Danial Aghili

Danial Aghili lives in Tehran. he was arrested while doing graffiti on Pirouzi street. He was tortured during his interrogations and eventually received a prison sentence.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='48577'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ZIQa7V'> He was arrested by agents in civilian clothing while writing on walls. According to IranWire, he was so severely beaten that one side of his face was completely covered in bruises. According to the report, the agents also planted a knife in his pocket and claimed that it was his. Then they took Mr. Aghili to an undisclosed jail near Heravi square in the northeast of Tehran. The agents dragged him along by his foot and his eyelids were damaged as a result. He was kept naked and wet in the cold for hours. According to IranWire, during the nine days that Danial Aghili was in that Intelligence Ministry safe house, he was tortured physically and psychologically in various ways including being held in the cold and pouring ice water on him, starvation, constant electric shock, and fake execution. The iris of one of his eyes has been seriously damaged. He was pressured by the interrogators to accept the charge of being a protest leader and teaching how to make a Molotov Cocktail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48579'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ZIQa7V'> He was transferred to Evin Prison. According to IranWire, he was held in solitary at ward 2-Alef for one day and could hear the sound of torture of other prisoners. At that time the interrogators charged him with assembly and collusion, agitating the public mind, propaganda against the state, destruction of public property, insulting the leader, promoting depravity and corruption, membership in terrorist groups, and "carrying firearm". He was then moved to a solitary cell again. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48582'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ZIQa7V'> He was released on a bail of 10 billion rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48583'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ZIQa7V'> The 28th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Mohammad Reza Amouzad sentenced him to five years in prison for assembly and collusion and one year in prison for propaganda against the state. IranWire reported that Judge Amouzad cursed at Danial Aghili's parents during the trial and didn't allow him to provide a defense. The whole trial lasted a few minutes. According to sources, court staff told Danial's family that Judge Amouzad "hates" people who bring lawyers and gives them a harsher sentence, so the family didn't bring a lawyer with them. The indictment published by Dadban says: "Danial Aghili had a sharp weapon and a spray can which he used to write slogans against the Islamic Republic on the walls. He and the girl accompanying him went to Azadi square and removed her hijab there. He also has a guide to making Molotov cocktails on his phone. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>