Kamran Sheikheh

He is one of the individuals that was accused in a case brought against individuals for “membership in jihadi groups” in the second half of 2009. The entirety of the developments of the cases were uniform for all of the citizens, there may be differences in dates and details, that have not been taken into account by Atlas in its archival filing <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='14291'> Atlas reported that Anvar Khezri, Davoud Abdollahi, Kamran Shiekheh, Farhad Salimi, Khosrow Besharat, Ghassem Absateh and Ayoub Karim, had been arrested on this date. They spent most of the first days of their arrest in solitary confinement at the Urmia Intelligence Ministry detention center prison. They had no access to lawyers and were severely tortured. They also had no contact with their families. Most of those arrested in this case reside in towns of Western Azerbaijan. Based on a letter published by the Detention Center, the interesting feature of this case i that Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikh, Ghassem Abesteh and Khosrow Besharat turned themselves into the prosecutor after they were summoned </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2123'> Upon his transfer to Evin Prison, he spent more than five months in solitary confinement in Wards 209 and 240 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2124'> He was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2125'> He was transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison after spending 20 days in Ward 350 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14289'> BBC Persian service reported that Ebrahim Saeedi, Anvar Khezri, and Kamran Sheikheh “started a hunger strike that lasted one month, protesting the terrible conditions of the prison and their incarceration where they are being held among common criminals, traffickers and murderers” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2126'> He was called into Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh after four years of his incarceration. In this trial , he and his three co-defendants were given the option of a court appointed or chosen attorney </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2131'> He was summoned to Karaj's Revolutionary Court. He and his two co-defendants who were previously exonerated of "Murder". They were once again pressured to confess to this crime by Branch 9 of Karaj's Revolutionary Court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2129'> The trial session for him and six other Sunni prisoners was not held due to their attorney and the representative of the Intelligence Ministry not being present </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15563'> Those arrested in this case, wrote a letter proclaiming their innocence. According to this letter they were arrested for the killing of a soldier, but they claim that two others have already been arrested and condemned by the court for this killing. Moreover the two who were originally tried for this crime have already made a statement regarding their innocence and deposed on behalf of them </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2130'> According to reports another one of his court hearings was convened, but some sources mention that because of the non-presence of a defense lawyer, the hearing was not held </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2128'> It was reported that he has entered his sixth year in a state of judicial limbo </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5385'> Kamran Sheikheh and Davoud Abdollahi were summoned to Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moghiseh </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6162'> According to HRANA the warrant to execute the seven accused in this case was issued by judge Moghiseh and carried out in Rajaee Shahr prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14290'> HRANA reported that the Supreme Court has reversed the verdict of execution of Anvar Khosravi, Davoud Abdollahi, Kamran Sheikheh, Farhad Salimi, Khosrow Besharat, Ghassem Abesteh and Ayoub Karimi </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14979'> Mohammad Alizadeh Tabatabae, without naming the accused in this case, told Insaf News that the verdict of execution had been previously set by the Judge at the Supreme Court of Iran. The file was sent to branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court. According to his statements they were accused of the crime of heresy … and sentenced to be execution. But they don’t fit the accusations in this case and deny charges of terror </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19072'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network in Kerman reports that Khosro Besharat, Kamran Sheykheh and Anvar Khezri were transferred to Urmia prison in order to appear at the parallel hearing at branch 12 of the court of appeals of Western Azerbaijan. They protested being kept among ordinary prisoners and after beginning a hunger strike were sent to solitary cells. They ended the hunger strike after six days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19482'> Along with four others in Urmia prison’s psychiatric ward 1 where severely assaulted & beaten by around 40 prisoners with dangerous charges. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, after this attack, all five were taken to solitary cells in leg & hand cuffs. According to this report, later, Mr. Alireza Safari, the chief warden of the prison at the time, covered his face & with the help of the other guards, using a baton, assaulted and beat them again. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, quoting an informed source, wrote, that the assaulting group was under the supervision of Rashid Zolf Alizadeh & Hossein Gharabaghi, the warden of the psychiatric ward, who had previously beaten the political prisoner Hassan Rastegari Majd </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20219'> HRANA reported that seven of the defendants are still in abeyance. According to this report, their execution sentence has been violated in the Supreme Court by Judge Razini </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23187'> The case of Khosro Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Anvar Khezri was examined in the 12th branch of the West Azarbaijan Court of Appeal. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a few days later, the court sentenced Anvar Khezri and Khosro Besharat to 10 years in prison each on the charge of "participation in murder" and Kamran Sheikha on the charge of "murder". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23190'> The casefiles belonging to Khosro Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Anvar Khazari were re-examined by the 12th branch of the Western Azerbaijan Court of Appeal. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights network, a few days later, the court sentenced Khazari and Besharat to 10 years imprisonment for being “accomplices to murder” and Sheikheh to the death penalty for the charge of murder </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38705'> The hearing of this case was held in Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. Sometime later, Judge Salavati sentenced all the accused in this case to death for the charge of moharebeh </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29000'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23741/'> The death sentence of the seven defendants in this case was confirmed by the Supreme Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52161'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/5281/2022/en/'> Amnesty International announced in a statement that Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Farhad Salimi are at risk of execution in the Rajaee Shahr prison of Karaj. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53813'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42662/'> Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, and Farhad Salimi were transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. While announcing this news, HRANA reported that these people are all kept in a suite without facilities, which has increased their families' concerns. According to this source, Ghasem Abesteh, who suffers from kidney disease and thyroid problems, has been deprived of proper medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54868'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43386/'> HRANA wrote that 15 of the Sunni prisoners named Ghasem Abesteh, Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, Farhad Salimi, Fereydoun Zakerinasab, Salahuddin Ziyaei, Abdol Rahim Ghambarzahi Gargij, Eidou Shahbakhsh, Abdol Ghani Shahbakhsh, Soleiman Shahbakhsh, Mohammad Saleh Ziadollah, and Abdollah Varia are kept in a small suite without necessary facilities after being transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison. This informed source went on to say that the yard area for the 15 prisoners is not enough to answer the density of their number, and added: > Bathroom, toilet, washroom, and kitchen are also located in a small place together, and this situation causes problems for these prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53819'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2023/11/17/p30707/'> Following the execution of Ghasem Abasteh on November 5, 2023, Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosro Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi and Ayoub Karimi are at risk of execution. Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that after the death sentence of these people was confirmed in the Supreme Court in 2019, their case was sent to sentence enforcement and the risk of execution of these six people is high. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53835'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2023/11/29/p30954/'> Ayoub Karimi was executed in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. While announcing this news, Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that with the execution of Ghasem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi, five other prisoners of conscience in this case, namely Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosro Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi, are in immediate danger of execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='53848'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/12/7'> According to Kurdpa, the families of Ghasem Abeste and Ayoub Karimi are under intense pressure to remain silent about the execution of their children. According to this report, there is no information about the condition of Zakaria Karimi, Ayoub Karimi's brother, who was arrested by the security agencies in Sardasht. This has caused the Karimi family to remain silent about the execution of Ayoub Karimi in order to know the fate of Zakaria Karimi. In the same context, Kurdapa emphasized the silence of the news of Zakaria Karimi's arrest, four days after his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54227'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/01/5'> According to Kurdpa, Davoud Abdollahi's death sentence was executed after 14 years of imprisonment and on the seventh day of his hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. Davoud Abdollahi had been on a hunger strike for a week after being transferred to solitary confinement for the execution of his death sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54222'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/01/10'> Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, and Farhad Salimi went on a hunger strike four days ago in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. Quoting a source, Kurdpa wrote that they have started a hunger strike to protest the threat of Davoud Abdollahi's execution, which was finally carried out yesterday, January 12. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54552'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prisoners-fa/2024/01/11/p31836/'> Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosro Besharat and Kamran Sheikheh are still on hunger strike. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while announcing this news, wrote that they, along with at least 10 other prisoners of conscience, are kept in a small room in the secure ward of Unit 3 of Ghezel Hesar Karaj prison in isolation and without basic facilities. According to this source, the prison officials put these four people in isolation and their families are under pressure and threats from the security agencies to prevent them from publicizing the situation of their loved ones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54642'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7580/2024/en/'> In a statement, Amnesty International warned about the imminent execution of Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosro Besharat, and Kamran Sheikheh in Ghezel Hesar prison. According to Amnesty International, these four people, who are incarcerated in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, are at risk of execution following the execution of Ghasem Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi, and Davoud Abdollahi in recent months in connection with the same case. Amnesty International wrote: > These seven people were convicted of corruption and sentenced to death in a very unfair trial that was accompanied by allegations of torture and ill-treatment of the accused. Also, Amnesty International wrote that Ghasem Abasteh was subjected to torture just before his execution, so his nose was broken. According to this statement, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran made the handing over of the bodies of Davoud Abdollahi and Ayoub Karimi to their families conditional on their silence regarding the execution of their loved ones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='54872'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2024/01/24/p32195/'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that following the execution of Farhad Salimi, now Anvar Khezri, Khosro Besharat, and Kamran Sheikheh are in danger of execution. According to this report, these three people are still on hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59047'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/05/30'> In a report, Kurdpa investigated the contradictions and the proceedings of the detainees in this case. The report states that after being interrogated in all the courts of Mahabad, Urmia and Tehran, all these prisoners denied their accusations and talked of torture, pressure, and threats which led to their forced confessions. According to this report, they did not have access to a lawyer during the interrogation and preliminary investigation and were kept in solitary confinement for months. According to Kurdpa's report, "the threat of rape with a stick and rape of female family members" was one of the most important reasons for the forced confession of the detainees. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59975'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/05/81'> According to Kurdpa, he is kept in the general ward of Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj and can contact his family by phone. In this report, it is stated that due to the execution of six of his co-defendants, his family is very worried about the execution of his death sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='59946'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/06/10'> According to Kurdpa, he was transferred from Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj to Mahabad prison without giving any reason. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>