Saeed Yaghoubi Kord Sofla

Saeed Yaghoubi was arrested during the nationwide 2022 uprising in the so-called "Isfahan House" case and was sentenced to death in a vague and hasty trial. He was finally executed at the age of 38 in Isfahan prison.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='45764'> According to state media, in an armed attack at the guard house of Khaneh Isfahan, three government forces were killed. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45743'> <reference source='https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1439124'> A state media, Mashregh News, reported that the chief of the judiciary of Isfahan said there have been nine arrests in this case and they have all been charged with Moharebeh and spreading corruption on earth. According to IPA, most of the suspects were arrested in November. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45771'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4586938/'> The video confession of some of the defendants in the Isfahan Home case was published on state media. Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mir Hashemi, Soheil Jahangiri, and Majid Kazemi were present in the video. based on their coerced confessions, Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, and Majid Kazemi were charged with using "AK-47 and handguns". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45737'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4586938'> The trial for the Khaneh Isfahan case was held on the 28, 29, and 30th of December at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Isfahan presided by Judge Barati. The following information was gathered from the report on the judiciary's Mizan website. Defendant on the first row, Saleh Mirhashemi Boltaghi has been accused of "shooting" by the prosecutor but has rejected the charge: > On the night of the incident I was at the location but wasn't armed and .... the gun was at my garage at home under my motorcycle. Mr. Mirhashemi has also been charged with burning tires and connection with the MKO. > Defendant on the second row Majid Kazemi Shaikh Shabani was charged with "shooting and killing government forces, has also rejected the charge and explained: > I shot a clip in the air. I didn't shoot at any agents." He said the reason for his possession of a firearm was hunting and shooting during weddings and funerals, which is common in some parts of the country. His attorney said his client bought the weapon for personal use. > Defendant on the third row, Saeed Yaghoubi Kurdsofla, was also charged with "shooting". He has rejected the charge but based on the e edited court videos it seems he has accepted "carrying a firearm". > Fourth-row defendant, Amir Nasr Azadani, was accused of providing hand-made incendiary material. He has rejected the charge and said he received the material from others at the gathering, but never used it against someone. > FIfth-row defendant, Soheil Jahangiri, is a close relative of Mr. Mirhashemi. He said in his defense that before the incident at the guardhouse, he went to observe the protests in that area and saw the government agents running away and two people with an AK-47 and a hand gun shooting at them. > Sixth-row defendant Jaber Mirhashemi emphasized that he had done nothing and wasn't a member of any groups. > It is noteworthy that the defendants are charged with operating as a political group. The attorneys have said that their connection does not constitute membership in a group. Saleh Mirhashemi's attorney said: We can't refer to the gathering of a few people without an organization or central power as membership in a criminal group. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45731'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4586938'> The judiciary's Mizan website reported that three defendants in the Isfahan House case were sentenced to death and others have received their sentences. First-row defendant Saleh Mirhashemi Boltaghi was sentenced to death for Moharebeh through drawing a handgun, forming and managing a criminal group, assembly, and collusion with the intent to undermine national security, and 10 years in prison for membership in and cooperation with the MKO. Second-row defendant Majid Kazemi was sentenced to death on the charge of Moharebeh "through drawing an AK-47" and 10 years in prison for membership in illegal groups and assembly and collusion to undermine national security. Third-row defendant Saeed Yaghoubi Kurdsofla was sentenced to death on the charge of Moharebeh through "drawing a weapon and using a handgun" and 10 years in prison for membership in illegal groups and assembly and collusion to undermine national security. Fourth-row defendant Amir Nasr Azadani was sentenced to five years in prison for membership in illegal groups with the intent to undermine national security, five years in prison for assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security, and 16 years in prison for the charge of "accessory to Moharebeh" (Article 134: 21 years enforceable). Fifth-row defendant Soheil Jahangiri was sentenced to two years in prison for assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security. Sixth-row defendant Jaber Mirhashemi was exonerated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51045'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1612781275617628161?s=20'> In an audio file released from prison, Majid Kazemi discusses the physical torture he experienced. His attorney Mr. Kazemi has also confirmed the severe torture of his client. