Tohid Darvish

Tohid Darvish

Tohid (Loghman) Darvish is from one of the villages of "Qatur" city in Khoy county and lives in Tabriz. He was arrested at the same time as the nationwide uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

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='44776'> According to IPA sources, he was arrested in Tabriz during the nationwide uprising in response to Mahsa Amini's murder. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='44779'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ad%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%88%db%8c%d8%b4%db%8c%d8%9b-%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%8c-%d9%85%d9%85%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b9%e2%80%8c%d8%a7/'> According to an Atlas source, after his arrest, Tohid Darvish was forced to confess under the pressure of the interrogators that he set fire to a bank in Tabriz. While he was kept in solitary confinement for days during his detention, he was subjected to torture and was deprived of having a lawyer and visiting his family. At the same time as the detention of Tohid Darvish in the central prison of Tabriz, the first branch of the Revolutionary Court of this city, headed by Davoud Hamlbar Mojarrad accused this citizen of Moharebeh without his presence and his lawyer. Tohid Darvish was notified of this a few days after the court date while in prison. Judge Davoud Hamlbar Mojarrad also insulted the family of this Kurdish citizen and told them that he would issue a death sentence for this prisoner. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='46141'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/01/35'> Kurdpa reported that Tohid Darvish was sentenced by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz to 10 years in prison with exile to Ahvaz prison and to pay 50 billion rials in damages to the bank for the charge of Moharebeh. It is stated in this report that Mr. Darvish has been denied the right to have a lawyer in court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='49068'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3yFyuyM'> According to an IPA source, Tohid Darvish was sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes in his second case at Branch 112 of the Criminal Court of Tabriz, presided over by Judge Mohammad Ali Piri, on the charge of disturbing public order. Earlier, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, exile to Ahvaz prison, and 50 billion rials in fines to the bank by the first branch of the Tabriz Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Davoud Hamlbar Mojarrad. According to an Atlas source, in the two trials held for Tohid Darvish, he was deprived of having a lawyer of his choice. Masoud Shamsnejad and Saleh Nikbakht have taken the responsibility of representing this prisoner and protested the sentence. However, Massoud Shamsnejad announced in a post on his Instagram page that the first branch of Tabriz Revolutionary Court refused to accept his representation in the case of Tohid Darvish. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='49471'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=20572'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that in the past few days, the 9th branch of the Supreme Court, after reviewing the appeal request, acquitted Tohid Darvish of the charge of MOharebeh (waging war against Islam) and after overturning this ruling of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, referred the case to a branch of same rank for consideration. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='51003'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=20868'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights report, the trial of Tohid Darvish will be held on May 14, 2022, in Tabriz Revolutionary Court Branch 2. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='53916'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prisoners-fa/2023/08/21/p21777/'> He attempted suicide in protest of the continuation of his detention without a decision in Tabriz Central Prison. While announcing this news, Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that Tohid Darvish was taken to the prison infirmary by some prisoners while suffering from severe bleeding from the neck. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Mr. Darvish was returned to the ward without being admitted to the hospital and only after a simple dressing of the wound. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>