Seyed Mahmoud Sadati

As a Judge at the 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, Sadati issued prison sentences, ranging  from 1 to 8 years, for 75 participants of a peaceful memorial for Cyrus the Great, King of ancient Persia, on 28 October 2016 in Pasargad Shiraz. 

Revolutionary Court Sentences More Than 70 Iranians to Prison for Celebrating “Cyrus Day”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 28 December 2016

https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/12/arrested-after-celebrating-persian-king-cyrus/

As a Judge at the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on 23 April 2013, Sadati sentenced Adnan Rahmat Panah, Baha’i citizen to one year in prison, after holding him in interim custody for 5 months without due process.

“The sentence of Adnan Rahmat Panah was confirmed in court of appeal”, HRANA New Agency, 23 September 2014 https://www.en-hrana.org/sentence-adnan-rahmat-panah-confirmed-court-appeal 

As a Judge at the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on 10 Oct 2014, Sadati sentenced Fahoud Yazdani, Bahai citizen, to one year in prison for organising a water fight in Eram Park of Shiraz . 

Kian Sabeti, “Imprisonment and Desecration of Cemeteries Were the Share of Baha’is in the Year 2014 in Iran”, Iran Press Watch, 23 March 2015 http://iranpresswatch.org/post/11812/imprisonment-and-desecration-of-cemeteries-were-the-share-of-bahais-in-the-year-2014-1-in-iran/

As a Judge at the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on 16 June 2016, Sadati sentenced Yekta Fohandezh Sa’di, Baha’i citizen, to five years in prison on charges of “conspiracy and propagation against the system”.

“Yekta Fahandezh Transferred to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz for Five-Year Sentence”, Iran Press Watch, April 2017

http://iranpresswatch.org/post/17236/yekta-fahandezh-saadi-transferred-adel-abad-prison-shiraz/

“Ruhiyyeh Nariman and Farzad Delaram begin prison sentences”, Sen’s Daily, 28 July 2018 https://sensday.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/ruhiyyeh-nahriman-and-farzad-delaram-begin-prison-sentences/

As a Judge at the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, on 24 April 2018, Sadati sentenced Nematollah Bagaleh and her daughter Nazanin Bangaleh, Iranian Baha'is,  to five years in prison, for their religious beliefs.

“Father and daughter in Shiraz sentenced to 5 years”, Sen’s Daily, 25 April 2018, https://sensday.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/father-and-daughter-in-shiraz-sentenced-to-5-years/

In the unfair trial of Navid Afkari, Sadati has a direct responsibility to disregard the defendant's allegations of severe torture in order to obtain false confessions, as well as to issuing a conviction sentence without substantial evidence against the defendant other than false confessions obtained under torture. Navid Afkari was arrested during the August 2018 protests in Shiraz. He was then charged with “Moharebeh” (armed struggle against the Islamic System) and “insulting the supreme leader2 in Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz, headed by judge Sadati, and also with the murder of a security officer in the provincial criminal court presided by Mohsen Rajaeinia, Vahid Asadi and Mehrdad Tahmtan.

However, no evidence was provided for his conviction other than his own confession. Navid Afkari had repeatedly spoken in the court and through audio messages from prison about severe torture imposed on him to obtain confessions. One of the detainees in the Shiraz Criminal Police Detention Centre also testified about the torture of Navid Afkari.  Eventually, on the morning of September 12, 2020, Navid Afkari was secretly executed in Shiraz without going through the legal process, without informing his lawyer and family, and without the right to a last visit. His body was buried at night in his native village without permission for his family to see his body, except for his face. His family and witnesses testified about the effects of the beatings and fractures on his face during the funeral.

Mother of Afkari brothers: My sons were tortured to testify against each other and one of them committed suicide, BBC Farsi, Aug 30, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53964437

 August 2018 protests; 2 death sentences, 308 lashes and 88 years imprisonment for three brothers in Shiraz / Documents, HRANA News Agency, Aug 2020

https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26368/

 New details of Navid Afkari's case; 'I have witness that I have been tortured'; Judiciary: ‌ The allegation of torture is not true, BBC Farsi, September 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53977871

 New details of Navid Afkari's death: The possibility of Navid being killed as a result of torture has increased, Iran International, September 2020

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