Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou

Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is a doctor specializing in radiology and a member of the Gonabadi Dervishes community. He was arrested after attending a memorial for Hadith Najafi, one of the protesters killed in the countrywide uprising in reaction to Mahsa Amini's murder, and was charged with corruption on earth.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='43243'> Hamid Ghareh Hasanlou and Farzaneh Ghareh Hasanlou were arrested by the security forces at their home in Karaj. Sources told IPA that the couple were denied phone calls and access to attorneys in the first week of their arrest. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43246'> <reference source='https://media.farsnews.ir/Uploaded/Files/Video/1401/08/15/14010815000805_240P.mp4'> The Islamic Republic's state TV broadcasted the coerced confessions of several citizens arrested in Karaj regarding the death of a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian. Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hasanlou were interviewed as witnesses of Rouhollah Ajamian's death. Signs of physical torture are visible on the bodies of some of the interviewees. Sources told IPA that Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hasanlou were severely tortured to testify against each other. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43245'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3O7Fo6A'> According to Mehr, a state media, Hossein Fazeli Harikandi the chief of the judiciary of Alborz province announced the indictment against 11 citizens including a woman in Karaj in connection to the case of the Basij member Rouhollah Ajamian's murder, and they have been charged with corruption on earth and assembly and collusion against the state. Fazeli claimed that the Basij member was "unblocking highways" when he was attacked and killed. According to an IPA source, Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hasanlou are among the people who were arrested during the mourning ceremony on the 40th day after Hadith Najafi's death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43320'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3XcCsJU'> A source told IPA that Mr. Ghareh Hasanlou was severely tortured and there is no information on the couple's health and location. They are denied phone calls and visitation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44234'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202211173394'> Amnesty International released a statement saying the Islamic Republic intends to execute at least 21 of the protesters after holding mock trials in order to terrorize the protesters. According to Iran International, Amnesty pointed out the comments made by the Islamic Republic officials about public trial of the protesters and asked foreign embassies to send observers to these courts. Diana El-Tahawy, the vice-president of Middle East and North Africa emphasized in the report that the Islamic Republic officials must immediately drop the sentences and cancel the executions and refuse to enforce them. According to Amnesty International's report, 11 prisoners are being tried for the charge of corruption on earth in Karaj revolutionary court including Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou and Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou. The Amnesty report also names some of the protesters in risk of execution. The report mentions the names of Parham Parvari, Sahand Nour-Mohammadzadeh, Abolfazl Mehri, Hossein Hajilou, Manouchehr Mehman Navaz, Saeed Shirazi, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mahan Sedarat Madani, Saman Yasin, Mohammad Broughani, and Mohsen Rezazadeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43849'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3FiVR54'> The first trial session was held for the 15 defendants in the case of the murder of a Basij member in Karaj at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz province presided by Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini. According to ISNA, in this session, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, Arian Farzamnia, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria, Mehdi Mohammadi, Shayan Char Ani, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi, Amir Mehdi Jafari, Reza Shaker Zevardehi, Javad Zargaran, Behrad Ali Kenari, Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, and Ali Moazami Goudarzi were charged with spreading corruption on earth and assembly and collusion against national security. The report stated that Arian Farzamnia, Amin Mohammad SHokrollahi, and Amir Mohammad Jafari, the three teenagers on trial were under 18 years of age. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43850'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cz58pmvpdpmo'> According to Judiciary's official website, Mizan, the second trial session for the murder of a Basij member was held at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz presided by Judge Asef Al-Hosseini. Legal expert Pegah Banihashemi told BBS Persian that the court did not allow any of the defendants' attorneys to get involved in the case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44218'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4544717/%D8%A7%D8%AD%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85/'> Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Alborz province, in the case of the murder of a Basij member in Karaj, sentenced five defendants to death on the charge of spreading corruption on earth, and the other 11 defendants including the three 17-year-olds to prison sentences of to 25 years on the same charge. The report has not separated each sentence for each prisoner, but Hassan Ghareh Hassanlou told Radio Farda that his brother Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is among those who have received the death penalty. Hassan explained that his brother's death sentence was d delivered when he had just become conscious after a heavy operation at the hospital, and the court representative didn't agree to deliver the sentence to his sister. He explained that despite Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou's heart disease and his family's objection, the court representative delivered the death sentence to him at 12:00 midnight at the hospital. According to Hassan Ghareh Hassanlou, Ms. Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in exile at Ahvaz Prison, under monitoring and without any contact with anyone. