Masoud Mosaheb

Masoud Mosaheb (Massud Mossaheb) is the secretary of Iran-Austria Friendship Association and has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering

• <coverage-outsourcing id='25961'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-6k8yOwjKc'> According to Standart Newspaper, he was arrested and transferred to Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25962'> Austria’s Der Standard published the news of the arrest of Masood Mosaheb. According to this outlet, he is not in a good physical condition, and the Austrian diplomatic efforts to access him or his case have been fruitless. Mr. Mosaheb had traveled to Iran in January 2019 together with a delegation from Med Astron, a company, the outlet added. Med Astron is a treatment and research center in northern Austria that works with ion molecules and has a similar Tehran project. Alfred Zens, managing director of Med Astron, told Standard that it is unlikely for the arrest to have been linked to this project. “The delegation traveled to Iran and had meetings with its commercial partner in Iran and also a meeting with Professor Mosaheb.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31246'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-6k8yOwjKc'> According to the information that Atlas has received, the revolutionary court of Tehran has sentenced Mr. Mosaheb to 10 years in prison for “cooperation with the United States government” and paying 400 thousand dollars of “illegitimate gains”. He is held in ward four of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32111'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mosahab-shirkhani-sentenced-spy/30777730.html'> The Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili confirmed that a sentence has been issued for Masoud Mosaheb and said he has been charged with “espionage for Israel and Germany”. Mr. Mosaheb is the chairman of the Friendship Association of Iran and Austria, and the judiciary has claimed that his title is a “cover for espionage”. The Islamic Republic claims that Ms. Mosaheb has provided nuclear, military, missile, nano, and medical information to foreign spy agencies. The Islamic Republic has a history of taking dual or foreign citizens hostage and using them as a bargaining chip. It seems Mr. Mosaheb’s arrest also falls into this category. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32112'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8euu6pwUg5U'> The Islamic Republic’s state TV (IRIB) broadcasted Masoud Mosaheb’s coerced confessions. The narrator of the program accused Mr. Mosaheb of “cooperation with six German and European intelligence officers”. He was also accused of spying on Austria for Germany. In his coerced confessions, Mr. Mosaheb “accepted the charges and expressed regret.” In the video, emails attributed to him were published showing “information about Iran to unidentified individuals”. In the interview, Mr. Mosaheb says he “began cooperation with Germany regarding social information about Iran and over time it changed course and the asked for information about IRGC, Information Ministry, and the army. The judiciary spokesman had recently accused him of “spying for Israel” but in the video, this charge was not mentioned. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33961'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-28022/'> According to HRANA, Kamran Ghaderi and Masoud Mosaheb have contracted coronavirus. It was reported that Mr. Mosaheb is to be quarantined for 14 days at Evin Prison’s infirmary. Herika Ghaderi, wife of Kamran Ghaderi has also asked for medical treatment for her husband. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34021'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28186/'> Mr. Mosaheb who is suffering from numerous medical issues such as diabetes, neuropathy, heart valve problems, pulmonary (lung) cyst, kidney cyst, thyroid problems, and prostate, released an audio file asking for help to get released from “hell”. In the audio file, Mr. Mosaheb says after he contracted COVID-19, the infirmary doctor diagnosed it as ordinary flu. He also talks about the heavy cost of treatment and medical equipment such as masks and disinfectants that the prisoners are forced to pay for, the terrible quality of prison food, and the lack of fruits and vegetables in Evin Prison. He says prisoners can purchase these items at high prices from the prison store. He added that he is currently in a room with 14 other prisoners and must sleep on the floor. At the end of the message, he says: “I ask anyone who hears this message to help me free from this hell and return to my home in Vienna so I can live the remainder of my days with my children and grandchildren.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35559'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2OIGTxO'> Radio Zamaneh reported that in a letter to the Austrian government, the families of Kamran Ghaderi and Masoud Mosaheb emphasized that the “diplomacy of silence” does not work, and told the Austrian government: “You do not openly demand their release, nor you talk about the injustice that has taken place, the torture they are under, and their illegal incarceration.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41423'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/hosein_taj/status/1390011536446459906?s=20&t=ktOaqk3J5TuLh5FlmvTPtw'> Masoud Mosaheb’s attorney Hossein Taj tweeted that the 41st branch of the supreme court issued the order of retrial for Mr. Mosaheb and after the referral of his case to a court of equal rank, the case will be reviewed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41422'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/VOAfarsi/status/1559956724064346112?s=20&t=5SSuDd5A57uqKrZYZH53sQ'> In an interview with the VOA, Nilou Mosaheb, daughter of Masoud Mosaheb talked about the show trial, weeks of solitary confinement, torture, and lack of legal support for her father, and said Mr. Mosaheb has an eye operation appointment next week, but they have not responded to his request for a recovery furlough after the operation. Ms. Mosaheb pointed out that her father has served a third of his sentence and has repeatedly asked for a furlough, but they have all been rejected for no reason. She equated her father’s lack of access to medical services to torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51774'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3qiSWnV'> Kamran Ghaderi and Masoud Mosaheb were released from prison. According to IranWire, these two Iranian-Austrian citizens have been released as part of the prisoner exchange plan between Iran and European countries, which was carried out by Belgium after the release of Asadollah Asadi, the diplomat of the Islamic Republic of Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>