Shahin Naseri

SHahin Naseri was persecuted by security and judiciary forces for testifying about the physical torture of Navid Afkari. He repeatedly described the methods of torture that Navid Afkari had gone through. Mr. Naseri mysteriously died in Greater Tehran Prison in September 2021. He was born in 1972 in Shahrud.

Shahin Naseri was repeatedly threatened for exposing the torture of Navid Afkari. For example, after hearing Mr. Naseri's testimony, the investigator for the case of Navid Afkari's complaint against police agents told him: "You are intervening in a security case. I'll ruin you. I'll make these agents sue you for defamation. I'll melt you." Shahin Naseri was arrested at the same time as Navid Afkari on general charges. The reason we created a profile for him here is his efforts toward seeking justice for a political prisoner and his systemic persecution by the judiciary and the security apparatus. His profile starts on the date that his audio file was released, in which he talks about the torture and abuse of Navid Afkari. There are signs that he was tortured and abused after exposing the case of Navid Afkari, but IPA does not have any solid document to prove that. Therefore the violations recorded in the statistics section contradict the truth of what happened to Shahin Naseri. IPA will update his case with more information. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='36756'> According to a testimony signed by Shahin Naseri that addressed the supreme court, he had witnessed the torture of Navid Afkari at a police station in Shiraz. Mr. Naseri wrote that when the police agent was taking him through the torture area, he could hear a prisoner getting tortured. Captain Behrouz Vahidi Yar, who was walking with Shahin Naseri, leaves him in the hall and tells him not to move. Captain Vahidi Yar goes into the room where the prisoner was being tortured. Shahin Naseri gets curious and g closets er to the room and sees two individuals in civilian clothing torturing a prisoner with a pipe and a baton. Captain Vahidi Yar notices SHahin Naseri's curiosity and after assaulting and blindfolding him, takes him to another location. Hours later Shahin Naseri was moved to the lockup room and sees Navid Afkari in there and finds out his identity. Navid Afkari tells Mr. Naseri that one of the people who tortured him and broke his arm was Captrain Abbasi, his case officer. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36883'> <reference source='https://youtu.be/QqDS7XesIY4'> Shahin Naseri recorded his eyewitness account of Navid Afkari's torture in an audio file. In the audio file that was released by Iran International, he says he has submitted his testimony against the police officers at the courthouse three times. On one occasion, after hearing Mr. Naseri's testimony, the investigator for the case of Navid Afkari's complaint against the police officers told him: > You are intervening in a security case. I'll ruin you. I'll make these agents sue you for defamation. I'll melt you. Mr. Naseri was never summoned to court to offer any explanation. The audio file was released a few days after the news of Navid Afkari's death sentence broke. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36884'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1307034596073254917?s=20'> After the release of the audio file of Shahin Naseri's account of Navid Afkari's torture and his testimony against the police officers, he was transferred to the same police station in Shiraz. There is no report of the treatment he received at that police station. He was later transferred to the general population ward of the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36885'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/fa/prisoner/6253/'> Navid Afkari was executed in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36764'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNUKxhZ5GLo'> The audio file of his account of Navid Afkari's torture was released by IranWire. In one part of the file, Mr. Naseri says he was "savagely" tortured by the officers. He goes on to say due to personal reasons he cannot talk about his experience. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36759'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4896/'> On the aniversary of Navid Afkari's execution, Shahin Naseriwas transferred from the general population ward at Greater Tehran prison to solitary confinement. One of his cellmates told Iran Human Rights Organization that the prison authorities moved Mr. Naseri to solitary and cut off his connection to outside in order to prevent Ms. Naseri's letter for the anniversary of Navid Afkari's execution from getting published. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36761'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/DrPaknia/status/1440327359803002883'> Attorney Babak Paknia reported on Twitter that Mr. Naseri had called him the day before and told him that he requires help from an attorney. No details were released about the call, but it could be that he was seeking a lawyer's help due to all the pressures on him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36758'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4896/'> After the news of the Shahin Naseri's death was reported, Tehran's Attorney General Ali Alghasi Mehr and Mohammad Shahriari, his deputy, and a number of prison authorities met with Shahin Naseri's cellmates and discussed his condition. According to his cellmates, Mr. Naseri was in good health and had a good spirit. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36760'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4893/'> Iran Human Rights Organization reported that Shahin Naseri, the witness to Navid Akari's tortuere has mysteriously died in the Greater Tehran in Priosn. He was transferred from Shiraz to Greater Tehran Prison a while back at his own request. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36888'> <reference source='https://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/639086/'> The Prisons Organization released a statement about the death of Shahin Naseri. The statement says Mr. Naseri arrived at the prison infirmary in emergency conditions and the 45 minutes of efforts to resussitate him failed. The cause of death is being reviewed by the medical examiner. In the statement, he was referred to as a "criminal" and an expert in forgery, which seems to be intentional to distract public opinion. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36887'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1441778801797644288?s=20'> A source close to Shahin Naseri's family told Iran International that while washing his corpse, they had found bruises on his sides and ribs and there was a sign of blunt trauma on the back of his head, to a point that the bleeding from his ears wouldn't stop even after washing. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36886'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1442434113785446400?s=20'> SHahin Naseri's family brought an official lawsuit against Greater Terhan Prison officials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>