Asghar Faraji

Asghar Faraji is an ethnic rights activist living in Tehran. In 2018, he was arrested and sentenced to prison while distributing the book "What Should Be Done?" among citizens.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='40184'> According to an Atlas source, Asghar Faraji was arrested this year by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence while distributing the book "What should be done" among Tehrani citizens and was taken to Evin prison. This source says that Mr. Faraji was released after posting bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40190'> Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Iman Afshari, sentenced Asghar Faraji to a total of 17 years and four months of imprisonment and two years of exile. According to an Atlas source, the court sentenced Mr. Faraji to seven years of imprisonment on the charge of assembly and collusion to act against national security under Article 610 of the Criminal Code. For the charge of membership in illegal groups subject to Article 499 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to six years of imprisonment; For propaganda against the system subject to Article 500 of the Islamic Civil Code, he was sentenced to one year and four months in prison; and on the charge of publishing falsehoods through computer, subject of Article 746 of the Criminal Code, he was sentenced to three years in prison. This source says that the court sentenced Asghar Faraji in this case to two years of mandatory residence in "Dehsalm" area of Nahbadan in South Khorasan province, two years of ban on using smart communication devices including smartphones, and two years of ban on membership in Political or social parties and groups. According to Article 134 of the Criminal Code, seven years of imprisonment in addition to supplementary punishment will be applicable. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40191'> Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province, headed by Judge Ahmad Zargar, sentenced Asghar Faraji to a total of 10 years in prison. According to an Atlas source, in addition to rejecting Mr. Faraji's appeal request, the appeals court decided that two of the four charges that led to the conviction in the lower court, including propaganda against the system and disseminating lies online, were examples of assembly and collusion to act against national security; So by amending the decision of the trial court, Mr. Faraji was sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of assembly and colluding to act against national security under Article 610 of the Criminal Code; He was also sentenced to five years in prison for the charge of being a member of illegal groups under Article 499 of the Criminal Code. According to Article 134 of the Criminal Code, in this case, five years of imprisonment will be applicable. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40192'> According to an Atlas source, Asghar Faraji was arrested and taken to the quarantine ward of Evin Prison after going to the sentence enforcement unit of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42653'> According to an IPA source, he called his family and told them that he is in Ward 8 of Evin Prison and was not hurt during the prison fire. During the countrywide protests in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini, parts of Evin Prison were set on fire on October 15th, 2022. A number of prisoners lost their lives, and some were wounded by the bullets shot by the prison guards. A number of prisoners suffered poisoning from breathing in the smoke and tear gas. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52931'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuz4N9wNSB1/'> He was deprived of access to adequate and effective medical services. According to the information page of Abbas Lasani, Asghar Faraji has been deprived of transfer to medical centers and medical leave despite suffering severe back pain. Asghar Faraji's family's repeated appeals to Tehran's judicial institutions to issue medical leave for this prisoner have also remained unanswered. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55884'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/SinaYousefilaw/status/1760306464042648056'> Attorney Sina Yousefi released a document of Asghar Faraji's case, which was published by the "Edalat Ali" hacker group, and wrote that his client has been incarcerated in Evin prison for nearly four years, being denied leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56732'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-47482/'> According to HRANA, despite the fact that he is suffering from severe pain in his back, he is denied medical treatment and the judicial officials refuse to grant him leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>