Gholam Reza Rasaei

Gholam Reza Rasaei is from Sahneh. He was sentenced to death on the charge of participating in the murder of Nader Bayrami, the director of IRGC Intelligence of Sahneh. He was executed in Dizelabad Prison in secret and without notifying his family.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='50363'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1641821401148698624?s=20'> According to Iran International, Nader Beyrami, the director of the IRGC Intelligence agency and his forces attacked the people in the street during the 2022 uprising, and he was killed during the altercations. The security forces had attacked the memorial of Khalil Alinejad, a musician who was killed in Sweden last year. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49996'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/706'> He was arrested in Karaj on the charge of participation in the murder of Nader Bayrami, the director of IRGC Intelligence, and was transferred to Sahneh Intelligence lockup. Reports indicate that he was tortured in lockup. According to Iran International, initially, 30 people were arrested in relation to this case and eventually everyone except Gholam Reza Rasaei and Farhad Beigi Garousi were released. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49998'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/706'> He was transferred to Dizel Abad Prison after about 100 days in Kermanshah. It was reported that although his trial date is coming up soon, he is being denied access to an attorney of his choosing. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50372'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202303311479'> Iran International reported that the Rasaei Family is under pressure by the IRGC Intelligence and his brother was also arrested for a period of time. Gholam Reza Rasaei is in ward seven of Dizel Abad prison in Kermanshah. According to the report, during this time he was taken out of prison several times to an undisclosed location and was often confused and unbalanced due to the pressures to give a fake video confession. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49997'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1642495980938428418?s=20'> It was reported on Twitter that Reza Rasaei was tortured s since the day he was arrested, to the point that he cannot walk anymore, and during his trial, there were many visible bruises on his body. People close to him say on the day of the trial, he was in such a terrible condition due to severe torture that he couldn't recognize his own family and couldn't defend himself. His family hired several attorneys for him but each time they resigned after threats from the security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50352'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202304070340'> Iran International reported that there is no evidence of the presence and participation of Gholam Reza Rasaei and Farhad Beigi Garousi in the murder of Nader Beyrami, the director of IRGC Intelligence, and that they have been severely tortured and pressured for fake video confessions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53062'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1675945274928164878'> The X account (Twitter) 1500 Images wrote that the trial of the defendants in this case is scheduled to be held on July 4, 2023. This account also emphasized the torture of Gholamreza Rasaei to obtain a forced confession and wrote: > The names of the other defendants in this case, about whom very little information is available, are as follows: Kaveh Khamoushi, Shoja Mennati, Amin Hatami, Rasoul Razavi, Yazdan Moradi, Armin Haghi, Masoum Razavi, Fariborz Shah Ebrahimi, Farhad Zolnoori, Farhad Beigi, Ali Ghasemabadi, Pouria Abdi, Pouria Mennati, Mostafa Azizi, Alireza Faezi, Reza Almasi, Abdolmotalleb Aziznia, Afshar Khaleghi, Afshin Haghi, Sajjad Akbari, Maziar Rostami, and Mehrdad Shahhosseini. "Some of these people are free on bail, while others have been in prison for months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53880'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prison-sentences-fa/2023/10/13/p29910/'> According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Reza Rasai's case's last hearing was held in the Kermanshah Criminal Court's second branch. Also, two other sessions have been held in the past few months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53879'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prison-sentences-fa/2023/10/13/p29910/'> He was sentenced to death by the second branch of the criminal court one of Kermanshah for the charge of "participating in the intentional murder of Nader Bayrami". According to the report of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, other charges such as "participating in causing intentional non-fatal injuries not leading to death", "holding a knife," as well as "disturbing public order by creating commotion and chaos" are also included in his case. ; These cases have led to the issuing of other punishments such as payment of ransom, one-year imprisonment and 74 lashes for Reza Rasaei. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while publishing this news, wrote that this sentence was issued while Reza Rasaei has repeatedly stated during court hearings that he was forced to make confessions against himself in the detention center of the Sahneh Police Department due to "torture and threats of rape" and has denied all the accusations. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the court issued a death sentence regardless of his defense. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53889'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEkJBNw-JG8'> In a video published by Daadban's YouTube channel, the words of Reza Rasaei's mother can be heard, who learned about her son's death sentence and asks for help from the public. In this video, she says in Kurdish: > God, help everyone, help me, my life, my son. