Mehran Farhadi

Mehran Farhadi is a former officer of the Telecommunication Unit of the Islamic Republic Army. He was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to prison. During his detention, he released several open letters addressed to the head of the judiciary, protesting against the injustice in the judiciary and the "arbitrary" administration of this institution.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='40177'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Y3VFCTTY8'> Mehran Farhadi was arrested at his home in Tehran. HRANA wrote sometime later that he was kept in one of the security detention centers in Tehran for three months. According to the information published by Tavaana sometime later, he had been in solitary confinement for several months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40178'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-882/'> He was transferred to Shiraz Intelligence Ministry Detention Center also known as No.100. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40179'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-882/'> He was transferred to the Military Prison No. 2 in Shiraz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40180'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-882/'> Mehran Farhadi was sentenced to prison by the first branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court headed by Seyed Mahmoud Sadati. According to HRANA, he was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for the charge of Assembly and collusion to act against national security through membership in anti-establishment groups, insulting the leader, and propaganda against the establishment. This report emphasized that his sentence was reduced to two years and two months after he accepted the verdict and applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code. Sometime after the verdict was issued, he released an open letter addressed to the head of the judiciary from inside the prison. In this letter, Mr. Farhadi emphasized that he was convicted without explanation and without taking statements and defenses in court. He also considered the long temporary detention and multiple transfers to different prisons as an example of his mental torture. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40181'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-902/'> According to HRANA, he was transferred to the political ward of Adelabad prison in Shiraz. About a year later, in a letter addressed to the head of the judiciary from inside the prison, he requested to investigate corruption and injustice in the judiciary. In a part of this letter published by HRANA addressed to Mohseni Ajeei, it is stated: > Arbitrary opinions, arbitrary appointments, arbitrary arrests, arbitrary treatment, and finally by betraying the book of the Criminal Procedure Code, issuing indictments and unfair sentences are the basis for the decisions of your judges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40182'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35370/'> He was transferred from the political ward of Adel Abad prison in Shiraz to the general ward of this prison. According to HRANA, this transfer took place after Mr. Farhadi's protest to the authorities, that he was threatened with death by several of his fellow prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52020'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35852/'> While he is serving his sentence in Adel Abad prison, he was summoned to the prosecutor's office to open a new case. According to HRANA, Mr. Farhadi's interrogation session will be held on July 16th to deal with accusations of insulting the country's officials and disseminating lies in cyberspace at Branch 14 of Shiraz Revolutionary Court, chaired by Judge Mohammad Khosravani, through video conference. Also, a source told HRANA that Mr. Farhadi can only make phone calls with two of the seven phone numbers registered on his card. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41272'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36454/'> Mehran Farhadi wrote an open letter addressed to the head of the government employees' court and filed a complaint against Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary, as well as the judges and investigators who, according to Mr. Farhadi, violated his rights. In a part of this letter that was published on the HRANA website, he wrote that "I am filing a suit against Mr. Mohseni Ejaei for behavior against the clear text of the law and I'm filing a complaint against some judges and investigators under his command who caused oppression and material and spiritual costs to me, and I want to follow up and see this through." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52019'> <reference source='https://t.me/LaVoixDesPrisonniers/2439'> He was sentenced to a total of three years and 10 months in prison by the first branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Mahmoud Sadati. According to Dadkhahan Darband, Mehran Farhadi was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for the charges of acting against national security through membership in anti-establishment groups and insulting the leader and propaganda against the establishment, of which two years and two months of imprisonment will be enforceable. According to this report, he was previously charged by the 7th investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office on behalf of the 14th branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court. Dadkhahan Darband also wrote that Mr. Farhadi is now in the political cell of Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53778'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44228/'> He attempted suicide by taking pills. HRANA wrote: > Mehran Farhadi attempted suicide by swallowing Elanzapine tablets and was transferred to a hospital in Shiraz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53779'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44228/'> According to HRANA, Mehran Farhadi, who committed suicide in Shiraz's Adel Abad prison, was returned to prison from a hospital in Shiraz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>