Mohammad Mehdi Karami's Father: Eight Months of Detention in Karaj Central Prison
Hengaw, Thursday, April 4, 2024
Mashallah Karami, father of Mohammad Mehdi (Komar) Karami, a protester executed during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) Movement, has spent the past 7 months and 15 days in detention. This grieving father faces four charges across two revolutionary and criminal courts, potentially leading to severe sentences.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mashallah Karami, a member of the grieving families and father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami (Komar), has endured 225 days in detention under severe psychological pressure.
Recently, Ali Sharifzadeh Ardekani, Karami's lawyer, stated: "I met my client in Karaj Prison, where he appeared to be in good physical condition but emotionally burdened by the separation from his child, family, and society."
The attorney added: "Our primary concern now is for his wife, who unfortunately does not sustain favorable mental and emotional conditions while also coping with the death of their son and her husband's imprisonment."
Mashallah Karami faces charges of "anti-government propaganda" and "collusion and consensus" in the Revolutionary Court. Additionally, in the criminal court of Alborz province, he is accused of "illicit enrichment" and "money laundering."
Branch 2 of the criminal court in Nazarabad city has scheduled Mashallah Karami's case hearing for the 29th of the current month, while the Revolutionary Court of Karaj has not yet set a trial date.
Previously, Hengaw reported intensified pressure on other members of Karami's family, with their bank accounts frozen and digital devices confiscated by the Ministry of Intelligence.
Furthermore, Sirvan Karami, Mashallah Karami's son, and his wife face severe pressure and threats regarding any news sharing related to his father's case and detention conditions.
Mashallah Karami was transferred from the Karaj Intelligence Department detention center to the Central Prison of this city on the 6th of the current month.
Days prior to that, intelligence forces raided his residence, seizing some of Mohammad Mehdi Karami's personal belongings.
Mashallah Karami was detained on August 22, 2023, by security forces, had his home searched, and his mobile phone and other personal items confiscated before being transferred to the Central Prison of Karaj (Reform and Rehabilitation Center).
Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a 21-year-old Kurdish youth from Bijar, along with Mohammad Hosseini, another defendant in the case known as the "murder" of Rouhollah Ajamian (a member of the Basij Organization), were sentenced to death and executed after severe torture on January 6, 2023. These two individuals were detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