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44258'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-gharahasanloo/32167795.html'> In an interview with Radio Farda, Hassan Ghareh Hassanlou said due to the assault during the arrest, one of the ribs of his brother Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was broken, but they took him to Alborz hospital two days later. He says despite the clear fracture of the ribs in the X-Ray images, he was taken to jail to continue the interrogations. He emphasized that in these interrogations, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was severely tortured. Five of his ribs on the left side were broken and he didn't receive any treatment for 10 days. One of the broken ribs also damaged his lung and caused internal bleeding. Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou told Radio Farda that his first surgery will be done on November 21st and the second surgery to clear blood from his lung will be on November 27th. According to Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou, despite the medical examiner's order about his inability to attend court, he was taken to the second trial session, and instead of defending him, his appointed attorney, Mr. Molaei told him "you have turned the hospital into your VIP room, and you have neither been tortured nor have any physical problems." Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou said in response my brother took off his shirt to show all the tubes attached to him and all the bruises on his body. He said the third surgery to clear blood from his blood lungs was done on December 6th, which was a difficult surgery and they opened his rib cage to clear the blood. Regarding the torture of Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou said: > She was under severe torture the first two days. They would ask her to admit that Hamid has committed the crime. They didn't even want her to confess to a crime herself. They just wanted her to say Hamid stroke three blows. This is what she told us after she was taken to Kachooei Prison. She said she resisted the first day. On the second day, they told her we know your son is at the dormitory at Tabriz University. If you don't confirm that Hamid stroke those blows, we'll rest your son and he's going to go through the same torture you have experienced and he might even get killed. Eventually, she said don't bother my son, I'll say he hit once, not three times. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44253'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1600891605829193730?s=20&t=AAT8w21TSbqZfuFA2I2RXg'> A group of doctors gathered in front of Evin Prison in protest of the death sentence of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou. In pictures published on the 1500 account on Twitter, the protesters had signs saying "no to execution" and "we are all Dr. Ghareh Hassanlou". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44727'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38407/'> The identity of the five defendants who received the death sentence in the case was revealed by HRANA. According to HRANA, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Reza Aria, and Hossein Mohammadi have been sentenced to death for the charges of spreading corruption on earth and assembly and conspiracy against national security. HRANA reported that in the initial reports, the judiciary had announced 11 defendants in the case, but on the first day of trial, the judiciary's Mizan website reported 15 defendants. The report emphasized that in the third trial session, another citizen named Hossein Mohammadi was also added to the list, raising the number of defendants in the case to 16. According to HRANA, the case has been referred to the supreme court while all of the defendants have been denied access to their own attorneys. The report states that the revolutionary court of Alborz province has not only denied them visitation for signing the attorney-client contract, but it even denied the families the name of their court-appointed attorneys and some of the defendants do not know the name of their attorneys. The report states that the initial 15 defendants were held at the Intelligence Ministry lockup for the three trial sessions. HRANA says Hossein Mohammadi, the 16th defendant was held at Karaj central prison and was suddenly taken from there to the court for the third trial session. According to HRANA, all 12 adult male defendants are currently at the general population ward of Karaj Central Prison, and the three teenagers, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, Arian Farzamnia, and Amir Mehdi Jafari, are at the corrections and cultural reform ward of Kachooei Prison in Karaj. According to the report, in recent days Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was transferred out of prison to an undisclosed location after his health deteriorated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45119'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/?p=390530'> He was returned from the hospital to Central Prison of Karaj. HRANA reported that he was returned to prison while his case was referred to supreme court after objection to the sentence and is awaiting decision. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45318'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-38844/'> Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Mehdi Karami were executed. The judiciary's Mizan website announced the news and once again published their coerced confessions. their attorneys Ali Sharifzadeh and Mohammad Hossein Aghasi previously tweeted that the rights of defendants were severely violated in this case and they were denied a fair trial. The sentences of the two defendants were executed while their families were denied visitation and according to Mr. Aghasi's tweet, his client Mr. Karami had gone on dry hunger strike four days ago. Their death sentences were issued by Judge Mousa Asef Al-Hosseini at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Karaj, and it was confirmed by the supreme court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47098'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/'> In a call for immediate action, Amnesty International announced that at least 14 of the people arrested during the 2022 uprising in Iran have been sentenced to death and are in danger of execution. Amnesty International stated that the Islamic Republic has violated fair trial principles and has tortured most of these individuals, namely Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Khorute, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, and Arshia Takdastan. by cable, whip, electric shock, mock execution, rape, and other types of sexual violence. The report goes on to say that Mehdi Mohammadifard was raped during his interrogation and had to be hospitalized. Based on the reports, Mr. Mohammadifard