Saeed Shirazi

.Saeed Shirazi was arrested among many others during the national uprising triggered by Mahsa Amini's murder. He was charged with corruption on earth by the 15th branch of the revolutionary court presided by Judge Salavati and was denied a fair trial

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='45589'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/4492959/%d8%a8%d8%b1%da%af%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%87-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%b1%d8%b3%db%8c%d8%af%da%af%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa/'> The trial session of several arrested protesters was held at the 15th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Salavati. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, in this session, Mohammad Ghobadlou was charged with spreading corruption on earth, Saman Saidy (Yasin) with two counts of Moharebeh and assembly and collusion with intent to commit crimes against national security, Mohammad Broughani with Moharebeh, Abolfazl Mehri and Hossein Hajilou with fighting the state through disrupting public order, Mohsen Rezazadeh Gharagholou with two counts of Moharebeh and assembly and collusion against national security, and Saeed Shirazi with spreading corruption on earth. Although the state media claimed the trials were public, only some selected scenes from the trial were released by state media. Saman Yasin, a rapper, at the beginning of the video in response to Judge Salavati's question about his criminal background said "I have none." But later Judge Salavati claimed that he does have a criminal background and mentioned assault and battery and possession of a weapon as his previous charges. Mock trials with the aim of intimidating the public have a long history in the Islamic Republic, and it seems like the judge intends to present the defendants as thugs with criminal backgrounds in order to discredit them to a portion of the population that is susceptible to propaganda. Another defendant Mohammad Boroughani who was charged with assault and battery of the police forces stated that the assault was not intentional. The video is clearly edited and has raised many questions. Another defendant, Mohammad Ghobadlou was accused of the murder of a security agent. However, right before the trial, Mr. Ghobadlou's attorney Amir Raisian was removed by the order of Judge Slaavati, based on article 48 of the CCP. On Twitter Amir Raisian said this decision was illegal and presented evidence on his Twitter account. He also pointed out that the video of the "murdered" special force member's funeral and wrote that the narrative of the officials, does not match the narrative of the court which states that he was killed in an accident. Mr. Raisian explained that the medical examiner's report shows that the cause of death was a blunt object and there are no other signs of bruises and wounds on his body, which is strange in a car accident. Nobel Prize winner and legal expert Shirin Ebadi discussed the concept of illegitimate self-defense. According to some of her recent interviews, in face of uncontrolled and d violent suppression. She used the example of security forces shooting at the people saying a prayer in Zahedan, where the Islamic Republic claimed some security forces were also killed by the people. Ms. Ebadi emphasized that there is no evidence of security forces getting killed by the people; however, in a situation where the state forces violate the law and threaten the lives of people, people's reaction to them, even with a weapon, is a legitimate defense. Whether the charges against the defendants are true or not, many legal experts have argued that the protesters have not committed any crimes even according to the Islamic Republic's laws. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45590'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202211173394'> Amnesty International announced that the Islamic Republic intends to execute at least 21 arrested protesters after mock trials in order to intimidate the protesters. The organization pointed out the claims of Islamic Republic officials about the trials being public and asked foreign embassies to send monitors to these trials. Diana Eltahawi, deputy regional director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Amnesty emphasized that the Islamic Republic officials must cease all executions immediately. According to Amnesty International's report, 11 individuals are being tried by the revolutionary court of Karaj including Farzaneh Ghare Hassanlou and Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou are being charged with spreading corruption on earth. Amnesty's report also mentions the names of some of the protesters at risk of execution. Parham Parvari, Sahand Nourmohammadzadeh, Abolfazl Mehri, Hossein Hajilou, Manouchehr Mehmannavaz, Saeed Shirazi, Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mahan Sedarat Madani, Saman Yassin, Mohammad Boroughani, and Mohsen Rezazadeh Gharagholou are among the names in the Amnesty report. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45591'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/378'> Radio Zamaneh reported that based on Judge Salavati's comments, Saeed Shirazi's death sentence was solely based on his Instagram posts. According to the report, in the trial, Judge Salavati told Shirazi that most of his posts on Instagram were about teaching how to make hand grenades. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>