Mohammad Imani Yamchi

Mohammad Imani Yamchi, as the Sharia judge in the city of Khoy, has been responsible for holding minute-long trials, denial of the defendant’s right to defend and access to a lawyer, and to issuing death sentences for political opponents of the Islamic Republic in the 1980s.

The testimony of Rasoul Ebrahimian, a political prisoner in the 1980s, with Justice for Iran

Justice for Iran Interview with lawyer Musa Barzin Khalifa-Lu

Mohammad Imani Yamchi, as an appellate judge, has unequivocally upheld the unfair rulings against civil, social, ethnic rights activists, as well as lawyers, ignoring the principle of judicial independence. Among these rulings is the confirmation of the unjust verdict of Afsaneh Toghir, a member of the Central Council of the Azerbaijan Studies in Tabriz University for student and union activities and 29 Azerbaijani civil activists for protesting the government's negligence in drying up Lake Urmia. The names of these activists are:

1. Yousef Salhshour 

2. Yaghoub Ramezani  

3. Qader Norouzi 

4. Mohammad Mahmoudi  

5. Mohammad Amiri  

6. Yaser Salmani Rezaei 

7. Jalil Alamdar Milani 

8. Mehdi Mohajeri 

9. Ali Sirnak 

10. Mohammad Ali Moradi 

11. Ahmad Alizadeh 

12. Farzad Mahdavi Esfanjani 

13. Ali Imani Gharamaleki 

14. Akbar Pourhossein 

15. Taqi Salhshour  

16. Mehdi Hamidi Shafiq 18 -

17. Ali Haj Abolo (Hassan Ark) 

18. Vahid Sheikh Biglou 

19. Mahmoud Fazli 

20. Aziz Riazi 

21. Ahmad Riazi  

22. Mostafa Awadpour

23. Abdullah Sadoughi  

24. Mehdi Nouri  

25. Jamshid Zarei

26. Musa Barzin Khalifa Lu  

27. Morteza Awadpour

28. Mohammad Azizi

Imani confirms the rulings, especially in security cases, without studying the case. In an interview with Justice for Iran, Musa Barzin Khalifelou, a lawyer who has a history of representing civil and social activists in Azerbaijan, said: "Imani did not allow us to speak in security cases and said that we approve these type of cases in the stairs on our way to the court, that is, the case file will not be opened even once and [the initial sentence] will be upheld."

The prison sentence for Afsaneh Taghir was upheld, Radio Koocheh, February 2013

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%C2%AB%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%AF%C2%BB-%C2%AB-Radio-Koocheh.pdf

Justice for Iran Interview with lawyer Musa Barzin Khalifa-Lu

Report and analysis of the case of the detainees on the second of September, Iran Global, 2012

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B9%DB%B0-_-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84.pdf

Mohammad Imani was responsible for confirming the initial sentence of 11 years in prison, revoking his lawyer's license and banning him from leaving the country for ten years for Javid Hotan Kian, Sakineh Mohammadi's lawyer, for informing about her being sentenced to stoning. Yamchi is also responsible in the confirmation of the initial sentence of Musa Barzin Khalifa Lou, the defense lawyer, to two years of imprisonment on charges of consensus and collusion against national security without providing evidence.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's lawyer has been forgotten in prison, Justice for Iran, 6 May, 2013

https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/javid-houtan-kian-2/

Report and analysis of the case of the detainees on 2 September, 2012, Iran Global, 2012

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B9%DB%B0-_-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84.pdf

Torture of Houtan Kian and the repression of Azerbaijani activists, Activists in Exile, April 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbSjbk2Brg&ab_channel=%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF

Hotan Javid Kian is still deprived of legal practice and under treatment, HRANA News Agency, 16 October, 2015

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yamchi.pdf

Mohammad Imani Yamchi, as one of the judges of the Criminal Court of the East Azerbaijan Province, was involved in sentencing Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to death by stoning. On 10 September, 2006, this court charged Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani with adultery, without any evidence to prove Sakineh's guilt under Article 83 of the Islamic Penal Code, and despite her denial at the last hearing,  asserting that all of her previous confessions were made under duress pressure and torture. The court sentenced Ashtiani to death, only on the basis of the judge's knowledge.

IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/A-HRC-4-20-Add-1.pdf

Mohammad Mostafaei, Sakineh Mohammadi on the verge of stoning, Radio Zamaneh, 19 December , 2010

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/A-HRC-4-20-Add-1.pdf

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's son announced the fake execution of his mother, Radio Zamaneh, 1 September, 2010

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/F10_Sakineh_Mohammadi_Ashtiani_Subjected_To_Mock_Execution/2145133.html