Hakup Gochumiyan

Hakup Gochumiyan is a Christian citizen from Armenia. He was arrested along with his wife, Elisa Shahroudian, during his trip to Iran, and in a joint case with a number of Christians, he was sentenced to long-term imprisonment, fines, and social exclusions.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58716'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/15880/'> According to Article 18, Hakup Gochumiyan and his wife Elisa Shahvardian, who had traveled to Iran with their two children, were arrested by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence. According to this report, when the couple were invited to the home of an Iranian couple in Pardis along with their 7 and 10-year-old children, they were arrested by 12 agents of the Ministry of Intelligence. In this report, it is stated that while searching the house, the officers seized a number of Christian books and personal belongings and then took Mr. Gochumiyan and his family to their residence. After inspecting Mrs. Shahvardian's grandmother's house, the couple was transferred to Evin prison. According to this report, for several weeks, the couple was kept in the solitary cells of Ward 209 of Evin Prison and subjected to psychological torture and consecutive interrogations, which lasted between two and five hours each time, and they were not able to speak Persian during the interrogations. It is also stated in this report that they did not know the reason for their arrest during this period. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58718'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/15976/'> According to Article 18, in a video message, emphasizing that he came to Iran only to visit his grandmother, he said that after his arrest, he spent two months in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, which he considers the worst days of his life. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58717'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/arrest-of-an-armenian-citizen-in-iran/32743466.html'> Radio Farda wrote that despite the passage of more than four months, he is still detained in Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58719'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/15976/'> According to Article 18, the hearing of his charge of propaganda against the system will be held in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60589'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/16591/'> According to Article 18, Hakoup Gouchoumian, an Armenian Christian citizen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Iman Afshari on the charge of deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to the holy Islamic law through membership and directing the Tabshari Christianity network in the country. According to this report, the judicial officials, while merging Mr. Hakopian's case with several other arrests and selecting one charge for all 10 Christian citizens accused in the case, issued their decision. The defendants in this case were sentenced to a total of 42 years in prison, 5 billion rials in fines, deprivation of social rights of the fifth degree, and significant confiscation of their property, and for five of these Christian citizens, additional punishments including a ban on leaving the country, ban on membership in political and social organizations or groups, and the ban on staying in Tehran province and neighboring provinces for two years have also been added. According to this report, among the examples of his accusations are having seven volumes of the Bible in Persian at home, and twice visiting Christian homes and Armenian churches. Mr. Gouchoumian's explanation that he brought the books as a gift at the request of his Armenian friends because it is easier for them to read the Bible in Persian than in Armenian was not accepted by the court and judicial officers. It is also stated in this report that the Revolutionary Court considered Mr. Gouchoumian's presence in an official Armenian-speaking church or as a guest in the house of Christian hosts to be a criminal act, even without participating in any church activities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60590'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/16591/'> According to Article 18, the judge of Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals of Tehran province has confirmed his sentence by rejecting the appeal without providing sufficient reasons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>