Tag: Mujahedin-e-Khalq

Khoda-Karami Brothers Receive Combined 12-Year Prison Sentence

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Evin Prison, HRANA, Khoda-Karami, Mehdi Khoda-Karami, Mohammad Khoda-Karami, Mujahedin-e-Khalq

Mohammad and Mehdi Khoda-Karami have been sentenced by the Khorramabad Revolutionary Court.

According to a reliable source close to HRANA, the Revolutionary Court has handed down sentences of eight years for Mohammad and four years for Mehdi. The charges include “membership in an anti-regime group (The People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran, or the Mujahedin-e-Khalq)” and “assembly and collusion to act against national security.”

Originally arrested in Tehran last year, these Khorramabad residents were initially held in Evin Prison before being transferred to Khorramabad Prison.

Reports obtained by HRANA reveal that the Khoda-Karami brothers were subjected to physical assault during the interrogation. Additionally, throughout their detention, they were denied access to medical care despite suffering from multiple diseases.

Azar Karoondi Musazadeh Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment 

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Azar Karoondi Musazadeh, Mujahedin-e-Khalq, Roghayeh Soltani Mirzai

The Tehran Court of Appeals upheld Azar Karoondi Musazadeh’s sentence verdict. Previously, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran had sentenced her to five years in prison on the charge of “collusion and assembly against national security through collaboration with the MEK. (Mujahedin-e-Khalq)”.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, political activist Azar Karoondi Musazadeh was sentenced to five years in prison.

In early January, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Azar Karvandi Musazadeh and Roghayeh Soltani Mirzai to five years in prison and seizure of private property. 

An informed source told HRANA about their trial, saying that there was no evidence to support the charges as they had been summoned by security agents for holding several meetings. They were tried without an attorney and condemned based on their family’s political background. 

Vahid Bani-Amerian and Pooya Ghobadi Each Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment

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Two political prisoners, Vahid Bani-Amerian and Pooya Ghobadi, serving their sentences in Evin Prison and the Greater Tehran Prison respectively, were each sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in exile in their second legal case.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, headed by Judge Moghayeseh, sentenced Bani-Amerian and Ghobadi. In this new legal case, they were charged with the destruction of public property and advocating for the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (Mujahedin-e-Khalq). According to their lawyer, Babak Paknia, the charge of “enmity against God” was dismissed by the court. The first court session was held in October of this year, but their lawyer asked for a retrial due to defective legal documents and failure to comply procedure.

In May of 2018, Bani-Amerian and Ghobadi were arrested by security forces in Tehran and transferred to Evin Prison. After four months of interrogation, they were sent to the public ward of Evin Prison. In November of 2019, Ghobadi was relocated to The Greater Central Prison while Bani-Amerian remained in Evin Prison.

In their first legal case, each was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security”, offensive statements against the Supreme Court” and “propaganda against the regime”. For these charges, grounded in Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the most severe punishment of 5 years was enforced for each prisoner.