Abduct and torture of Amir Nasrollahi, a citizen of Mahabad

Hengaw: December 4, 2022

The security forces have accused Amir Nasrollahi, one of the abductees from Mahabad, of helping the wounded demonstrators who took part in this city's popular uprising. Also, he was subjected to torture by those forces.

Amir Nasrollahi was kidnapped and subjected to severe torture, and according to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran's judiciary and security institutions also accused this citizen of "counter-revolutionary activities" in court.

According to Hengaw sources, one of the accusations made against this citizen by the legal system is that he provided medical care to Mahabad's wounded members of the popular resistance.

A week after his abduction, Amir Nasrollahi's legal situation is still uncertain, and most recently, eyewitnesses have reported on his serious physical condition while this citizen was being sent to court. These sources state that Amir Nasrollahi's injuries from severe torture are obvious and that there was a planned effort to build a case against him in court.

Amir Nasrollahi is the father of three kids, one of whom had a nervous breakdown after learning of his father's condition and is now in the hospital.

Hengaw states that throughout the examination of the protesters' cases in the cities of Kurdistan, none of the fundamental rights of the accused—including the right to an attorney, the ban against torture, access to medical care, etc.—are upheld. It is practically difficult to refer to a category termed "process" in the legal sense because the Revolution's courts and prosecutor's office are entirely controlled by the security organizations. Regarding the case of the demonstrators, the case investigator, the investigating judge, and the approved lawyers (listed in the note to Article 48) act in total coordination.