also experienced beatings, being hung by a foot, threats with a gun, and putting ice on his testicles during interrogation. The report also mentions the repeated torture of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou which led to his broken ribs and interior bleeding and lung issues. Mohammad Ghobadlou has also experienced several violations and according to the medical examiner his body was wounded and bruised after the arrest. At least 14 out of dozens of prisoners named in the report have been sentenced to death and the rest face heavy charges. Toumaj Salehi, Farzaneh Tahazadeh, Farhad Tahazadeh, Karevan Shahiparvaneh, Reza Eslamdoust, Taher Hamidi, Shahram Marouf Mola, Pouria Javaheri, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Kharout, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, Arshia Takdastan, Mohammad Boroughani, Mehdi Bahman, Majid Kazemi, Manouchehr Mehmannavaz, Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Reza Ariya, Mahan Sedarat, Saeed Shirazi, Abolfazl Mehri Hossein Hajilou. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47875'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-39778/'> Despite his poor physical condition and serious need for specialized treatment, he was denied medical treatment and transfer to the hospital. HRANA wrote that Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou is suffering from heart diseases and intestinal colitis and is in bad condition. This source added that Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou suffered a heart attack for the second time in April of this year. Also, Zamaneh Radio published a photo of Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou in the prison infirmary, which shows that despite his weight loss and severe health problems, he is handcuffed to the bed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47874'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ko6ufs'> Mohsen Bayat, the lawyer of Ghareh Hassanlou family, told the Iran Watch website that the amnesty decree did not include Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, but according to the reasoning of the Supreme Court, it will include his wife, Farzaneh, but it has not been implemented yet. Regarding the physical condition of his client, Mr. Bayat also told Iran Watch that Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou has several diseases, including heart disease, four stents in the heart, and intestinal polyps, and a part of his large intestine was removed during surgery, which requires following a special diet and taking certain medications. Regarding the published photo of Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohsen Bayat claimed that the photo had nothing to do with the current condition of Dr. Ghareh Hassanlou and that he is not in the hospital. Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, the Chief Justice of Alborz, also said the published photo of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is about three months old and claimed that the photo was from the time when Mr. Ghareh Hassanlou was admitted to one of Karaj hospitals for heart disease treatment and emphasized that he is currently in good condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50331'> <reference source='https://www.farsnews.ir/alborz/news/14020106000347'> Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, Chief Justice of Alborz Province, while referring to the situation of the three defendants whose death sentences were reversed in this case, announced that the case was referred to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court and hearings were held, but the defendants and their "chosen lawyers" requested some time to send a supplementary defense bill to the court. He further added that none of the accused in this case were granted amnesty in February of last year and all of them are in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50314'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_list/status/1641534414076125219?s=20'> 1500 Images X (Twitter) account (quoting reliable sources) wrote that the sister of Rouhollah Ajamian, the victim of this case, shouted at the three defendants who were under 18 years of age in the court session and said: > If you don't execute them, when they get released, I will come and tear out their eyes and I will kill them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50630'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/2covl'> Eleven of the arrested protesters in Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Karaj were sentenced to a total of 79 years in prison. All these citizens were arrested at the same time as the 40th-day anniversary of Hadith Najafi, one of the victims of the anti-government protests in Karaj. During the ceremony of the 40th-day Hadith of Najafi's death, a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian lost his life and 16 of those arrested in Karaj were accused of participating in his killing. Fars news agency quoted Hossein Fazli Harikandi, Chief Justice of Alborz Province, as saying: > The trial of 16 defendants in the martyrdom of Ajamian case was held in the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, and a verdict was issued. The Supreme Court of the country confirmed the death sentences of the defendants Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Mehdi Karmi, and returned the case to the same branch for more consideration and issuance of a new verdict against the rest of the defendants. Fars further wrote that according to the verdict, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, Mehdi Mohammadi and Arian Farzamnia were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi Savojbolaghi, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou were sentenced to five years each. Shayan Charani, Amir Mohammad Jafari, and Ali Moazzami Goudarzi were sentenced to three years in prison. According to Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, in the retrial of this case, three of the defendants named Behrad Alikenari, Javad Zargaran, and Reza Shaker Zavardehi were charged with spreading corruption in the world, but it changed to assembly and collusion to commit a crime against the country's security and propaganda against the state. These three citizens were subject to the "amnesty and reduction of public punishment directive and were released from prison on April 18, 2023. Regarding the verdict issued against these citizens, the Detainee Follow-up Committee has written that Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to 15 years in exile in Yazd and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou has been sentenced to five years in exile in Mashhad. In this case, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were executed in January 2023. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50632'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-925/'> After the announcement of the court suling against Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou, the relatives of this imprisoned couple published a note that they described as "Ghareh Hassanlou's suffering letter", confirming the issuance of new sentences for them, and wrote that they do not know what crimes Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou should be punished for. In this note, which was published by the HRANA news agency, it is repeatedly emphasized that Hamid and Farzanhe Ghareh Hassanlou are not "criminals" and the question is raised, "What is the crime of Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou?" In this text, it is stated that during their arrest "ten armed men raided their house near Karaj Square" and "Anita, the teenager of the family, was watching in a dazed state as a military group broke the door, beat her parents, and took them away... The note continues: > Hamid must now go into exile in Yazd for 15 years, with painful and disgusting memories from the period of interrogation and forced confession, with broken ribs and damaged eye. Their crime is nothing but participating in the 40th-day ceremony of Hadith Najafi. Unfortunately, on the way back, they come across the scene of an attack on a Basiji named Rouhollah Ajamian, who later died. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50994'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3NMKVBu'> Attorney Mohsen Bayat said in an interview with Daadban website: > Hamid and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou are in a dangerous and inappropriate physical condition." According to this lawyer, "Dr. Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou had gone for a breast cancer test before their arrest, but unfortunately, after the arrest, they did not allow her to continue the medical tests and delayed her until a few days ago when she was taken to the hospital, and it seems the doctors diagnosed that she is suspected of having breast cancer. Finally, they took her to the hospital the other day and she had a series of medical examinations and complained about the judicial and security forces of the prison for bringing her so late. Unfortunately, they suspect breast cancer and it is likely to be severe. Even now, the prison does not cooperate in sending her to specialist doctors and conducting investigations in a principled manner. Dr. Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, who had a disease before his arrest and during his arrest and detention, suffers from different ailments, including lung disease. Mohsen Bayat also said: > In our opinion, based on the contents of the case, the accusations are baseless and the accusation of Moharebe has nothing to do with my clients. Now we have to see what the court will decide; We hope that, like the investigation they did in the previous stage and removed the charge of corruption from my clients, they will announce the removal of the charge of Moharebeh not only from my clients but also from other defendants. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55244'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43046/'> The 39th branch of the Supreme Court confirmed the verdicts issued against eight of the detainees in the case of the death of a Basij soldier named Rouhollah Ajamian in Karaj. According to HRANA, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years of exile in Yazd prison, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, and Mahdi Mohammadi were sentenced to 10 years of exile in Kerman prison, Mohammad Amin Akhalli, Amin Mehdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Gharehassanlou were each sentenced to five years imprisonment in Mashhad prison, and Ali Moazzami Goudarzi was sentenced to three years in Qom prison. In this report, it is stated that the sentence issued against Arin Farzamnia was violated due to the lack of investigation, and the reason for the violation of Arian Farzamnia's sentence is stated to be psychological problems. Also, based on this report, the case of Shayan Charani and Amir Mohammad Jafari was declared closed following the amnesty order. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53036'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1695433891601846611?s=20'> The prisoners of Ward 15 of Ghezel Hesar Prison lost their phone privileges. According to the prosecutor's report, after the release of the audio file of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, who is one of the accused in the case about the 40th-day ceremony of Hadith Najafi's death, the phones of this ward have been disconnected. A source close to the families of prisoners said in an interview with Daadban: > The only thing our loved ones looked forward to in the prison with those heavy sentences was those phone calls. We have been deprived of that too. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55270'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43266/'> According to HRANA, Reza Aria, Hossein Mohammadi, and Mehdi Mohammadi were exiled to Kerman prison to serve their 10-year sentences. Also, according to this report, in recent days, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Yazd, Mohammad Amin Akhlaghi, Amin Mahdi Shokrollahi, and Farzaneh Ghareh Hassanlou were sentenced to five years in Mashhad prison, and Ali Moazzami Godarzi was sentenced to three years in Qom prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55245'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4f3amuve'> On the anniversary of Rouhollah Ajamian's death, Mirza Vali Ajamian, his father, claimed in a radio program that Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei's adviser, "mediated" in this case and "prevented the continuation of executions". He also said about the so-called "Ekbatan town" case: > One year has passed since the death of Arman Aliverdi, but it is still unknown who his killer is, and out of the 80 people who were arrested, only eight people remain." According to Radio Farda's report, Babak Paknia, one of the lawyers of the defendants in the Rouhollah Ajamian case, said that "Mr. Ajamian's father had no role in the Karaj case because this case was not a murder case, but a Moharebeh case, which is a public crime." Payam Darafshan, one of the lawyers present in the Ekbatan settlement case, also responded to the statements of Rouhollah Ajamian's father and told Daadban that this case "had nothing to do with Mr. Ajamian, and his words in a national media are just pouring gasoline on the fire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>