Saman Nasim

He is a resident of Marivan and a Kurdish political activist. He is charged with being a member of PJAK group. Despite his being under legal age at the time of his arrest, his death sentence was approved by the Supreme Court

<coverage-outsourcing id='304'> In the frontier regions of Western Azerbaijan (Sardasht), he was arrested by IRGC forces and taken to the Urmia detention center. Later, he described, in a letter, the severe torture that he had endured in this detention center. July 16th is the date that was mentioned in his letter to the “write for justice” campaign. In the letter to the campaign, he writes, “in a region of the Qandil mountain range, I was surrounded by thousands of IRGC forces and under a rain of bullets, canons, and missiles, in the middle of the corpses of seven friends, I was captured” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='144'> He was transferred from Mahabad Central prison to Urmia prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='145'> It was reported that with he is on the verge of being executed, with his death sentence being upheld in the Supreme Court and his case being sent to the Sentence Enforcement Unit of Urmia Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6404'> The appeal court of West Azerbaijan confirmed the verdict of execution </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6405'> The sentence of execution was, once again, confirmed by branch 32 of the Supreme Court of Ian </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41'> The defendant, a political prisoner in Urmia Central Prison, was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='443'> He penned a letter describing the torture he endured : > During my incarceration I was tortured in every way and with every object. The first days the torture was so severe that I could not walk. All of my body parts were black and bruised. They hung me from my arms and legs for hours </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='305'> A letter was published in which he claimed that all his confessions against PJAK group were made while he was being tortured </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1872'> He was transferred to an unknown location alongside five other political prisoners who were sentenced to death in Ward 12 of Urmia Prison. This transfer sparked rumors of his execution. After five months of not having any news from him and considering him dead, his family was able to visit with him in Zanjan Prison. It was later determined that he was taken to Zanjan Prison and transferred to the Zanjan Intelligence Ministry's lock up, where he spent three months in solitary confinement before being returned to Zanjan Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6406'> United Nations leaders and Amnesty International asked the leader and the authorities of the regime in Iran to stop the execution of Saman Nasim </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6407'> The Islamic Republic of Iran’s charge d’affaires in Stockholm was summoned to the Foreign Ministry. The Swedish government expressed, to him, its concern in connection to the execution of Saman Nasim. At this time, it was, still, unclear if the sentence had been carried out or if he had been transferred to another prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='442'> This defendant, who was imagined to have been executed, contacted his family after five months and informed them that his death sentence had been temporarily halted and that he is in Zanjan Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6408'> Amnesty International asked for a fair trial for him </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1873'> He was transferred to Urmia's Security Detention Center </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='1875'> He was transferred to Urmia's Central Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6409'> Amnesty International launched the campaign, “write for justice” for his, and 11 other political activists’, freedom </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5211'> In the beginning of February, Saman Nasim was transferred to the legal medicine ward for assessment of his mental maturity at the time of his arrest. According to Kurdpa, he was asked questions such as counting numbers and saying the days of the week in order </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6410'> His hearing was held. The judge sent the case to the court doctor for investigation into the mental immaturity of the charged at the time of his arrest. It should be noted, that before this, one hearing regarding the investigation into his maturity had taken place at the court physician/coroner’s headquarters in Urmia. This case was opened because of the lodged complaints of the family of Rahmatollah Dadvand, one of the IRGC agents who was killed in the Qandil conflicts </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6412'> After holding three hearings aimed at assessing the mental age at the time of committing the charge, the legal doctor declared him an adult at the time of arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5837'> The prison authorities summoned him to tell him that he may, soon, be executed </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6411'> On May 8th and 9th, a film titled, “The Shadow of Terrorism” was broadcast from the local channel in Sanandaj. In parts of the film the Saman Nasim’s parent and those of Rahmatollah Dadvand (who where the private plaintiffs of the case because of their son’s passing in the conflict) were engaged in conversation. The torture and the coercion of the prisoners and their families into giving confessions on Seda and Sima, the Iranian regime’s network, has become a systematic practice of the regime </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6414'> He had, previously, fired his lawyer, because, he claimed, there was no point in having one since he is being tried in a Kangaroo court. He received a letter from the court asking him to introduce a new lawyer to the court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6413'> The Human Rights Network of Kurdistan published a report, quoting an informed source, that until now, no letter has been received, by the Urmia prison, from the Supreme Court of Iran, annulling Saman Nasim’s sentence of execution. According to this report that the latest court hearing has taken a private turn and the public view of the sentence remains execution. According to this report the next court session was to be held in July, 12, 2016 </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='6403'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, quoting an informed source, reported that, “Until now, no letter has been received at the Urmia Central prison from the Supreme Court of Iran regarding the annulment of the verdict” and the new court hearing is in connection to the private charges brought against him by the family of one of the IRGC agents </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7350'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network, published a letter from him to Amnesty International and the the participants of the “write for justice” campaign. In this letter, he wrote that in the beautiful village where he was born and calls home, much injustice and brutality exists and the price of resisting that is prison. He wrote that he has no knowledge of the murder with which he is charged, nevertheless he knows, beforehand, the judges verdict. He expressed his gratitude towards Amnesty International and all the writers and those involved with the campaign </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7446'> When he was sent to the court, the court postponed the hearing to a later date because of the absence of a lawyer. Prior to this, Saman Nasim had fired his lawyer, but judge Arab Baghi refused to open the session without the presence of a lawyer </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='9597'> He was transferred to the public court of Urmia and with the presence of his lawyer they asked him questions. HRANA writes that, it seems like, the letter has been sent by the head of the judiciary to halt the execution, but the local security forces want the implementation of the sentence. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, also, reported that the legal doctor of Sardasht, examining the weapons discovered at the location of the conflict has rejected the claim of the murder of an IRGC agent at the hands of Nasim Saman, but from another front, the legal doctor of Salmas, regarding “maturity at the time of committing the charge”, has declared him an adult at the time of the arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='13399'> HRANA reported that the court doctor, after thorough research, confirmed that Saman Nasim lacked adult mental age and maturity at the time of his arrest. The judge trying the case was, also, informed of the court doctor’s opinion. But, a few days later, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network published the news of a commission of court doctors of Urmia presence in the court hearing, and wrote that they confirmed his “mental health and maturity” at the time of the arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='14545'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Saman Nasim, Kamal Hassan Ramazan, Ahmad Tamoueii, Ebrahim Isapour, Yousef Kakeh Mami and Ali Ahmad Soleiman announced in a statement that they have gone on a hunger strike in solidarity with the political prisoners who have gone on struck in Turkey for three days </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15905'> According to HRANA he was taken to the Revolutionary Court, where, he was, once again, examined by the certified court doctor </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='20644'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Saman Nasim's death sentence in Branch 12 of the appeals court of the West Azerbaijan Province was reduced to five years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='21793'> Saman Nasim was transferred to Branch 7 of Urmia's Public Prosecutor's Office and the new charge of "killing and wounding four members of the IRGC" was conveyed to him. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while Saman Nasim was scheduled to be released from prison, the case was opened against him with pressure from the IRGC. According to the magistrate, this case will be handled in the first branch of the Sardasht court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='24079'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>