The court first session of the hearing for the case of 15 people arrested during nationwide protests, including three children, was held by the first branch of Karaj Revolutionary Court.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners; on November 30th, 2022, Mohammad Mahdi Karmi – son of Mashaallah, Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini – son of Sayyed Hassan, Arin Farzam Niya – son of Ali, Amin Mehdi Shokrallahi – son of Farhad, Reza Arya – son of Yahya, Mehdi Mohammadi – son of Gholam Ali, Shayan Charani – son of Saeed, Mohammad Amin Akhlik – son of Abdullah, Hamid Qara Hassanlou – son of Mohammad Ali, Amir Mahdi Jafari – son of Parviz, Reza Shaker Zavardehi – son of Manouchehr, Farzaneh Qara Hassanlou – Gurban Ali’s child, Javad Zargaran – Mohammad Reza’s child, Behrad Ali Kanari – Abdul Reza’s child, Ali Moazzami Gudarzi – Dariush’s son, all the accused arrested during nationwide protests in the city of Karaj, the capital of Alborz province, held their first court session by Branch 1 of the Karaj Revolution Court headed by Musa Asif Al-Husseini and with the presence of court advisors.
According to the announcement of the Chief Justice of Alborz province, “corruption on earth by committing crimes against the security of the country” and “attacks on the Basij officers and Faraja forces and crimes against the physical integrity of people that cause serious disruption to public order” and “gathering and collusion with the intention of committing Crimes against the security of the country” are some of the accusations of the defendants in this case.
The representative of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of Karaj, the capital of Alborz province, also, after the reading of the sentence, asked for a request considering that another part of the accusations of these people are related to the killing of Ruhollah Ajamian, members of the Basij, following the complaint of the victim’s guardian. He filed the case for the punishment, i.e., execution, for the accused.
Also, in this hearing, 3 of the 15 defendants in this case, due to the fact that they are under 17 years of age, by applying Article 315 of the Criminal Procedure Law, the case of those children will be dealt with in Branch 1 of the 1st Criminal Court of Alborz Province, which is specialized in dealing with juvenile crimes.
On the other hand, on November 12th, 2022, the indictment of all 15 defendants in this case was written up by the investigation branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of this city after the completion of the interrogation procedures at the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Alborz province.
According to the Chief Justice of Alborz Province: “The defendants of this case played a role in the protests that took place in Kamalshahr Karaj on November 3rd, 2022 and led to the death of Ruhollah Ajamian, members of the Basij.”