Amir Hossein Moradi

He was arrested during November 2019 nationwide protests. The Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death. He is from Tehran's Khazaneh neighborhood. Moradi was living in Germany as a refugee before, but he returned to Iran later.

Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi, and Saeed Tamajidi have been tortured during interrogations to obtain forced confessions. The judiciary has identified them as members of the MEK (Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization), but they have denied the accusation. Informed sources told IPA that he returned from Germany to Iran for looking after his family. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='31337'> According to HRANA, he was transferred from the intelligence ward to Fashafoyeh prison after about a month. He was being kept in solitary confinement in Wards 209 and 240 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31336'> He was sent to Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29634'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2wdVo3x'> Iranian Government TV broadcast forced confessions of several detainees about 1 month after the November 2019 protests. In the video broadcasted, Mr. Moradi noted that he, Mr. Rajabi, and Mr. Tamjdi had a cold weapon with themselves. Amir Hossein Moradi told Judge Salavati that confessions were taken under pressure </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29310'> As the nationwide demonstrations began in November 2019, large numbers of protesters arrested by Iranian security forces. Most of them discharged shortly after, but some are still being in detention </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31641'> He was sent to the intelligence detention center of Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29664'> He told his family that the security agent interrogator injured his ribs by standing on his chest. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31286'> The trial was held in Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. Amir Hossein Moradi said in his defense: > My confessions have been obtained under pressure and are not valid. My confession about my mutual actions with Saeed and Mohammad was because I was notified they had left the country, and I thought they were safe.” Mohammad Rajabi also said he did not accept the allegations. These people did not have the right of accessing a lawyer of their choice, and public defenders were also a kind of "judge's advocate. Amin Vaziri, the prosecutor's representative, told the defendants: > Given that you live in the south of Tehran but have attended the Punak protests, it shows that you intended to assemble and collude. Defendants responded: > We saw the crowd of protesters and joined them. We are human beings, and we have experienced economic pressures. We do not accept your claim of arson. This claim is not true because you say that we have arson the gas station, but there is no gas station in the five-kilometer far from that place. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29309'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23918/'> An informed source told Hrana: He was beaten by security agents during detention and interrogation. Also, the prosecutor's agent at Evin prosecutor's office (named Naseri) beat him with an electric shock and asked him to write what the interrogators required. The Security agent claimed that he was carrying a knife during the protests. Mr. Moradi has denied the accusation and said: I had only used the electric shocker to seize the camera of the Basij agents filming the protesters. Besides, the security agents claimed that Mr. Moradi was responsible for organizing the protests. In another part of the report, based on the security agent's claims, it has noted that he has provided training to deal with government forces filming protesters on social media </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29311'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23918/'> Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati, sentenced five protesters of November 2019 to death, lashing, and imprisonment. Three of the defendants named Saeed Tamjidi, Mohammad Rajabi, and Amir Hossein Moradi, were sentenced to death on the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God) through destroying and attempting arson to confront the Iranian government. They were also sentenced to prison and flogging. Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamajidi have been sentenced to 15, 10 and 10 years in prison respectively on the charge of Participation in armed robbery. Each of them also received a one-year prison sentence for crossing the country's border illegally. Judge Salavati has sentenced Mojgan Eskandari (another defendant of the case) to three years in prison on the charge of gathering and planning to act against national security. A person named Shima (the last name is unknown) has also been sentenced by this court, But there is no information about her sentence. In the case of finalizing the decision and according to Article 132, only the death sentence for the three defendants will be performed </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29323'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23918/'> They took the security agent's camera while he was filming the protesters. It seems the Charge of armed robbery has been added to their case for this reason </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29707'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/Amnesty_pCM5Xfa.pdf'> Amnesty demanded the abolition of these people's death sentences by issuing a statement. The Amnesty also noted the violation done by agents and requests to end the misbehaviors and set up a fair trial by the Judiciary </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29413'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%81%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%88%db%8c%d9%87/'> According to IPA, 20 prisoners of Room 14, Hall 2, Ward 2 of Fashafuyeh Prison 5 were quarantined at Tehran's Shohada-e Yaft Abad Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus. At least five of them are political prisoners; Amir Hossein Moradi (known as Amir Almani), Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi (prisoners sentenced to death in Fashafuyeh Prison), along with Milad Arsanjani, and Jamil Jahramani (political prisoners) may be infected with Coronavirus </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29635'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%ad%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/'> According to IPA, Amir Hossein Moradi's coronavirus test was negative. He was one of the protesters who was arrested in November 2019. During the test in the hospital, the intelligence agent told the doctors that there is no need to treat him because his death sentence would soon be executed. Amir Hossein Moradi suffers from an acute neurological disorder. He had a panic attack after hearing the intelligence officer's words and transferred to prison again. An informed source told IPA: After returning from hospital, Amir Hossein talked to his cellmates about what the intelligence officials said, then, he got panic attacks and lost his physical ability for several hours, so we had to move him with the wheelchair </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29730'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b3%d9%87-%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b6-%d8%a2%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86-%db%b9%db%b8-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%af/'> IPA published that the case of these people has been sent to the Supreme Court. Details are provided in the following link </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30605'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24801/'> He was returned to prison from the hospital </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31285'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a2%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%8c-%d8%af%db%8c%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af/'> The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences of Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi. "We all hope to change the sentence by retrial," a lawyer told IPA. Hours later, domestic media outlets quoted a source in the Supreme Court and called the verdict confirmation news as a lie. Human rights defenders in HRANA are following the case and emphasizing that the claims of the domestic media are not true </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31321'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/حکم-اعدام-متهمان-آبان/'> According to IPA, the two defendants' lawyers have not allowed studying the case yet. Lawyers have attended court to pursue the case, but they have no information about sending the case to the branch of the Supreme Court. The source who provided the information to IPA added: "The three prisoners were sentenced to death by forced confession and they raised the forced confession matter to Judge Salavati </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31335'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/اعتراض-شدید-وکلای-مدافع-متهمان-اعتراض/'> "The defendants have been notified of the death sentence's confirmation, and they are not in good moods," one of the family members of a political prisoner told IPA.The case's three lawyers reacted about the confirmation news on their social media. "I was never allowed to study the case and not even notified about the trial. Although I followed up the case in the Supreme Court, they didn't give me the proper information. The head of the Supreme court told me that you can just write a defense, and I replied: Is it possible to adjust the defense for an unread case?", Babak Paknia, Amir Hossein Moradi's lawyer, told Etemad newspaper. Regarding the defendants' confessions, the lawyer added: “I don't want to comment on how these people were interrogated, because I didn't read the case, but obviously, most of the confessions were not obtained in the normal circumstances, and can not be considered as a valid document.” The other lawyers named Hossein Taj and Mostafa Nili were also notified about the sentence's confirmation through the news. Mr. Nili has not been able to take the case as a lawyer, and Mr. Taj has been denied access to the case. All the lawyers are hoping for a "denial" of the report, but their notes show that (news denial) is not approved by any of them </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31369'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/۱۴-نهاد-حقوق-بشری-احکام-اعدام-معترضین-آ/'> Fourteen human rights organizations, including the United for Iran organization, have called for Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi death sentences' abolition. The letter referred to violating the accusers' rights by obtaining compulsory confessions, lack of access to a lawyer, and being torture </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31487'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-496/'> Four trade unions and labor organizations including Hafttappeh Sugarcane, Islamshahr Teachers' Union, Kurdistan (Marivan) Teachers' Union, and the syndicate of workers of Tehran and suburbs bus companies issued a joint statement protesting the death sentence of three protesters in November 2019. The statement noted the people's living conditions and the policies of the Iranian government. It also called for the release of the protesters who are in prison for protesting such cases. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31530'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/اعتراضات-آبان-ـ-دیوان-عالی-کشور-حکم-اعد/'> According to IPA, The three lawyers of the case named Hossein Taj, Mostafa Nili, and Babak Paknia confirmed the death sentences for the three defendants. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict by a majority in favor and one judge against </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31549'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/برنامه%e2%80%8cریزی-برای-اعدام-شتابزده-سه-معت/'> The Judiciary's spokesman proclaimed the confirmation of their death sentences.The Government media had denied the reports from human rights organizations about the death sentence, quoting Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili as saying: “two of them were arrested during an armed robbery. They also recorded videos with their mobile phones that proved their guilt.” This is while only Amir Hossein Moradi was arrested in Iran, and Mr. Tamjidi and Mr. Rajabi were handed over to the Iranian border police by Turkey. Mr. Ismaili further accused the three imprisoned protesters of "sending news to foreign media." Although the Supreme Court upheld the ruling, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said: > Execution of the sentence is the responsibility of the executive branch and may change the course of the case with the decision of the relevant authorities </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31553'> On Twitter and Instagram, social media users called for abolishing the three November protesters' death sentence with the hashtag "#don't_execute." NetBlocks announced that the Iran Internet had been disrupted after trending the relevant hashtags. Possibly The government may have disrupted the internet. On the other hand, a group of Twitter users, commonly known as "The Islamic Republic Cyber Security Teams," published posts against the protesters with the hashtag "#execute_them." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31552'> <reference source='https://acileylem.org.tr/eylem/iranli-uec-gencin-oeluem-cezasi-uygulanabilir'> Amnesty Turkey has published an online petition to prevent the execution of November 2019's protesters. The petition mentioned the violation of the defendant's rights and the case's details </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31575'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%82%d9%81-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a2%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%da%a9%d8%b0%db%8c%d8%a8-%d8%b4/'> Fars News Agency had announced that the three defendants' death sentence had been "suspended." The report was denied shortly after by Mizan. The lawyers, who have received permission to access the case for the first time, have used Article 477 of the Code of Judicial Procedure, to suspend the sentence and request for review. It is said that the supporting hashtags used for the three defendants were unprecedented in Persian Social media. Some of the world's most famous political figures, including Donald Trump, have also protested against these people's death sentence on twitter </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31599'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/FarsiVersion_16July2020_aNQUhmY.pdf'> UN human rights experts published a statement that demanded abolishing the death sentence of the November protesters. Expressing concern over the extended use of the death penalty in the laws of the Islamic Republic, they wrote: > Today we join the hundreds of thousands of Iranians who have condemned these death sentences on virtual networks. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31602'> <reference source=''> A reporter close to the security services named Ameneh Sadat Zabihpour shared several armed robberies videos and attributed the video to the three protesters. Amir Hossein Moradi's lawyer, Babak Paknia, denied the claim and said: > the video is not related to this case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31606'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/حکم-اعدام-سه-معترض-آبان-متوقف-شد/'> According to IPA, the judiciary accepted the retrial request, and the case was referred to the Supreme Court for reconsideration </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31633'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIxs7jAFlb4'> According to the force confessions of Amir Hossein Moradi that broadcasted by Fars New Agency, Amir Hossein says: > Together with Mohammad, Saeed, and other people, we arson the fire truck, the pine trees, and the bank. According to IPA's research, these confessions were obtained by the Intelligence Service in mid-December. According to IPA's information, Amir Hossein explicitly stated that he was not involved in the arson. Before obtaining the confessions, intelligence officers told Amir Hossein Moradi to say what they were interested in </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31812'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/تناقض-در-دو-اعتراف-اجباری-امیرحسین-مرا/'> According to the report on the forced confessions of Amir Hossein Moradi published by IPA, in the first part of the confession, Mr. Moradi said: > When we arrived, the bank was on fire. In the second part, which was in the presence of the security forces, he said: > We set the bank on fire. This apparent contradiction shows the false charges made by security forces. According to IPA's information, the content published in this video was provided to Amir Hossein Moradi by the interrogator hours before the recording </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33238'> <reference source='https://united4iran.org/en/15prisoners'> United for Iran published the fact patterns and legal analyses of Amir Hossein Moradi's case, taking into consideration human rights and fair trial violations based on international treaties to which the IRI is a signatory. The Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) has been used as the lead document for this context. United for Iran has published similar fact patterns for 14 other political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, and has called on UN institutions to use these resources to file cases and follow up on their situations </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32661'> <reference source='https://p.dw.com/p/3iB1N'> The German Judges Association awarded Nasrin their 2020 Human Rights Award.This award has been awarded by the German Judges Association since 1991. It goes to judges, state attorneys, or lawyers who stand up for human rights in their country at the risk of life, health, or personal freedom and despite serious personal disadvantages. Nasrin shared a thank you message from prison for the award ceremony, dedicating her award to four protesters sentenced to death: Navid Afkari, Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32579'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3huu9TJ'> Ahmad Mortazavi Moghaddam, the head of the Supreme Court, said: > This case is under investigation </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32846'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af%da%a9%d8%b4%db%8c-%d9%be%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%ad%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%af%db%8c/'> According to IPA, this morning, Amir Hossein Moradi's father's body was found by family members in his house's basement. According to IPA's research, some news outlets have described his suicide as "using methadone pills," which is not true. A source said, "The deputies went to the Moradi family's house and violently demanded them to tell he committed suicide because of family matters." "Amir Hossein's father was suffering from severe phycological problems due to the issuance of a death sentence for his son. He may have hanged himself to prevent the execution sentence," the source added </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32847'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/80074'> Babak Paknia described the suicide of Amir Hossein Moradi's father in a video file. According to Mr. Paknia, after the execution of Navid Afkari (a wrestler from Shiraz), the families of Saeed Tamjidi, Amir Hossein Moradi, and Mohammad Rajabi thought that their children would eventually be executed like Mr. Afkari. At the same time, someone called Moradi's family by phone and told them, "If you do not interview me, your child will be executed." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32871'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/48687'> Seventy-two political prisoners in Fashafoyeh Prison wrote a joint letter condoling the death (suicide) of Amir Hossein Moradi's father. "Months of detention and security pressures with the unjust and inhumane death sentence for Amir Hossein, have put his family in a more difficult situation, which has undoubtedly contributed to the untimely death of his father," they wrote in the letter </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32880'> <reference source='https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1399/07/moradi-father-funeral/'> The judiciary has rejected the presence of Amir Hossein Moradi at his father's funeral. Babak Paknia, Amir Hossein Moradi's lawyer, told the Iranian Human Rights Campaign: > The family has postponed the funeral so that the relevant authorities may allow him to come over. So far, they have said that they will order it after the funeral. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32918'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/41644'> His father's funeral was held without him. Article 520 of the Code of Criminal Procedure says: > In cases of acute illness or death of relatives, the prisoner may take a leave of up to five days at the consideration of the prosecutor. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33080'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27044/'> According to HRANA, 17 days after Mr. Moradi's father's death, he is still prohibited from attending the family's mourning funeral. The deputy prosecutor told his family that it would not be possible for him to attend the funeral until the Supreme Court's decision. He could only participate in his father's funeral if the death sentence disapproves in the Supreme Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>