Anoushavan Avedian

Anoushavan Avdian is an Iranian Armenian citizen in Tehran. He was sentenced to prison for peaceful religious activities. His crime is “forming and managing illegal groups”.

<coverage-outsourcing id='39160'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12242/'> Anoushavan Avdian was arrested along with at least 17 other Christian citizens in Tehran. The agents arrested all their communication devices. He was transferred to Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39161'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12242/'> He was released from Evin Prison on Bail. He was kept in solitary confinement during this time. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39162'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12242/'> The revolutionary court presided by Judge Iman Afshari sentenced him to 10 years in prison for forming and managing illegal groups. According to Article 18, the court has also banned him from civil rights activism for 10 years. The report doesn’t offer more details about the court verdict, but based on the evidence, it seems the sentence of 10 years ban from civil rights activism might be the sum of several smaller sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40018'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12407/'> The appeal court confirmed the primary court’s ruling verbatim. Article 18 reported that although Mr. Avdian’s attorney, Iman Soleimani has repeatedly requested and visited the appeal court to be allowed to attend the trial session, the sentence was issued in absentia. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40019'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12438/'> His case was sent to the 11th branch of verdict enforcement in Tehran. Article 18 reported that despite all the “sabotage by the judiciary”, Mr. Avdian’s attorney, Iman Soleimani, was able to file the retrial request two days after the ruling was sent to the sentence enforcement office. The report explains that the office of special judicial services was refusing to accept the retrial request because the final verdict was not in a headed paper with the name of the ruling judge; however, his attorney says that is not the procedure for security cases. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41064'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12845/'> His request for a retrial was rejected by the 26th branch of the supreme court. His attorney Iman Soleimani told Article 18 that the 26th branch of the supreme court has rejected the retrial request “without any reasoning or reviewing the previous defense.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>