Mashalah Karami

<p>Mashalah Kerami is a resident of Karaj. He is the father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, one of the detainees of the 2022 national uprising who was executed shortly after his arrest. Mashallah Karami has been arrested and tried for demanding justice for his son.</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58146'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43090/'> According to HRANA, Mashallah Karami was arrested by the security forces in Karaj. In this report, it is stated that the officers seized a number of electronic devices, including his laptop and mobile phone, and those of his family members. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62441'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/mashallah-karami-amirhossein-kouhkan-iran/7308114.html'> Siamak Azami, a member of the petitioner's family, wrote on Twitter: "Mr. Karami and Kouhkan are kept in solitary confinement in an eight-meter room, and several cases have been prepared against them. The prosecutor of Karaj has announced that until they accept their crimes, they should also be in solitary confinement. Mr. Azami also wrote: > The Karami family has been threatened in such a way that they don't even visit their child's grave anymore, and even their distant relatives are completely under monitoring by government repression forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61356'> <reference source='https://x.com/akvanian/status/1713591498514595903?s=20'> Human rights activist Reza Akvanian reported that Mashallah Karami has been in solitary confinement for 55 days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58147'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44865/'> He was transferred from Intelligence Ministry detention to the Central Penitentiary of Karaj. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61357'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/928'> According to the announcement of the Committee for Follow-Up of the Detainees, Mashallah Karami has not had any contact with his family since August 2023. The report states: > During this period, Karami's family has been under severe pressure not to inform the media about his condition in any way, and they have been denied the right to contact and visit. Despite all these controls, an agent was constantly monitoring them, and twice after the arrest of Mr. Karami, their house was raided by agents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58148'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44865/'> HRANA wrote that despite the 78 days that have passed since his arrest, he is still incarcerated in Karaj Central Penitentiary. According to this report, since his arrest, his family has been pressured not to inform the media about Mr. Kerami. It is also stated in this report that they are facing restrictions for making phone calls and their daily commute. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61362'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/961'> The committee to follow up on the status of detainees has announced the postponement of Mashallah Karami's trial and has warned about the possibility of state TV broadcasting his forced confessions. According to this report, Mashallah Karami's court was not held for unknown reasons and he is still in an undecided state in prison. This human rights organization, citing informed sources, reported that in the case of Mr. Karami, there are charges such as "action against national security", "fraud" and "abuse of people's feelings", and at least 11 people were arrested in connection with this case, all of whom have been released from prison on bail. According to the report, accusations with titles such as "abuse of people's feelings and fraud" were accompanied by heavy pressure on Mashallah Karami to accept these accusations, and it is possible that the video of his forced confessions will also be broadcast in the future. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59634'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45743/'> HRANA wrote in a report that his indictment was issued by the 11th branch of the Karaj Prosecutor's Office, and that he was a member of groups with the intention of acting against the security of the country, propaganda against the system, sacrilege, forming a group with the intention of disrupting the security of the country and insulting the leader. According to this report, a bail of 70 billion rials has been issued for his temporary release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61363'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47218/'> According to HRANA, despite the passage of more than six months since his arrest, he is still being held in Ward 15 of Karaj Central Penitentiary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61364'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/87089'> In an interview with Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, Mashallah Karami's lawyer, Emtedad news site reported that his client's wife's mental and emotional state was inappropriate. Announcing that he recently visited his client in prison, he said about Mashallah Karami's condition: > She was in a good condition in general, but the sadness of being away from her child, family, and society was overwhelming." This lawyer expressed more concern about the mental and emotional state of "Manizheh", Mashallah Karami's wife, and said: Unfortunately, she was not in good mental and psychological conditions and this is while she has also lost her son, and on the other hand, her husband is also in prison. Mr. Sharifzadeh Ardakani stated that Mashallah Karami's indictment contains four accusations, two of which will be examined in the Karaj Revolutionary Court and two in the Nazarabad Criminal Court. According to him, the charges investigated by the Revolutionary Court are propaganda activities against the system and assembly and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against national security, and the charges of other cases of illegal property acquisition and money laundering have been recorded. Mr. Karami's