is most likely "Saeed Asadi, Assistant Prosecutor of the Supreme Court and Director General of Supervision of the Affairs of Prisoners, Prisons and Enforcement of Sentences in the Prosecutor General's Office. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54501'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45220/'> HRANA reported that Mojahed Kourkour is still in solitary confinement, and since he was transferred to solitary confinement, he has been deprived of phone calls and family visits by order of the prison authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54502'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3snb8az9'> IranWire interviewed a source close to Kian Pirfalak's family and reviewed the status of his case. According to this person, the initial steps and the basics of criminal work in the case filed for Kian were not observed by law enforcement and judicial authorities, and this case has at least seven main flaws that have not been resolved. According to the source, "After Meisam's health improved a little, Mahmonir and Sajjad Pirfalak, Kian's mother and uncle, chose the lawyer of the case, and they realized that the security agencies, without any discussion with the family, arbitrarily filed a court case for this crime and took it to the court." A source of IranWire, referring to the process of the incident after the murder of Kian Pirflek, said that Kian's body was transferred to the forensic medical center of the provincial capital in Ahvaz, an autopsy was performed, and every bullet and any trace that indicated the type of weapon, which indicated that it was an organizational weapon or not, disappeared. This source added: > Mohammed Alipour was the field commander that night and was present at the place where Kian was killed." In addition, the people of the city know him well and have identified him; He is one of the main suspects in Kian's murder. This source emphasized that the court has not accepted the footage of the cameras at the scene of the murder. The cameras of the Red Crescent building, the chain stores, the traffic camera, and the city security camera, which are very strong and accurate cameras with high bases and out of reach of the public, were monitoring the full scene of the murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54021'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7552/2023/en/'> Amnesty International issued a statement, warning of the serious risk of executing the death sentence of Manouchehr Mehman Navaz, Mansour Dehmardeh, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkour, and Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei, among those detained during the nationwide protests of 2022. Amnesty International has documented torture and other ill-treatment of four of the five people on death row through beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, and deliberate denial of health care. In this statement, it is stated that at least two other people named Saeed Shirazi and Abolfazl Mehri Hossein Hajilo have been sentenced to death due to imputed charges. Amnesty also stated that the mentioned people have faced very unfair trials in revolutionary courts or criminal courts across the country, including Alborz, Tehran, Kermanshah, Khuzestan and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces. The statement goes on to say that the Iranian authorities have used "confessions tainted by torture", some of which have been aired on state media as evidence for sentencing and before the trial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54504'> <reference source='https://x.com/foad_choobin/status/1739025685396472004?s=20'> Foad Chobin, the uncle of Artin Rahmani, one of those killed in Izeh in November 2022, testified to the "innocence of Mojahed Kourkour" in a post he published on his X user account. He wrote in this post: "Mojahed Kourkour is innocent. On the day I was transferred to Ward 1 (solitary suite of Sheyban Ahvaz prison), Mojahed Kourkour was also there, and I saw a note that Mojahed had written: > In the name of the God of Rainbow, God of Artin Kian... </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54505'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1Pjc57Luvu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=='> Branch 39 of the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Mojahed Kourkour. Negar Kourkour, Mojahid's sister, published a video on her Instagram account in this regard and announced: > Today, I learned that the 39th branch of the Supreme Court of the country has confirmed the death sentence of my brother. Please be my brother's voice," she urged. "My brother is innocent. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54508'> <reference source='https://x.com/MaryamMoqaddam/status/1739314721646411814?s=20'> In an interview with Iran International TV, Negar Kourkour announced that during the visitation of Kourkour's family with the prosecutor of Izeh, Bagher Aramesh told them that the lawyer could request a retrial. In this interview, Mrs. Kourkour said that her brother Mojahed's mental condition is not good and he is still denied the right to make phone calls with his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54506'> <reference source='https://x.com/Khosrowalikord2/status/1739521941558735246?s=20'> Khosrow Alikordi, the lawyer of a number of plaintiff families, wrote on his user account on X, referring to the official statement of Kian Pirfalak's parents that there was no complaint against Mojahed Kourkour, that issuing a death sentence to Mojahed Kourkour is "against the law." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54507'> <reference source='https://x.com/Negarkorkor/status/1740339342864756953?s=20'> Negar Kourkour wrote in her user account on X that her brother, Mojahid Kourkour, was assaulted while in the yard of Sheyban prison. Ms. Kourkour emphasized in this post that Mojahed Kourkour has been in the solitary cell of Sheyban prison for more than a year. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54509'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1741470066019905761?s=20'> Quoting from his source, Daadban wrote that Mojahed Kourkour's case has been sent to sentence enforcement and the risk of execution threatens his life at any moment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54512'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1kkiiVMbU7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=='> By publishing a video on his Instagram account, Negar Kourkour asked the people of Iran and his Bakhtiari compatriots to be the voice of his brother. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54514'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/797271'> His request for retrial was registered by his lawyer based on Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. While announcing this news, Zamaneh Radio wrote that Mojahed Kourkour's family filed a request for his pardon and amnesty at the same time in the judiciary of Khuzestan province. Hossein Saeedi, who was killed with Mujahid on the day of his arrest, called Mujahid on the street on November 25 and said that people were sprayed with bullets. So Mojahed also went to the street." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54513'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7565/2024/en/'> In a statement, Amnesty International expressed concern about the imminent execution of Mojahed Kourkour. Referring to the fact that Mr. Kourkour is kept in solitary confinement, Amnesty International wrote in this statement: > He has been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, including severe beatings." Amnesty International also stressed that "the trial of Mojahid Kourkour was extremely unfair and the authorities prevented him from accessing a lawyer of his choice. Amnesty added in this statement: > The state media of the Islamic Republic aired his forced confessions while he was clearly wounded in one of the videos. Also, Amnesty International has asked the judiciary of the Islamic Republic to immediately stop the execution of Mr. Kourkour. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55022'> <reference source='https://x.com/Negarkorkor/status/1747571868805091471?s=20'> Negar Kourkour, Mojahed Kourkour's sister, in a post published on X social network, asked the people of Iran to make the voices of Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour's families "heard in the world" and warned: > My brothers' lives are in danger." Negar Kourkour emphasized that "the Islamic Republic wants to take the lives of my loved ones with false accusations." According to her, Reza Rasaei's case is also "full of flaws and Mojahed's case is full of flaws." Ms. Kourkour also added that Mojahed Kourkour "has been in solitary confinement since the day of his arrest and there is no information available about his condition, anything could happen to my brother at any moment." Also, in the joint message released by Negar Kourkour and "Hana , one of Reza Rasaei's relatives, it is stated: > We, the families of Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour, die once every sunrise and until our brothers call us, we experience death thousands of times. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55015'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mryjp4nx'> Mojahed Kourkour has been in solitary confinement in prison since his arrest. While announcing this news, a source provided details of Mr. Kourkour's arrest and case to Iran Prisons Atlas. This source close to the Kourkour family said a person named Hashemi, the investigator of the second branch of the Izeh Prosecutor's Office, is the investigator of Mojahed Kourkour's case and considered him one of the main people putting pressure on Mojahed Kourkour and his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55024'> <reference source='https://x.com/foad_choobin/status/1750371982401556930?s=20'> Foad Choubin, the uncle of Artin Rahmani, one of the victims of the 2022 uprising in Izeh, wrote in his account on the X social network regarding Mojahed Kourkour: > Not only did he spend more than a year in the solitary suite of Sheyban prison, but according to himself, he has been mock executed many times... According to Mr. Choubin, in recent days after hearing the news of the execution of his death sentence, Mojahed asked for forgiveness from the prisoners and gave them his clothes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55023'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/6538/'> A source close to Mojahed Kourkour told the Iranian Human Rights Organization about his latest situation: "Not only the judicial authorities do not give a clear answer about Mujahed's case to his family, but Davoud Shahvali, the lawyer of Mojahed's case, has not been answering the calls and follow-ups of the family for more than a month. This is not a political prisoner, and this lack of response has increased the Kourkour family's concern about their child's condition. According to this informed source, Davoud Shahvali does not even answer the repeated calls of his colleagues who call him to follow up on Mujahed Kourkour's condition. According to the report of Iran Human Rights Organization, Mojahed Kourkour's family managed to visit their child on Saturday, January 27 after months of follow-up. According to this source, the officials of Sheyban prison have announced to Mojahed that they will not transfer him from solitary confinement to the general population due to his family publicizing his case. A source familiar with the situation of Mr. Kourkour told the Iran Human Rights Organization: > Mojahed told his family in one of the meetings that the interrogators had mock executed him or forced him to eat unknown pills which after taking them he became confused for a week and did not have enough power to speak. Also, the Iran Human Rights Organization, quoting its sources, wrote that the quality of food in Sheyban prison is very bad, and that is why some prisoners used to deliver food to Mojahed secretly. Still, since two weeks ago, due to the strictness of the prison authorities, this has become impossible. According to these sources, Mojahed has repeatedly asked the prison authorities for warm clothes, but they have ignored his request. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55680'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1756990638040490313?s=20'> Dadban wrote that Mojahed Kourkour has not had any contact with his family in the past month. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='55917'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46894/'> HRANA quoted a source and wrote that Mojahed Kourkour is still in solitary confinement and is denied the right to contact his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='60130'> <reference source='https://x.com/Negarkorkor/status/1795902668117876852'> Negar, Mojahed Kourkour's sister, reported her brother's condition and said that he sent a message from prison saying "help me, save me". She wrote on the X social network: > The hardest part of life is when you hear your brother say help, save me and you can't do anything. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='60345'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/bddvtuua'> Karoun Human Rights Organization reported that Mojahed Kourkour was returned to quarantine after spending 45 days in the solitary cell of Sheyban prison in Ahvaz. According to this report, he suffered serious mental and cognitive problems due to stress, however, he was denied any medical services by the prison and security officials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='61694'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/7678652.html'> In a tweet, Negar Kourkour announced that Mojahed Kourkour was denied visits and contact. She wrote: > In the past months, my family went to Sheyban prison several times to visit my brother, but the prison authorities did not allow the visit. They also went to the prosecutor of Izeh to follow up, who told my father that your son is denied visits and phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='61693'> <reference source='https://x.com/Negarkorkor/status/1808790547106066730'> In a tweet, Negar Kourkour announced the arrest of Rana Kourkour, the sister of Mojahed Kourkour, in Tehran by the security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='63789'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-50700/'> According to HRANA, he has been denied visits with his family for at least eight months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='65290'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-52098/'> His death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court, and the case was referred to a parallel branch for retrial. HRANA, confirming the report and citing an informed source, wrote that Mojahed Kourkour’s lawyers had previously filed separate requests for a retrial and for invoking Article 477. After these requests were accepted, the case was reviewed again by the Supreme Court, and the death sentence was overturned. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='65612'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-52412/'> He was sentenced to death for the second time. According to HRANA, the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz has sentenced this prisoner to death again. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='68867'> The Student News Agency reported that his execution sentence had been carried out. Foad Choubin wrote on the social media platform X that security agencies informed the family of Mojahed Kourkour that they would not return his body and would not allow any kind of funeral or memorial ceremony. </coverage-outsourcing>