Saeed Arjmand Dashtaki

He was arrested and sentenced to prison for participating in the August 2018 protests in Shiraz

• <coverage-outsourcing id='32315'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26368/'> In his final report, the case investigator citing confessions and security investigations: > The defendants, in this case, have taken various actions to fight the Islamic government. "Writing slogans, attending protests, and attacking security forces are among the prosecutor's report items </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32312'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2GnlK7O'> According to Iranian government-affiliated media, one of the security forces named Hassan Torkaman was killed by unknown individuals simultaneously as the August 2018 protests. He was buried in one of the cemeteries of Shiraz with government ceremonial. According to human rights media investigations, Hassan Torkaman was one of the Government forces who was suppressing the widespread protests and shot dead by motorcycle riders after returning home. About a month and a half later, Navid and Vahid Afkari were arrested on the charge of "murdering Hassan Torkaman"; the two brothers later denied the charge </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32314'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26368/'> Security agents arrested Navid and Vahid Afkari without providing a warrant. The two brothers were taken to the Shiraz Intelligence Office, where they were subjected to "physical and psychological torture." According to HRANA, Navid Afkari accepted the "Murder accusation" under torture, but Vahid Afkari denied it. Vahid Afkari committed suicide twice due to "severe torture" and taken to hospital. Officer Nikbakhti and Officer Abbasi were directly involved in the physical torture of them. It should be noted that the security forces arrested the father and son-in-law of this family later. Agents also arrested Saeed Arjmand Dashtaki in September </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32318'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DB%B2.pdf'> According to HRANA, Branch 116 of the 2nd General Court of Shiraz, headed by Judge Ahmad Boroumandi, sentenced four defendants in this case to prison and flogging. Navid Afkari and Vahid Afkari were sentenced to three years in prison on the charge of "disobeying the officers' order," six months in prison on the charge of "insulting officers" and one year in prison and 74 lashes on the charge of "disturbing the public order." Judge Boroumandi sentenced Habib Afkari to seven years and six months in prison for "Assembly and collusion against national security," four years and six months in prison on the charge of "disobeying the police orders," and two years and six months on the charge of "using the knife for mayhem." He was also sentenced to nine months in prison on the charge of "insulting officers" and one year in prison and 74 lashes on the charge of "disturbing public order." Saeed Arjmand Dashtaki, the fourth defendant, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison on the charge of "disobeying police orders," two years and six months on the charge of "using the knife for mayhem," nine months in prison on the charge of "insulting officers" and one year in prison and 74 lashes on the charge of "disturbing public order." Mr. Arjmand and Mr. Habib Afkari have also been sentenced to pay blood money to the plaintiffs; Mr. Afkari was sentenced to pay about 7% of the total human. They must also pay half of the 3% blood money. According to Article 134, each of the defendants' applicable sentence is as follows: 1- Habib Afkari Seven years and six months of imprisonment and payment of about 8% of the blood money 2- Saeed Arjmand Dashtaki Four years and six months in prison and paying about 1.5 percent of the blood money 3- Navid and Vahid Afkari (each of them) Three years of imprisonment The court acquitted all the defendants of "keeping stolen property (Basiji's baton), hiding defendants, and destroying the evidence" </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32322'> The First Branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Mahmoud Sadati, issued death sentences and imprisonment for the defendants. According to the verdict, Navid Afkari was sentenced to death for "Moharebeh" and two years in prison for "insulting the leadership." Judge Sadati also sentenced Vahid Afkari to 25 years in prison on the charge of "assisting in moharebeh" and two years in prison on the charge of "insulting the leadership." Habib Afkari, another defendant in the case, was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of "membership in opposition groups," to two years in prison on the charge of "insulting the leadership," and to one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system." Other allegations, including "inciting people to fight and killing to disrupt the national security," acquittal is unknown. Applicable punishment for each: Execution and two years imprisonment for Navid Afkari, 27 years imprisonment for Vahid Afkari, Five years in prison for Habib Akari. All the verdicts issued (applicable verdicts) for these people are summarized as follows: > 1- Vahid Afkari sentenced to 2 times of executions and five years in prison. 2- Vahid Afkari sentenced to 55 years in prison. 3- Habib Afkari sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison and payment of blood money. 4- Saeed Arjmand sentenced to Four years and six months in prison and payment of blood money. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32320'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26368/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> HRANA verified several protesters' identities in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, who had been sentenced to death and long prison terms </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32405'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsna/203909'> A video about Navid Afkari was broadcasted on the 20:30 TV program. In the program, the narrator introduced Navid Afkari as the "killer" of Hassan Torkaman. In the video, agents reconstructed the murder scene in the presence of Navid Afkari, and made him say: > I was following the victim, I called Vahid, and he came. Then, I stabbed him in the shoulder and neck two times." Officers showed a picture of a white-knuckled knife which they described as a murder weapon, although earlier the court had claimed that the knife had been left in a drain and could not be found. In addition to Navid Afkari's "confessions, a short excerpt from his brother, Vahid was also broadcasted in the video: > He hit the second stab into his shoulder." Earlier, human rights organizations reported that Mr. Afkari had confessed to the "murder" of Hassan Torkaman at the police station and Intelligence Detention Center under torture. In another part of the program, images of a CCTV camera were broadcasted showing Navid Afkari crossing the sidewalk. Contrary to the Islamic Republic's claim, a video showing the Afkari brothers committing "murder did not appear in the program. Hamidreza Jamshidi Ardakani, Navid Afkari's former lawyer, who resigned from the case due to security pressures, told a local reporter: > The Afkari family claimed that Navid had been tortured. Although the case investigator disagreed initially, arrangements were made to send him to forensic medicine. When I met Mr. Afkari, he said that he was not tortured. He also made this statement in writing and signed it." The honesty of the former lawyer's claim cannot be assessed due to the Iranian security system's behavior. Meanwhile, the circumstances and "possible denial of torture by Navid Afkari, claimed by Mr. Jamshidi, are not apparent. Another part of the video included Saeed Arjmand's written confessions: > Navid had told me that if I was asked what happened on August 2nd to tell them we were guests in our relative's house." Broadcasting the program caused a wave of protests on social media. "Most of the content of this program was incorrect, critics say. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>