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49605'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1612817636181835781?s=20'> The 1500+ Tasvir account on Twitter reviewed the contradictions and flaws in the Khaneh Isfahan case. According to the CCTV images released by state media, several unidentifiable people are standing on a sidewalk in a tense atmosphere; the state media claims Saeed Yaghoubi, Majid Kazemi, and Saleh Mirhashemi were present on the scene. The CCTV images are shaky for some reason. The 1500+ Tasvir mentions that although the state emphasizes that the exact time of the incident was 20:45, the data from SSCT shows 21:46 and 22:09. meaning over an hour after the incident. It is not natural for a group of people to do the shooting, and wait around for an hour after the police show up. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49600'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1614715314318577664?s=20'> Majid Kazemi was transferred to solitary. Two days later Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were also transferred to solitary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49602'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1614923897777934342?s=20'> According to 1500+ Taasvir, the government forces told the family of the Khaneh Isfahan case defendants that the more they talk to the media about their loved ones, the faster they will execute them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47120'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/'> In a call for immediate action, Amnesty International announced that at least 14 of the people arrested during the 2022 uprising in Iran have been sentenced to death and are in danger of execution. Amnesty International stated that the Islamic Republic has violated fair trial principles and has tortured most of these individuals, namely Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Khorute, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, and Arshia Takdastan. by cable, whip, electric shock, mock execution, rape, and other types of sexual violence. The report goes on to say that Mehdi Mohammadifard was raped during his interrogation and had to be hospitalized. Based on the reports, Mr. Mohammadifard also experienced beatings, being hung by a foot, threats with a gun, and putting ice on his testicles during interrogation. The report also mentions the repeated torture of Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou which led to his broken ribs and interior bleeding and lung issues. Mohammad Ghobadlou has also experienced several violations and according to the medical examiner his body was wounded and bruised after the arrest. At least 14 out of dozens of prisoners named in the report have been sentenced to death and the rest face heavy charges. Toumaj Salehi, Farzaneh Tahazadeh, Farhad Tahazadeh, Karevan Shahiparvaneh, Reza Eslamdoust, Taher Hamidi, Shahram Marouf Mola, Pouria Javaheri, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Shoeyb Mirbalouch Zehi, Ebrahim Narouei, Mansour Dehmordeh, Kambiz Kharout, Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard, Arshia Takdastan, Mohammad Boroughani, Mehdi Bahman, Majid Kazemi, Manouchehr Mehmannavaz, Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, Sahand Nour Mohammadzadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Reza Ariya, Mahan Sedarat, Saeed Shirazi, Abolfazl Mehri Hossein Hajilou. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50226'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/xeajn'> Cleric Asadollah Jafari, Chief Justice of Isfahan province demanded to speed up the ruling of the Supreme Court about the accused in the Isfahan House case. He said: > The final opinion of the Supreme Court in this case should be communicated to the province as soon as possible so that the definitive rulings can be enforced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51085'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/mf7ww'> Lawyer Moein Khazali said in an interview with Dadban about the case of the defendants in the Isfahan house case: "There is no evidence in the case except for the forced confessions of the defendants against themselves and each other. Even the picture of the scene does not show anything. The defendants are just people who were present at the scene of protests that night. None of them have admitted that they shot at the officers. The only evidence of the defendants shooting at the officers is their forced confessions against each other, not even against themselves. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51043'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/41mq8ba'> Supreme Court rejected the appeal request of Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, and Saleh Mirhashemi and confirmed the death sentences of these three citizens. By publishing this news, citing the indictment issued against these three citizens, IranWire wrote that in the verdict issued by the Supreme Court, the death sentences for all three defendants in the case were confirmed and other punishments, including prison terms, were rejected. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51083'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/dadban4/status/1656244930908672000'> Saeed Yaghoubi's mother released a video saying that she has been unaware of her child's condition for a month. In this video, which was published on Dadban's Twitter page, Saeed Yaghoubi's mother says that while her son was arrested "innocently", he was working in a real estate company. She said she is 81 years old and Saeed Yaqoubi's father is 85 years old and their son is the breadwinner of the household. She asked people to save her son. