Following the news that the school janitor of “Rahe Shohada” had sexually harassed a 12-year old Kurdish female student in October 2017 and failure of authorities to prosecute the accused janitor, some Kurdish citizens living in the neighbourhood gathered in front of the school in protest to this incident. The law enforcement and plain clothes forces confronted the protesters and fired at them which resulted in several protesters being injured while nearly 200 Kurdish protesters were arrested.
The detainees were interrogated for 3 days to one month at the detention centres of Islamic Republic of Iran Guard Corps (IRGC) and Intelligence Ministry in the city of Orumiyeh and later transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison. All the detainees, except for 2 people named Safdar Abdollahi and Ahmad Jahangiri, were released on bail.
Rahe Shohada school
In an interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), One of the people who was arrested for a month in October last year and later released on bail stated that “on Oct 23, 2017, the plainclothes forces attacked the protesters in front of the Orumiyeh “Rahe Shohada” school with batons and stones. As a result, the peaceful gathering led to violence and a number of protesters set fire to the school”.
According to this source, the plainclothes and special unit forces arrested dozens of protesters and ordinary citizens living in the school neighbourhoods and transferred them to Security Detention Centres.
Following these arrests, 64 detainees were tried on charges of involvement in the destruction and expropriation of state property, participation in the expropriation of private property, disturbing public order by spreading derogatory statements, insulting government officials while performing their duties, the loss of state documents during the fire, disobeying the officers when carrying out their duties, harassment and bullying women and threatening them with weapons. Their trial was held at Branch 112 of the Criminal Court(2) of Shahid Beheshti Complex on August 29.
The source further stated that “29 of the detainees were acquitted from the charges and 35 others faced a heavy sentence. Out of these 35 people, only 30 of them were present at the trial and their sentences were issued in absentia. Despite all the events which happened in this connection, the janitor who was accused of sexual harassment in Rahe Shohada school was acquitted from the charge due to lack of sufficient evidence.
The names of these detainees, the charges brought against them and the verdict issued against them, which were released to the KHRN, are as follows:
Charges
A: Contribution to the destruction and expropriation of state property
B: Participation in the expropriation of property
C: Disrupting public order by spreading derogatory statements
D: Insulting government officials while performing their duties
E: Loss of state documents burned during the fire set by protesters
F: Rebellion against the officers while performing their duties
G: Harassment of women
H: Threat with gun
Names of detainees, allegations and sentences against them
Pejman Mohammadzadeh, son of Fakhreddin, charged with (D), payment of 10 million Rials fine
Milad Khezri, son of Mohammad Sadiq, charged with (G), collectively sentenced to 4 months of imprisonment and 30 lashes
Hossein Mahtabi, son of Sadiq, charged with (A, C, D, F, G), sentenced to a total of 28 years and six months of imprisonment and 148 lashes
Ehsan Abdi Zadeh, son of Muzaffar, charged with (A, B, C, D, E, G), sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison and 74 lashes
Reza Mosa Heshtiani, son of Majid, charged with (A, C, D, E, H), sentenced to a total of 27 years and 8 months in prison and 74 lashes
Afshar Shahrezad, son of Abdul Karim, charged with(A, C, D, E, H), sentenced to a total of 13 years and 6 months in prison and 74 lashes
Behzad Javid, son of Shamsuddin, charged with (A, C, D, E, H), sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison and 74 lashes
Esfandiar Hatami, son of Khalid, charged with (A, C, D, H), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Aram Ebadi, son of Jamil, charged with (A, C, D, H), collectively sentenced to 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Parviz Omari, son of Osman, charged with (A, B, C, D, F, G), collectively sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Hafez-e Nargi’s message, son of Bengin, charged with (A, C, D, F), 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Milad Mostafazadeh, son of Cheraghali, charged with(A, D, F, G), sentenced to 15 years in prison
The Rasool Abdaehavan, son of Isa, charged with (A, C, D, F, G), sentenced to 14 years and 3 months in prison
Vahid Khodri Dargh, son of Sabri, charged with(A, B, C, D, F), sentenced to 24 years and 8 months of imprisonment in total and 74 lashes
Amir Taleb Marni, son of Bapir, charged with (A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment in total and 74 lashes
Safar Abdollahi, son of Rashid, charged with(A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison, and 74 lashes
Ahmed Jahangiri, son of Qasem, charged with (A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison and 74 lashes
Borhan Omarzadeh, son of Abdul Majid, charged with(A, B, C, D, E, F), sentenced to 30 years and 8 months of imprisonment
Muslim Falah, son of Mohammad Dayir, charged with (A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Mehdi Shiri Heydarranlo, son of Ahmad, charged with(A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison and 74 lashes
Islam Fallah, son of Mohammed, charged with (A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison and 74 lashes
Ali Madah son of a German, charged with (A, C, D, F), sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison and 74 lashes
Borhan Madah, son of German, charged with (A, C, D, F), collectively sentenced to 15 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Tohid Qalandari, son of Osman, charged with (A, C, D), totally sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment
Ahmed Amini, son of Rahim, charged with (A, C, D), totally sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Yashar Beyzadeh, son of Anwar, charged with (A,C), sentenced to 11 years in prison and 74 lashes
Ayhan Asghari, son of Sadiq, charged with (A, C, D), sentenced to 10 years in prison at the correction Centre in addition to 30 million rials of fine
Jalal Nomanpur, son of Fakhr al-Din, charged with(A, C, F), sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Correction Centre and payment of 30 million rials of fine
Arman Nadimi, son of Mohammad Hussein, charged with (A, C), sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Correction Centre and payment of 30 million rials of fine
Jaber Abdullahzadeh, son of Frim, charged with(A, B, C, D, E, F), sentenced to six years and six months of imprisonment at the Correction Centre and payment of 30 million rials of fine
Kamal Ebrahimi, son of Iraj, charged with(A, B, D, F, A, G), collectively sentenced to 3 years and six months of imprisonment at the Correction Centre and payment of 45 million rials of fine
Massoud AbdarHaven, son of Isa, charged with(A, B, D, F, G), collectively sentenced to 19 years and a six months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Mansur AbdarHaven, son of Isa, charged with (A, B, D, F, G), sentenced to 19 years and a six months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
Turan Iran Seresht, son of Yousef, charged with (C, D, F, H), totally sentenced to 6 years and 8 months of imprisonment and 148 lashes
Borhan Fanki Shoor Goli, son of Ahmad, charged with(A, B, C, F), sentenced to 13 and six months of imprisonment and 74 lashes