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53890'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3j3d3ear'> Despite the lack of documentation to prove intentional murder, Judge Mohammad Rasoul Haghnejati, head of the second branch of the Kermanshah Criminal Court, said that he was forced to issue the verdict "by order from above" and based on his "knowledge", he is voting to convict Reza Rasaei. By publishing this news and quoting a person close to Rasai's family, Iranwire has published details regarding the death of Nader Bayrami and the death sentence for Reza Rasai. According to this report, Judge Haghnejati selectively considered some testimonies and rejected others; "The testimony of Amin Hatami, an agent who participated in the beating of Nader Bayrami and was later acquitted, is one of them." Also, according to this source: > Reza was tortured so much that after four months when he saw his family during the investigation, they did not recognize him. It is not known what medicine was injected into him, even he does not remember that he signed the confession sheet for stabbing Bayrami's back. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53884'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2023/11/03/p30386/'> Kheirullah Haghjouyan, a civil activist of Yarasan and a former political prisoner, released a video and expressed his protest against the filing of the case, the unfair trial process and the death sentence for Reza Rasaei. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Kheirollah Haghjouyan says in part of his words in this video: > It has created a tense atmosphere on the part of the security forces, which itself is the cause of insecurity, engineering of public opinion, lack of access to the case, lack of access to a lawyer, the vagueness of the cases and evidence, the unfair process of the prosecution to the extent that sometimes false witnesses are brought into the case as accused. In some cases, influencing and often threatening the defendants and inciting them against each other, forced confessions and even denial of obvious matters, it is not possible to discover the truth. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53885'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prisoners-fa/2023/12/03/p31016/'> Following the objection of Reza Rasaei's lawyers, his case has been referred to the Supreme Court. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote, "After the second branch of the Criminal Court of Kermanshah issued the death sentence for Reza Rasaei, the lawyers of the case protested this sentence and the case has been referred to the Supreme Court." According to this source, the case has not yet been assigned a branch in the Supreme Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54022'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7552/2023/en/'> Amnesty International issued a statement, warning of the serious risk of executing the death sentence of Manouchehr Mehman Navaz, Mansour Dehmardeh, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkour, and Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei, among those detained during the nationwide protests of 2022. Amnesty International has documented torture and other ill-treatment of four of the five people on death row through beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, and deliberate denial of health care. In this statement, it is stated that at least two other people named Saeed Shirazi and Abolfazl Mehri Hossein Hajilo have been sentenced to death due to imputed charges. Amnesty also stated that the mentioned people have faced very unfair trials in revolutionary courts or criminal courts across the country, including Alborz, Tehran, Kermanshah, Khuzestan and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces. The statement goes on to say that the Iranian authorities have used "confessions tainted by torture", some of which have been aired on state media as evidence for sentencing and before the trial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53960'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/12/82'> Reza Rasaei's death sentence was confirmed in the Supreme Court. According to Kurdpa, the death sentence of Reza Rasaei has been approved by the 17th branch of the Supreme Court headed by Judge Barani. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53962'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1739586173465416159'> Reza Rasaei's mother, in a video message, while stressing her son's innocence, requested help from the people of Iran to save her son's life. In this video message, she said: > Reza is my breadwinner. I raised him with misery. Because of humanity, be Reza's and his mother's voice. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54025'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/mrxcy3kn'> Rezaei Rasai's death sentence was sent to execution. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while announcing this news, wrote that the case of Reza Rasaei was sent to the Kermanshah Province Justice Department after the verdict of "retribution for murder" was confirmed in the Supreme Court of the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54381'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AmnestyIran/status/1742970937782202752'> While referring to the danger of Reza Rasaei's imminent execution, Amnesty International reported that this sentence was issued based on confessions under torture and demanded its suspension. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54379'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/2fkr8a2x'> Reza Rasaei's family has been allowed to visit and the risk of his execution is serious. While publishing this news, IranWire wrote: > The face-to-face meeting of Reza Rasaei's family was held in a situation where the meeting was supposed to be held in a cabin, but at the request of the prison authorities, the meeting was held in person. This issue has made the risk of carrying out the death sentence more serious than before. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54656'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1747191194709361039'> According to Daadban's report, during a short call with his family, Reza Rasaei announced that he is fine. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55021'> <reference source='https://x.com/hana_paeizi/status/1747675926576374006?s=20'> Negar Kourkour, Mojahed Kourkour's sister, in a post published on X social network, asked the people of Iran to make the voices of Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour's families "heard in the world" and warned: > My brothers' lives are in danger." Negar Kourkour emphasized that "the Islamic Republic wants to take the lives of my loved ones with false accusations." According to her, Reza Rasaei's case is also "full of flaws and Mojahed's case is full of flaws." Ms. Kourkour also added that Mojahed Kourkour "has been in solitary confinement since the day of his arrest and there is no information available about his condition, anything could happen to my brother at any moment." Also, in the joint message released by Negar Kourkour and "Hana , one of Reza Rasaei's relatives, it is stated: > We, the families of Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour, die once every sunrise and until our brothers call us, we experience death thousands of times. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54993'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1748398427958894852'> Caroline Wagner, Reza Rasaei's political sponsor, wrote on her X account: > His life is still in danger, because he stood up for women's freedom and rights and against oppression in Iran. The Iranian regime is killing the youth of its country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54826'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/executions-fa/2024/01/22/p32138/'> The first branch of the Supreme Court rejected Reza Rasaei's request for a retrial. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while publishing this news, wrote: > Without considering the flaws and ambiguities in the case, the Supreme Court said the request for retrial "lacks legal requirement" and that the testimony of new witnesses that Reza Rasaei is innocent are insufficient grounds for retrial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55288'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1754091690074275904'> According to Daadban, lawyer Naeem Nezami Chaharmahali wrote on his Instagram account referring to the words of lawyer Mohammad Ghobadlou: > These days I am begging with all my might (in every sense) from different parties to get involved and obtain amnesty consent for Reza Rasaei. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55473'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/3swa8exp'> Amnesty International warned against the risk of Reza Rasaei's execution. By publishing a statement, this organization pointed out the rejection of the request for retrial by the Supreme Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61183'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1806593380631166994'> According to Dadban's report, the authorities of Dizel Abad prison in Kermanshah have cut off his access to phone calls and face-to-face visits with his family since about a week ago. According to this report, making threatening phone calls and threatening to arrest family members are among the pressures that have been exerted on Reza Rasaei's family in the last week. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62359'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49838/'> He was executed. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that Reza Rasaei's death sentence was executed in Dizelabad prison of Kermanshah without prior notice to the family and having the last visit with them. Fatemeh Heydari, sister of Javad Heydari, one of the victims of the nationwide Women, Life, Freedom protests, also published a text on her personal X page about the intense pressure of the security agents on Reza Rasaei's family and wrote, "Security agents were at the door of Reza's father's house at two in the morning today. They installed cameras and in the morning they informed his family that Reza had been executed." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62427'> <reference source='https://x.com/ExtSpoxEU/status/1820886126401564905'> The European Union issued a statement condemning the use of the death penalty as a response to internal opposition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62425'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/nfhxja26'> According to IranWire, his body was buried under strict security measures and the security agents did not allow him to be buried in the Yaristan People's Cemetery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62426'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5ah2mwau'> According to IranWire, his funeral was held under heavy security. According to this report, the security forces had a large presence among the participants in this ceremony and asked the attendees to leave the event. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62614'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1821634069995589736'> Dadban published a video of the mourning ceremony held at Reza Rasaei's grave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62830'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1823403323082383537'> Dadban reported that Reza Rasai's clothes and personal belongings were handed over to his family. According to this report, a written note was found in the pocket of Reza Rasaei's shirt, on which he wrote: > God, you are merciful and kind, forgive me and help me, you are just and omniscient. Amen I have no shelter but you. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='62832'> <reference source='https://x.com/dadban4/status/1824003646419243136'> By publishing Reza Rasaei's obituary notice, Dadban wrote that the ceremony will be held at his grave on the seventh day after the execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>