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51124'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cpd7k3yzkl2o'> The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting aired scenes from "Forced Confessions" of Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, and Saleh Mirhashemi. By publishing this news, BBC Farsi wrote that in the aired program, all three people are in a place outside the prison and in normal clothes talking about the night of the incident and saying that they have access to "weapons" and that they have done "a lot of shooting" and they also confirm the involvement of other people who took "shots"; But they don't talk about shooting at the security forces. In a part of the program, images of their arrest by the security forces were aired; however, it is clear in the video that when the security forces enter the house of a person who is supposedly sleeping, his hands are already handcuffed behind his back. In their forced confessions, the three defendants sentenced to death in the Isfahan House case say that they were "under the influence" of Instagram and thank the authorities of the Islamic Republic for filtering it. In this video, Saeed Yaghoubi also says that he does not want social media users to "hashtag them" or do anything to defend them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51171'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1657035494671122442?s=20'> Amnesty International warned in a statement that Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi are "at imminent risk of execution" after the Supreme Court confirmed their sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51176'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/FreeMajidKazemi/status/1657815355203678209?s=20'> Mohammad Kazemi, the cousin of Majid Kazemi, wrote on his Twitter account that Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi will be executed on the morning of May 14th "with the morning call to prayer". Mr. Kazemi also added in this tweet: > The boys' families have gone to Dastgerd (central) prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51172'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1657978726527778816?s=20'> With increasing concerns about the possibility of the execution of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, family members gathered in front of Isfahan's Dastgerd prison on Sunday evening together with a group of people from Isfahan. According to Radio Farda, during this rally, a number of protesting people warned the authorities of the Islamic Republic of the possible consequences of the executions with the slogan "This is the last message, there will be an uprising if you execute". According to this report, the security forces tried to disperse the people by throwing tear gas. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51275'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41118/'> In an interview with HRANA, attorney Marzieh Mohebi discussed the legal problems of the case known as the Isfahan House, and pointed out that the court in this case "obviously departed from neutrality". She pointed out that the statements of the defendants sentenced to death, who were subjected to three stages of security interrogation, have changed in each stage of interrogation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51341'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-lawyers-demand-stop-execution-suspects-khane-isfahan/32412545.html'> In a letter to the head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic and the judges of the Supreme Court, A group of jurists and attorneys issued a "serious warning about the widespread violation of existing laws in the process of the cases of protesting citizens", and demanded an immediate halt to the execution of the death penalty in all cases. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51430'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3MzcHjP'> Somayeh Kazemi, Majid Kazemi's sister, requested the judicial authorities to provide the evidence of the case. In an interview with the Shargh network, Mrs. Kazemi pointed out that "the only evidence of this case is the quotes of others" and said: > We demand evidence. Provide actual evidence that my brother was present at the time of the murder, not just hearsay. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51352'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IHRights/status/1658864668897574912?s=20'> In a video published on social networks, Saeed Yaghoubi's mother says: > They allowed us the last visit tonight, please support our children. Also, a picture of Saleh Mirhashemi's father has been published on social networks, which has written on the paper in his hand: > My son is innocent. He didn't have a weapon. Mohammad Hashemi, the cousin of Majid Kazemi, also wrote in a tweet: > The families of the Isfahan case defendants have been told that the Supreme National Security Council has ordered this case to be resolved tonight. Mr. Hashemi wrote in another tweet: > Today, for the second time this week, the prisoners of Isfahan House were visited in person. Two visitations in one week; This has never happened since their arrest. The Islamic Republic has turned a worried nation into a toy in its hands. The families are very worried and think that the sentence will be executed tomorrow. Also, Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi wrote in a manuscript from inside Dastgerd prison in Isfahan asking for help from the people: > Don't let them kill us. According to the report of Iran International, following the publication of the news of the imminent execution of these three prisoners, a large number of people showed up in front of Dastgerd prison in Isfahan despite the heavy security situation. According to the Twitter account of 1500 Images, security forces used tear gas to disperse people in front of Dastgerd prison. At the same time, Mizan, the organ of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Judiciary, denied the news of the execution of these three people and wrote: > A few hours ago, news regarding the execution of the sentence of the three defendants in the Isfahan House case, who were sentenced to death, has been published. Based on the follow-ups, this news is not true." Mizan also threatened that "legal action will be taken against people who spread rumors and false news, or gather and riot in front of the prison and disrupt order and security. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51511'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/FreeMajidKazemi/status/1659180800280231936?s=20'> Mohammad Hashemi, cousin of Majid Kazemi, wrote on his Twitter account that Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi contacted their families and announced: > We are still alive. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51510'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3MoaPce'> Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi were executed on Friday morning. Mizan, the news agency of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, while announcing this news, claimed that "according to the evidence and documents in the case and the explicit statements of the accused, the shootings carried out by them caused the death of three people from the security forces" and the accused were in collusion with the People's Mujahideen Organization. Mohammad Hashemi, Majid Kazemi's cousin, wrote on his Twitter account that the security agents moved the body of Majid Kazemi to Habibabad, Saeed Yaghoubi to Lower Kurdistan, and Saleh Mirhashemi to Boltaq for burial. Mr. Hashemi also wrote in another tweet that security agents summoned Majid Kazemi's brother, Mohsen Kazemi, and buried Majid by digging a grave in a remote place that was too small for Majid's body, and then allowed his family to visit the grave. An hour later, Mohammad Hashemi posted a video on his Twitter and wrote that security forces did not allow Majid Kazemi's family to visit his grave and some Basij militia members were celebrating at Majid's burial place. Twitter account 1500 also published a picture and wrote that the security agents did not allow the ceremony for Saeed Yaghoubi in Kurdistan. The Voice of America released a video showing the residents of Tehran's Ekbatan town chanting "Death to the murderer Khamenei" and "Death to the dictator" after the news of the execution of the three accused in the case broke. According to the Twitter account 1500 Images, a group of people gathered at night in response to the execution of Mirhashemi, Kazemi, and Yaghoubi in the streets of Isfahan and chanted the slogan "If we don't stand together, we will be killed one by one." By publishing a tweet, Shadi Sadr published the names of those responsible for the state murder of Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid Kazemi, and named Ali Zarenouri as the representative of Isfahan Public and Revolution Prosecutor in this case. According to Iran International, a few hours before the news of the execution of Mirhashemi, Kazemi, and Yaghoubi, Vedant Patel, Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State, Robert Maley, US Special Representative for Iran Affairs, and the Office of Human Rights and Freedoms of Canada in separate messages and speeches called for a halt of execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51543'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/EUWatchBrussels/status/1660559581708267521?s=20'> On the eve of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union in Brussels, Josep Borrell, the head of the foreign policy of the European Union, mentioned the execution of the three defendants in the "Isfahan House" case and said that for this reason, today we will impose a new package of sanctions against Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53017'> <reference source='https://x.com/FreeMajidKazemi/status/1675235730443108352?s=20'> Mohammad Hashemi, cousin of Majid Kazemi, one of the executed people in the Isfahan House case, wrote on Twitter that [security forces] did not allow Saeed Yaghoubi's family to have his birthday event near his grave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60512'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3entmpb7'> Mohammad Hashemi, the cousin of Majid Kazemi, announced in an interview with IranWire on the anniversary of the execution of three young Isfahani protestors that a source from inside Dastgerd prison told one of the family members that in the last hours of these three young people's lives and during their resistance against the execution of the death sentence, prison officers beat and tortured them. Mr. Hashemi says: > It's even difficult to talk about. The young men struggled hard and resisted when they came to take them. Majid got into a big altercation with them (agents) and several times chanted death to Khamenei, death to the dictator, I will sacrifice my life for Iran, and the officials who were there told him not to do it, to repent. Majid Kazemi's cousin emphasized that when the bodies of these three young men were handed over, there were injuries on their faces and the officers hurriedly buried them without letting the family see their bodies, saying: > They arrested Majid's brother and took him away. At the time of the burial, they let him be a witness. He was wondering why there was a plastic sheet around Majid. We inquired and apparently, after the coronavirus era, it was customary to wrap the bodies in plastic for a while, but at the same time, other bodies there were not wrapped in plastic. He noticed that because of the tortures and bleeding that Majid had suffered, plastic was wrapped around him. Saleh also had scars on his face, and Saeed had scars on his head and face. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>