Sadrollah Fazeli Zare

Sadrollah Fazeli Zare

Before his arrest, Sadrollah Fazeli Zare was working as a cabinet maker. He was sentenced to death three times on the charge of insulting the prophet through his work in a Telegram channel entitled "Criticism of Superstition and Religion" and was executed along with Yusef Mehrad, the other accused in this case, on May 8, 2023.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='41925'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36941/'> He was arrested by security forces in Ardabil and then transferred to Arak. According to HRANA, Farhad Chehreh Sakomleh, Yousef Mehrad, Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, Mohammad Zohrevandi, Akram Safaei Tavana, Ali Mohammad Fallah Rashkala, Kobra Imani, and Samira Rezapour were arrested by the security forces in June and July 2020 in connection with the administration and membership of a telegram channel entitled "Criticism of Superstition and Religion". Regarding the reason for investigating the case of all these detainees in Arak, the HRANA source reported that the investigator had previously debated Mr. Fazli Zare in the Telegram channel with the pseudonym "Aureliano" and filed a case. Also, according to HRANA, Yusuf Mehrad, and Sadrollah Fazli Zare were kept in solitary confinement for two months after their arrest and were denied the right to visit and make phone calls with their families for eight months. Based on another report from HRANA, except for Mr. Yousef Mehrad, Mr. Sadrollah Fazli Zare, and Mr. Farhad Chehreh Sakomleh, the other defendants in this case were released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='37149'> <reference source='https://www.humanrights-ir.org/detail/2440'> According to the Center for Human Rights Defenders, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazli were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Criminal Court of Markazi province on the charge of Sab-ul-Nabi (insulting the prophet). According to HRANA's report, this trial was presided over by Judge Mehrandish. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='41931'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36941/'> According to HRANA, Farhad Chehreh Sakomleh, Yousef Mehrad, and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were sentenced to eight years in prison by the first branch of the Arak Revolutionary Court for the charges of forming and running an illegal group, propaganda against the state, and insulting the leader, in accordance with Article 134 of the Islamic Criminal Code. Their sentence was reduced to six years in prison after accepting not to appeal the verdict. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='37152'> <reference source='https://www.humanrights-ir.org/detail/2454'> The Center for Human Rights Defenders reported that the one death sentence for Yousef Mehrad and three death sentences for Saadollah Fazeli on the charge of sacrilege and insulting the prophet has been approved by the Supreme Court of the country. According to this report, these two prisoners have been repeatedly threatened and psychologically abused by the judicial and security authorities. Davoudi, the deputy prosecutor of Markazi Province, in a threatening meeting with Yousef Mehrad and Saadollah Fazeli, said to them: > I'll execute you myself because you have insulted the Prophet. According to the report, by order of the prosecutor, Mehrad and Fazeli Zare are being denied phone calls with their families, and they are not allowed to have any contact with the outside of the prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='41932'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36941/'> HRANA reported that Farhad Chehreh Sakomleh, Yousef Mehrad, and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare are serving their sentences in Arak prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50984'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40924/'> According to HRANA, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were transferred to solitary cells in Arak prison. Their sudden transfer has raised concerns about their situation. A source close to the families of the prisoners said in a conversation with HRANA that "the families kept silent until now in the hope of saving their children, but now we see that the situation is going against the promises [that the authorities] made and the concern about their fate has become more serious." According to HRANA's source, "other prisoners informed the families of the transfer of these two prisoners to solitary confinement for the purpose of executing their death sentence. Nothing has been officially communicated to the families or lawyers regarding the execution, nor has there been any announcement about the last visit." Now the worried families don't know how to interpret this untimely transfer due to the prison's lack of accountability. "They are now on their way to prison to find out the fate of their loved ones." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50985'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40933/'> According to HRANA, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare returned to the general population ward of Arak prison after spending a day in solitary confinement. According to HRANA's sources: > The prison authorities have not yet provided any answer regarding the reason for their transfer, and the Mehrad and Fazeli families are still worried about their condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50981'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3nI0VKp'> According to the Judidciary's Mizan news agency, the death sentences of Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed in Arak prison. BBC Persian reported: > The judicial authorities executed them without even informing their families. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='50992'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/masoudkazemi81/status/1655507706914979840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1655507706914979840%7Ctwgr%5Eea6ab4f549ff1bbadbd71c49fd7b6bcc6d429f4d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeedly.com%2Fi%2Fmy'> Independent journalist Masoud Kazemi tweeted: > Sadrullah Fazeli Zare has a telegram channel called "Islamists' scandal". His most popular content was visited 564 times. He wrote under the pseudonym Bitter Coffee. > In his telegram channel, he posted anti-superstition materials with reference to authentic Islamic and Shiite books. Also, he debates Islamic and Shiite principles in Telegram groups with adherents to the Islamic religion, and of course, he has a sharp tongue and bravely expresses his beliefs. In late 2019 or early 2020, he and Yousef Mehrdad, who wrote under the name Yousef on this channel and other telegram channels such as "Lies and Superstitions of Islam", were arrested. The members of the channel and even other administrators were not informed of their arrest, and the security agents returned with a fake account called "Shahzadeh Parsi" claiming to be "Bitter Coffee (Sadrollah Fazlizare) and produced content criticizing Islam on the same channels, thereby identifying and arresting other people. Others are sentenced to imprisonment and fines, but Sadrollah and Yusef were executed this morning. About the activities of Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazli Zare, he wrote: > After several hours of studying the contents of their Telegram channels and Sadrollah's personal channel, I can say with certainty that they were criticizing religious superstitions in the Telegram space only with sharp and clear language." At the same time, Mizan news agency announced the execution of Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazli Zare, writing that Sadrollah Fazli Zare "managed 20 groups and channels of sacrilege and atheism" and Yousef Mehrad "was the main admin and operator of 15 groups and channels and was widely active in the fields of anti-Islam, promoting atheism, and sacrilege. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>