Mehdi Dastani

Mehdi Dastani is a teacher and painter from Tehran and a resident of Yazd. He was arrested in the wave of arrests of activists, at the same time as the 2022 uprising.

<coverage-outsourcing id='49641'> Mehdi Dastani was arrested by Yazd police officers. According to an Atlas source, the agents refused to present a legal warrant for his arrest and this caused him to resist when arrested. According to this source, Mehdi Dastani was not able to contact his family when he was detained in the detention center of Yazd Morality Security Police. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49642'> IPA sources reported his release on a bail of seven billion rials. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49653'> His court session was held in Branch 109 of Yazd Criminal Court. According to an Atlas source, his trial ended in a few minutes and the judge told him clearly that his defense was of no use to him and that his sentence had already been issued. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49655'> He was sentenced to one year in prison, 74 lashes, and additional punishment. According to an Atlas source, Mehdi Dastani was sentenced to one year in prison, 10 months of which were suspended for five years, 74 lashes, a two-year ban from leaving the country, one year of dismissal from service, and three months of car impoundment by Branch 109 of the Criminal Court of Yazd, headed by Mohammad Taghi Karimi. According to the document, the image of which is registered in the supporting documents section of this profile, as an official teacher in the country's educational institutions, he must be committed to the principle of supremacy of the jurist and obeying the laws, and the court ruling was issued according to these matters. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49656'> H was verbally informed that he was acquitted of the charges in the Revolutionary Court. According to the Atlas source, the court did not provide him and his lawyer Ms. Otadi with any copy of the verdict. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49654'> The trial for his other case was held at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Yazd presided over by Judge Jafari. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49667'> The appeal court of Yazd confirmed his sentence verbatim. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49669'> The notice of enforcement of his sentence was issued. According to the electronic notification that was signed by Assistant Prosecutor "Hanieh Parsaian" attached in the supporting documents section of this profile, he has been asked to visit the first branch of the criminal sentence enforcement of Yazd Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office within 10 days. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52996'> The lashing sentence of Mehdi Kashani was enforced. According to an Atlas source: He visited the sentence enforcement office several times, but the enforcement was postponed for various reasons, and finally, one day after he entered Yazd prison, the end of his sentence was announced to Mr. Dastani. In the notice of the end of Mr. Dastani's sentence, it is mentioned that the sentence has ended due to the "leader's pardon"; This is even though, according to this source, "Mehdi Dastani has never asked for pardon and has not signed any pledge. The question is, if the pardon happened, on what basis was the sentence of flogging and layoff from his service implemented?" This source called Mr. Dastani's physical condition inappropriate after the execution of the whipping sentence and said: > Before, the judge said that since he is a teacher, he has more responsibility and should not be pardoned. </coverage-outsourcing>