Davoud Asadi

He is the brother of Houshang Asadi, a manager at Rooz Online. Despite his lack of journalism or blogging background, he was arrested alongside a number of journalists during the "Infiltration" case and was sentenced to five years in prison

<coverage-outsourcing id='6220'> Afarin Chitsaz, Issa Saharkhiz, Saman Safarzai, Ehsan Mazandarani, and Davoud Asadi were arrested by agents of the IRGC's Intelligence Unit on a warrant by Branch 12 of Tehran Court and were transferred to Ward 2A of Evin Prison. Despite the fact that national media outlets included the defendant's name among those arrested during the "Infiltration Project" it is unclear what his involvement was, besides his familial relations with Houshang Asadi, one of the managers of the Rooz Online website. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6225'> Reporters Without Borders published a harshly-worded statement with regards to the arrests of the journalists : > It is not the first time that journalists in Iran get caught up in the animosities among different political forces in the Islamic Republic. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6221'> Hassan Rouhani spoke at a cabinet meeting on the anniversary of the occupation of the US embassy in Iran, seemingly in response to the IRGC's operation: > Let's not go and arrest a couple of people for no reason, build a case against them, and then say that we have stopped a line of infiltration . </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6226'> The Spokesman for the Judiciary noted that not all of the individuals who were arrested were journalists and that some of them had no connection to the media. It seems that Mr. Mohseni Eje'i was referring to Davoud Asadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6227'> According to Jamaran Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Iran's Minister of Justice had expressed optimism in the cases being tried as soon as the case files were completed. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6228'> Seyyed Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatai, the attorney of three of the arrested individuals, reported to Tasnim News: > There was a conflict regarding the charges between the Prosecutor and Investigator which led to the case being transferred to Ward 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court for arbitration. In that court, Judge Salavati agreed with the Prosecutor". According to Mr. Tabatai's remarks, the Investigator (Mr. Hassanzadeh), believed that the defendants should be charged with "Propagating against the system", whereas the Prosecutor believed that the defendants' actions warrant them being charged with "Attempts against national security through assembly and collusion and insulting officials in addition to that charge. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6230'> The defendant was probably transferred to Ward 8 of Evin Prison in February 2016. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6231'> Mr. Alizadeh Tabatabai participated in an interview with Shargh Newspaper in which he stressed that nobody involved in the case has any news of Afarin Chitsaz's case. He also stated that all of the male defendants in this case are being held in Ward 8 of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6232'> It was reported that the defendant was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of "Assembly and collusion against national security" by Judge Moghiseh. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6233'> Radio Zamaneh published a report in which Houshang Asadi claims that Davoud Asadi is his brother and has never been a journalist: > He has never written a word in a newspaper, website, or blog . Houshang Asadi believes that the IRGC arrested his brother and framed him as a journalist in order to validate their fake case. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6234'> 230 journalists penned a letter to Hassan Rouhani requesting his attention to the case of those arrested as part of the "Infiltration Network". </coverage-outsourcing>