lawyer announced the date of his client's criminal trial in April of next year and said that the Revolutionary Court has not yet announced a date for hearing the case of this petitioner's father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61365'> <reference source='https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1403/01/father-of-executed-protester-in-iran-faces/'> The Iran Human Rights Campaign wrote in a report about Mashallah Karami's case that the "framing" process of Mashallah Karami began when the process of transferring public financial aid to Mr. Karami was carried out by different people, and this issue makes it possible for the judicial and security authorities to come up with allegation of money laundering and fraud against Mashallah Karami. According to this report, an important part of Mashallah Karami's case is aimed at finding evidence and documents that show that the source of part of the money received from abroad is the separatist and anti-government groups. This report says that the security and judicial authorities are trying to use fake narratives about Mashallah Karami's actions in communicating with other petitioner families as an example to accuse this community of collusion and propaganda against the regime. The findings of the Iran Human Rights Campaign show that the security authorities repeatedly tried to place other families of the victims of the nationwide uprising on the opposite side of Mashallah Karmi. As an example, the security and judicial authorities emphasize that in the statements of the defendants, it is stated that the father of another executed person complained that Mashallah Karami took large amounts of money and did not give it to them. Or that somewhere else in the case, it is claimed that Mashallah Kerami insisted on paying an amount to the family of one of the victims. The findings of the Iran Human Rights Campaign show that the actions taken by the defendants in the case regarding other claimant families and their relationship with Mashallah Karami were all aimed at helping other victims or claimant families. However, the security and judicial authorities consider Mashallah Karami's communication with other litigants, as well as the publication of his videos and images while performing tasks such as charity, to be a series of pre-planned actions with the intervention of foreign political forces. According to this report, the security authorities consider Mashallah Karami's actions to be a "financial facilitation of the rioters" and also "maintaining the enmity of the petitioner families with the regime". According to the findings of the Iran Human Rights Campaign, Mr. Karami has not accepted the claim of connection with a foreign country despite the pressures during the interrogations. Nevertheless, the security and judicial authorities need to prove the claim of connection with the foreign country in order to advance their plan. Therefore, the accused of the second tier is introduced as the guide and bridge of communication between Mashallah Karami and activists abroad. However, the security and judicial authorities insist that Mashallah Karami was aware of all the activities and actions of the second-tier accused, despite his denial. In this report, it is stated that according to the claims of the judicial and security officials, all the defendants in the case were aware of the origin of the money and knew that this money was obtained through "unlawful" means. In the following, it is stated that the authorities have cited statements and narrations to prove this issue, which show how the case was "made"; For example, three of the defendants in this case are members of a family, one of whom lives abroad, and the financial aid collected by Iranians abroad was sent to Mr. Karami's relatives through his family's bank accounts in Iran. The security officials claimed that the person living abroad was present in the gatherings of Iranians against the Islamic Republic and one of his family members in Iran spoke against the Islamic Republic in private messages. By proposing such arguments, the security and judicial authorities tried to connect Mashallah Karami with groups and political activists abroad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61366'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5h6pb4ax'> According to IranWire, despite nearly eight months have passed since the temporary arrest of Mashallah Karami, the head of the second branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, opposed his temporary release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59611'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3bz93nbk'> According to the report of Iran's Dehban website, the hearing of his accusations was held in the second branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court. Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, the lawyer of Mashallah Karami, said his accusations are propaganda against the system and assembly and collusion against the country's national security. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59632'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1794308712783597817?t=Vr8YkIF0EI_477GVbB8dEQ&s=1'> Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, the lawyer of Mashallah Karami, wrote on his X page, "My client was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment and confiscation of property that was obtained from public donations on the charges of assembly and collusion and propaganda activities. The Revolutionary Court has no authority to issue a property confiscation order due to the handling of two other charges in the Criminal Court 2. The order has legal flaws and we will appeal against it." By applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, five years of imprisonment can be enforced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62071'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1815295382672351521'> Mashallah Karami's lawyer announced that his client needed dental treatment, but his request was denied by the Karaj Prosecutor's Office. Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani wrote on X social network that he was told to refer to the Nazarabad judiciary regarding the request for Mashallah Karami's treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62796'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5n8cdaxy'> Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, his lawyer, said in a conversation with Shargh newspaper: > The second branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Mr. Karami to 6 years in prison for charges of assembly and collusion (5 years) and propaganda against the system (1 year), which is the most severe punishment that can be enforced. We protested the verdict and the case was referred to Branch 12 of the Alborz Court of Appeal for review and opinion, but the outcome of this case has not yet been announced. The lawyers of all parties in this case have asked the appeals court to hold a face-to-face meeting with all parties. He continued: > In the preliminary stage, we wrote a comprehensive bill and emphasized that the behavior of Mr. Mashallah Karami is not compatible with the material and spiritual elements of the accusations of collusion and propaganda against the system. Mr. Karami finally distributed food offering, the necessary sums for which were also provided by people's donations and their good intentions. This evidence was also presented to the Revolutionary Court in detail, but it was ignored and perhaps, for this reason, we request the Court of Appeal to reconsider the case and the verdict to be issued by holding an in-person hearing while hearing our defenses. He announced the issuance of a warrant to seize Mashallah Karmi's property due to his security charges and said: > Revolutionary Court, citing Article 215 of the Islamic Penal Code and Article 148 of the Criminal Procedure Code, requested the seizure of Mr. Karmi's property, including a house in Takab city and a car. The aforementioned articles refer to the acquisition of property through committing a crime or the use of property in the course of committing a crime, while this property has no role in the accusations of collusion and propaganda against the system. Besides, a case has been filed regarding the same property in Branch 102 of Criminal Court No. 2 with charges of "accumulation of illegal property and money laundering. The trial for this charge was held in April, but the result and verdict of this court have not been announced yet. Therefore, the verdict of the Revolutionary Court is not consistent with the laws, and we hope that the Court of Appeal will pay special attention to this matter. He also said about the way of obtaining these properties by Mashallah Karami: > These properties were purchased through public donations. To help Mr. Karami, who was a manual laborer, people have donated these properties to him with good intentions. Mr. Karami currently has a sick child at home and his wife is also suffering from illness. Mr. Karami used to fulfill his family's needs through work and people have helped him with good intentions. The Revolutionary Court believes that these properties were acquired as a result of committing a crime, although this is not the case, and these properties have nothing to do with the charges against Mr. Karmi in his security case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62797'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c049endkpqgo'> According to the BBC, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison by Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of Nazarabad, Karaj, on charges of acquiring property through illegal means, and seven years and eight months on charges of participating in money laundering. According to Article 134 of the Criminal Code, the most severe punishment is seven years and eight months. According to this report, in addition to these sentences, Mr. Karami has also been sentenced to pay a fine of 19 billion and 200 million rials and confiscation of his property. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63387'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/452zwasa'> Attorney Ali Sharifzadeh announced in an interview with "Shargh Network" that the Court of Appeal of Alborz province sentenced Mr. Mashallah Karami to three years and seven months in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion and to eight months in prison for the charge of propaganda against the system. This lawyer also emphasized that he hopes that the Supreme Court will overturn this ruling by accepting their request for retrial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='65863'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1876624356836814993'> The request for a retrial in his case was rejected by the Supreme Court. Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, a defense attorney, announced in a statement: “Unfortunately, the Supreme Court did not accept the retrial request for Mashallah Karami. I will prepare a new retrial request based on fresh arguments and submit it again to the Supreme Court.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='66589'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1884667557820719326'> Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, a defense attorney, wrote in a post on the social media platform X that Branch 12 of the Alborz Province Court of Appeals has sentenced him to one year in prison and the confiscation of his house and car on charges of money laundering and illicit acquisition of property. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='68423'> <reference source='https://x.com/Al_Sharifzadeh/status/1923740461853786147'> Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, a defense attorney, wrote on the social media platform X that, following the approval of the request to consolidate Mr. Karami’s sentences from two separate cases, his prison sentence has been reduced to three years and seven months. The attorney added that, since Mr. Karami has served more than half of his prison term, he is eligible for conditional release, and a request for his conditional release has been submitted to the judicial authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>