Mehdi Hosseini

Mehdi Hosseini (Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini) is a citizen living in Tehran. He was arrested along with several of his neighbors in Ekbatan neighborhood at the same time as the nationwide uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini and on the charge of assault that led to the death of a Basij agent.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='54074'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1734871832652624104'> He was arrested in Tehran. The arrest of him took place at the same time as the nationwide protests in Iran in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl who was beaten to death by Irshad patrol officers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48131'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Tasnimnews_Fa/status/1588074377295413249?s=20&t=PuuiUdcb_wrqxyKWlPbz1g'> The Twitter account of Tasnim, a news agency affiliated with the IRGC, published a video announcing the identification of 15 suspects in connection with the death of a Basij member named Arman Alivardi and wrote: > Five of the main agents were arrested by the police. In this video, Hossein Rahimi, Tehran's police commander, asks: > Tell me about the crime you committed? Milad Armoun, in front of every question asked, emphasizes that he is not a murderer and did not commit this act. Hossein Rahimi says: > Why didn't you help Basiji? And then, facing the camera, he adds: > One of the main elements behind the death of Arman Alivardi, the killed Basij, is him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48132'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3tH7qwp'> In a statement, 227 representatives called the protesters in Iran "combatants against Islam" and asked the judiciary to execute the sentence of "retribution" (Qisas) against them. This statement, which was read by Ahmed Amirabadi Farahani, a member of the Majlis, was published in Kayhan, a news agency close to the leader of the Islamic Republic, without the names of the signatory representatives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48133'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3gcE99X'> According to IranWire, the security forces went to the residents of Ekbatan neighborhood in Tehran and some shopkeepers and businessmen there and were looking for CCTV videos regarding the accusations they made against the protesters of Ekbatan neighborhood, especially Milad Armoun. According to IranWire, some shopkeepers and managers of sports clubs were also interrogated. Sources told Liranwire: > The video that is the basis of the case for Milad Armoun is a video from inside the protests, which is not considered a document against the defendants of this case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50920'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3HHlRIk'> According to Rokna, the reconstruction of the scene of Arman Alivardi's murder was carried out in Ekbatan town with the presence of the investigator of the case, the crime scene investigation team of the judiciary, and the intelligence police of Greater Tehran. According to the pictures published in the government media, more than 10 people, including a woman, were present as accused in this place and were wearing uniforms specific to the accused of the Intelligence Department. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48135'> Tehran prosecutor announced the indictment for the accused in the case of Arman Alivardi, Basiji who died in Ekbatan neighborhood. Mizan news agency, affiliated with the judiciary, announced this news and quoted Ali Salehi as saying: > The case of those accused of the murder of martyr Arman Alivardi has been compiled into six volumes leading to the issuance of an indictment and has been sent to Criminal Court No. 1 in Tehran. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48138'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39739/'> Milad Armoun, Alireza Kafaei, Hossein Nemati, and Mehdi Hosseini are still incarcerated in Rajaeeshahr prison despite the passage of more than three months since their arrest. Announcing this news, HRANA wrote: > Milad Armoun was arrested on November 12. He, along with Alireza Kefaei, Hossein Nemati, and Mehdi Hosseini, were transferred to Rajaee Prison in Karaj after the interrogation process was completed. [During this period] the families of Mr. Armoun and Mr. Kefaei have been under pressure not to disclose the current situation of these citizens to the media. Later it was reported that Mehdi Imani is also being held in Gohardasht prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50863'> <reference source='https://telegra.ph/111112222233333-2023-02-17'> The committee to follow up on the status of detainees wrote that all those arrested in the Ekbatan case were subjected to severe torture and were sometimes forced to confess against themselves. According to this report, Milad Armoun was in the solitary cell of the Intelligence Department detention center for several weeks and during this time he was tortured in various ways. In the continuation of the report, Alireza Kafaei, who also has a history of mental illness, has accepted all the charges under severe torture. Armoun and Kefaei were kept for two months and the rest of the defendants were kept in the intelligence department for some time. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48448'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1629410141220007939?s=20'> The Twitter page 1,500 Images wrote that the lives of four people arrested in this case, namely Milad Armoun, Hossein Nemati, Alireza Kafaei, and Mehdi Hosseini, are in serious danger. According to this Twitter page, "Even under severe torture, Milad Armoun has said many times that he did not have a knife at all, but they want to blame him without any evidence, for the murder of a Basij member who was killed with a knife." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50854'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsna/280107'> The spokesperson of the Judiciary, Masoud Setayeshi, said in a press conference that three of the accused in the "murder of Basiji student Arman Alivardi" were charged with "warfare through resorting to cold weapons" and the other five were charged with "assembly and collusion against the security of the country," and their indictment has been issued. In his speech, this judicial official mentioned that several cases have been filed against the defendants of Ekbatan Complex: > This was part of the case that was referred to the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54028'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1685020522441039872'> According to Daadban's report, the Sixth Investigation Branch of the Criminal and Security Prosecutor's Office of Tehran issued an indictment for 14 people detained in the Ekbatan Township case. According to this report, Milad Armoun, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, and Mehdi Imani have been accused in two cases of Moharebeh and participating in intentional murder. This report says that in the indictment signed by Mohammad Shahriari, the head of Tehran's Criminal Prosecutor's Office, Alireza Kefaei, Hossein Nemati, Amir Mohammad Khosh Eghbal, and Alireza Barmarz Pournak have been accused of participating in intentional murder, disturbing order, and participating in intentional assault. According to this report, in the same indictment, seven other people, including Yasamin Dashtani, Amir Mehdi Rezaei, Erfan Rezaei, Gholamreza Nabigol, Sara Azhdari, Aria Pakzad, and Mohammad Reza Eftekhar, have been accused of participating in intentional assault, disorderly conduct, and illegal detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54077'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42604/'> Milad Armoun, Alireza Kafaei, Amir Mohammad Khosh Eghbal, Alireza Barmarz Pournak, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, Hossein Nemati, Mehdi Imani, and Navid Najaran were transferred from Rajaeeshahr Prison to Ghezal Hesar Prison in Karaj at the same time as hundreds of prisoners were transferred without prior notice. HRANA wrote that the case of these people has been divided into two sections, one section has been referred to branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Abolghasem Salavati and the other section has been referred to branch 13 of Tehran Criminal Court-1. According to this report, no sentence has been issued for these people, whose case is under the title of security and war crimes in the Revolutionary Court. According to the report, another part of the case, which is in Criminal Court-1, is currently being reviewed by the Forensic Medicine Commission to complete the investigation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54075'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44502/'> HRANA wrote in a report on the latest status of the case of the defendants known as "Ekbatan Township", that the court hearing of the defendants has been held in four consecutive sessions in a period of about two weeks. In this report, it is stated: > After holding four hearings, the court did not send their case to the prosecutor's office for investigation. Branch 13 of Tehran Criminal Court 1 has entered the case to conduct additional investigations, speed up the proceedings, and determine the status of the accused. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55801'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/yxubrd7r'> Attorney Payam Darfashan, in an interview with the Dideh Ban Iran website, called the process of dealing with the Ekbatan case "full of mistakes and fundamental flaws" and at the same time said that the detainees in this case are "in a bad state". Payam Darafshan said: > They tried to finish the case at that stage, but there were many mistakes in the case. At that time, they arrested a person who was announced to be the same person in the dark blue jacket who was present at the scene. This lawyer continued: > The officers introduced the arrested person to the investigator, and he agreed that he was the person wearing the dark jacket." Over time, a person was arrested in Ahvaz who had a dark blue jacket in his closet. The investigator got angry about this and asked the first person who was arrested, why did you admit that that person was you. That person announced, did I have any choice to not accept?" Payam Darfashan also considered the use of the "confession tactic by the defendants in the Ekbatan case as another flaw in the court and said: > The fallacy that was used in the Ajamian court was that they told the arrested people that you confessed that Dr. So-and-so kicked him so much that this happened. This is a confession against oneself, and otherwise, it is considered as testimony. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55811'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/86433'> Reza Shafakhah, Hossein Nemati's lawyer, stated in an interview that the heavy and fundamental blows that led to the death of the IRGC officer occurred in the second stage of the conflict with the people, and no accused has been arrested from that incident. According to him, the beatings that some of the defendants have confessed to or that there are documents proving it, were superficial and minor, and the victim got up and left. This lawyer stated: > This case has different aspects that lawyers, including myself, have pointed out; including that several factors must be investigated in the death of a martyr. The military superiors and commanders - as it is specified in the case - have sent a Basij student to estimate the size of the crowd without having received the necessary training to face street protests or being logistically prepared." He added that there was even a mistake in sending the killed officer to the hospital, and "there was no ambulance and he was transferred on a motorcycle . Babak Paknia, the lawyer of Alireza Barmarz Pournak, also said in this interview that in this case, four defendants are facing charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God and Islam), and the rest will be tried on charges of assembly and collusion to commit crimes against internal security and propaganda activities against the state. According to him, some of the defendants who were charged with moharebeh will be tried on the second day of the trial, and the other defendants will appear in court on the first day. He said about his client, they asked the bailiffs to send the CCTV footage, but in the end, no footage arrived to show the role of Alireza Barmarz Pournak in the murder, and he was finally released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55839'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46994/'> The first trial session of the Revolutionary Court for the case of eight of the detainees in the Ekbatan case was held at branch 15 of this court in Tehran. According to HRANA, the defendants, along with their lawyers, have defended themselves against accusations of Moharebeh, assembly and collusion, insulting the leader, propaganda against the regime, and membership of dissident factions and groups. According to this report, Milad Armoun, Mehdi Hosseini, Mehdi Imani, and Navid Najaran are facing accusations of Moharebeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56967'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47724/'> According to HRANA, Milad Armoun, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, Mehdi Imani, and Navid Najaran, despite the passage of more than a year since their arrest, are still incarcerated in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. According to this report, about four months have passed since the last hearing of the criminal court, but this court has not yet issued a verdict for these people. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>