Mehdi Salehi Ghalee Shahroukhi

Mehdi Salehi lives in Yazdanshahr. He was sentenced to death for "participating in the January 2018 protests." He has denied participating in the protests. Mr. Salehi was injured in the head while helping a friend who was killed during the protests.

"Asghar Harun al-Rashidi" was shot dead on January 2, 2018; In February 2019, the security authorities persecuted the friends of the victim. Some of them were arrested in 2020. The court sentenced five of them to death: "Mehdi Salehi Ghaleh Shahrokhi, Mohammad Bastami, Majid Nazari Kondari, Hadi Kiani and Abbas Mohammadi." Eight other defendants have been sentenced to imprisonment and lashing: "Saeed Salehi, Vahid Salehi, Bahman Devisti, Alireza Ispareh, Milad Ostad Mamzani, Bahram Barakatipour, Soheil Haroon Al-Rashidi, and Esmail Harun Al-Rashidi." The defendants have been arrested simultaneously as Harun Al-Rashidi's family's complaint against the IRGC and the Basij. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='31745'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25885/'> Security forces arrested at least 13 Khomeini Shahr citizens in 2018 and 2019. The charges against these individuals are related to the 2018 nationwide protests. some human rights media outlets reported that "These people were arrested after the family of Asghar Harun al-Rashidi filed a lawsuit against the IRGC." Mr. Haroon Al-Rashidi was killed in the 2018 protests. All the detainees were friends with him: > Mehdi Salehi Ghaleh Shahrokhi, Mohammad Bastami, Majid Nazari Kondari, Hadi Kiani, Abbas Mohammadi, Saeed Salehi, Vahid Salehi, Bahman Devisti, Alireza Ispareh, Milad Ostad Mamzani, Bahram Barakatipour, Soheil Harun Al Rashidi, and Esmail Haroon Al Rashidi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31748'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25885/'> According to numerous reports, the Second Branch of Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced five individuals involved in the nationwide protests in January 2018 to twice execution and five years in prison. Mehdi Salehi Ghaleh Shahrokhi, Mohammad Bastami, Majid Nazari Kondari, Hadi Kiani, and Abbas Mohammadi were sentenced to death for "Baghi" and "moharebeh" and to five years in prison for "corruption on earth." According to the judge, "All the defendants were armed and used their weapons. Mehdi Salehi used a Kalashnikov, and the rest of them used a hunting weapon. All the accused destroyed government buildings, and the mentioned activities were examples of Baghi and moharebeh. They also accused of corruption on earth for disrupting public and private security." According to HRANA, the Revolutionary Court judge considered Mehdi Salehi as the "leader of the riots." Mr. Salehi denied the judge's allegations: > I joined the crowd after Asghar's father (the victim) phone call. He was worried about his son and asked me to bring him back. Meanwhile, Mr. Salehi was injured in the head; He added: > I was injured and Majid Nazari Kondari came to help me. Abbas Mohammadi has also denied all allegations: > Do you have any evidence against me? You can not charge people without evidence. Eight other defendants in the case have been sentenced to lashing and imprisonment </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31746'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3jJ8rOl'> In a speech before Friday prayers, Mohammad Reza Habibi, the Chief Justice of Isfahan Province, talked about several protesters' trial in January 2018 and November 2019. Eight protesters have charged with "corruption on earth," and final sentences have been issued for them. He called the protesters "puppets and rioters" and said the judiciary would deal decisively if the similar incidents in 2009, 2018, and 2019 happens again. Mohammad Reza Habibi is one of the human rights violators who has been sanctioned by the European Union </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31747'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4350/'> The Human Rights Organization of Iran stated that five people's death sentences related to January 2018 protests had been confirmed. Branch 19 of the Supreme Court upheld the verdict with the votes of Judges Abdolhamid Mortazavi and Farhad Afsharnia. Branch 19 of the Supreme Court upheld the verdict with the votes of Judges Abdolhamid Mortazavi and Farhad Afsharnia. This sentence had previously issued by the Second Branch of Isfahan Revolutionary Court. Informed sources told the human rights organization that the authorities obtained defendants' confessions under "torture" </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31893'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4360/'> Iranian government-affiliated news agencies "denied" the Supreme Court's approval of the death sentence. Iran Human Rights Organization denied the state media allegations by publishing a picture of the court's lawsuit </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31897'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4354/'> Disruption of defendants from contacting their family members made their relatives, human rights organizations, and social media users became worried. Therefore the possibility of executing the death sentence raised by media </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31901'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhw6QEPMa98'> The families of those sentenced to death gathered in front of the Isfahan Judiciary to protest being unaware of their children's situation. According to several reports, a meeting took place between the prisoner and a family member hours later. So It turned out that the defendants were alive </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31902'> <reference source='https://t.me/DORRTV/83353?single'> Some Iranians living in Europe gathered in front of the Islamic Republic's embassies to protest street protesters' death sentence </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38421'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1481983757032869889?s=20&t=Wvk_gXy2kNcF4PFT3T0FBg'> According to 1500 Tasveer, Mehdi Salehi was taken to Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan following a stroke. According to this report, Mr. Salehi was first referred to the prison health service due to heart problems and pressure on the brain. He was injected with a drug that caused his seizures and stroke. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38422'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1501635852107239426?s=20&t=Wvk_gXy2kNcF4PFT3T0FBg'> 1500 Tasvir posted that Mehdi Salehi regained consciousness and was able to speak a few words after two months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38966'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5165/'> Mehdi Salehi Qaleh Shahrokhi, one of the prisoners of the national protests of December 1998 who was sentenced to death, died suspiciously in Isfahan prison. A prison officer told Salehi's family: > Mehdi became ill and was taken to the Medical Center, from where he was taken to the hospital. He felt better, and he could speak, but then he was returned to the Prison Medical Center and did not go back to Prison. What happened in the Prison Medical Center is unclear. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38967'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5165/'> At 6 a.m., Mehdi Salehi's body was buried by the security forces under strict security measures. Only family members were allowed to attend the funeral. Relatives of Salehi's family also did not have the right to participate in the ceremony. The refusal to return the body to the family reinforces the issue of extrajudicial killing, the Iran Human Rights Organization has written. Informed sources at this human rights organization reported that agents threatened Salehi's family and that family members would be imprisoned if interviewed. Following the threats against the family, they were banned from building and installing tombstones for up to 40 days, after which security forces must coordinate the construction of the monumentA source familiar with the impact of torture on Mehdi Salehi's health stated: > Mehdi was so tortured during his detention that he even had blood on his urine for a long time and was so electrocuted that he suffered two strokes severe headaches. Had. Under these tortures, he was forced to make a false confession. "During the interrogation, he experienced death for days. Salehi's family intends to file a complaint regarding the death of this prisoner, but security officials try to prevent them: > Which institution do you want to complain to? For what crime? "We will investigate ourselves and announce the cause of death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>