Behrouz Behzadi

Behrouz Behzadi is the editor-in-chief of Etemad newspaper. He was sentenced to a ban on any press activities and a fine following a complaint from the IRGC's THarallah headquarters for publishing reports about the 2022 uprising, as well as an indictment by the Tehran Prosecutor's Office for reporting on hijab monitors.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='57322'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/27vwvet4'> The trial of Behrouz Behzadi was held in branch 9 of Tehran Criminal Court-1 presided over by Nader Karimi and Naser Rahi. Mohammad Jalilian, Behrouz Behzadi's lawyer, told Etemad Online: > After the events of September 17, 2022, Etemad newspaper sought to reflect the opinions of experts in the political, social, historical, etc. fields and tried to play a balancing role in improving and raising awareness about the situation. But unfortunately, due to this approach, Etemad newspaper was subjected to widespread and broad attacks; "Many complaints were filed against Etemad newspaper by the Tharallah headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards regarding the material of publication, this lawyer explained that the cases against Etemad newspaper were filed in the 9th, 4th and 16th investigation departments of the Culture and Media district prosecutor's office, and finally, the 16th investigation branch issued an indictment under the charges of publishing lies and promoting content that harms the foundations of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='57323'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-40937/'> According to HRANA, the managers of "Jahan Sanat" and "Etamad" newspapers were summoned to the prosecutor's office. In this report, it is stated that they were summoned due to the publication of materials regarding "the sale of body parts by citizens due to poverty". According to this report, these two newspapers must present the necessary documents and explanations by attending the court on May 6, 2023. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51839'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/ihwd8'> He was sentenced to a 150 million Rials fine instead of six months imprisonment by the 9th Branch of the Criminal Court-1 of Tehran Province for the charge of publishing falsehoods. The website of Etemad newspaper published this news and wrote that this sentence was issued due to the publication of reports about the women, life, and freedom uprising. Mr. Behzadi's lawyer also told Etemad Online about his client's other case, the article "The Issue of Constitutional Law" written by Dr. Gorji, and said even though the jury considered it a crime and did not consider it deserving of a lower sentence, the investigating judges acquitted Mr. Behzadi based on the article 37 of the constitutions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56175'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/46yfx7yk'> According to Etemad Online, Branch 9 of Tehran Criminal Court-1, changed Behrouz Behzadi's punishment to deprivation of any type of press responsibility for one year. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='57326'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/prosecutor-newspaper-iran-confidential-document/32700297.html'> The prosecutor of Tehran filed a claim of criminal activity against Etemad newspaper for publishing the letter from the Ministry of Interior about "hijab monitors". According to Radio Farda, in its today's issue, Etemad newspaper published a part of a circular of the Minister of Interior No. 9743, which has a "Very Confidential" seal and emphasizes "arresting" and "punishing" women without hijab. It is also stated that "photographing and documenting" of women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab in various centers, including in "all parts of the subway" and even "inside the cabins" should be included in the "agenda of the officers". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='57325'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/zv2aty2x'> According to Etemad newspaper, based on the indictment issued by the Tehran's Culture and Media Prosecutor's Office, Behrouz Behzadi is accused of printing and publishing an official and confidential document without legal permission, the subject of the indictment by the deputy prosecutor of Tehran and the head of the Tehran Culture and Media Prosecutor's Office, and the complaint of the Ministry of Interior's representatives Vahid Salehifar and Mehdi Ahmadi. The plaintiff claims that Etamed newspaper in issue 5638 published one of the circulars of the Ministry of Interior with a Very Confidential seal and with the title "Behind the Hijab Monitors project". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='57324'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/zv2aty2x'> He was sentenced to 200 million Rials in fine instead of six months imprisonment by Branch 9 of the Criminal Court-1 of Tehran province for the charge of publishing falsehoods. In this report, it is stated that this ruling was issued regarding the publication of "a highly confidential circular letter of the Ministry of Interior regarding the issue of hijab monitors". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>