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Saqi Laqa’i

If prison punishment is not for the purpose of alerting, rehabilitation, correction, and then returning to the embrace of society, then what is it for? The accusation attributed to the person who is arrested must be examined during a fair trial and, if proven, the punishment determined by the law, and that too a law in accordance with human rights standards, should be applied to them so that it can be said that the punishment has had an impact on deterring the criminal.

Unfortunately, published documents from numerous studies over the years show that in the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the concept of justice is sacrificed for illegal behaviors. This is not limited to political and ideological prisoners. Countless ordinary prisoners are also caught up in legal cases and their lives – if they survive – are negatively impacted by these experiences.

Sometimes in the research process on judicial cases, we come across cases that, although are very common, are so unjust, terrifying, and far from human standards that they seem more like a show or theater. Horrifying realities that may happen to anyone in Iran.

In the following text, I will discuss three examples of these files that were prepared by the Abdolrahman Boroumand Foundation in previous years:

The glass was broken, they killed it.

Mohammad Rajabi Sani is a veteran with nerve and mental issues who works as a traveling salesman to make a living. He has little control over his nerves and suffers from “sudden madness” disease, often being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward and has been taking 25 pills daily for the past 11 years. He is currently shopping at a local supermarket when two brothers attack him. He loses control, grabs a stick from them, and storms out of the store, breaking their car window.

The brothers complain about him and tomorrow the 128 Air Force police officers will arrest him and take him to the detention center. He has access to his medication there. A week later, the investigator of Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court considers a bail of ten million tomans in cash for him. The Rajabi family is poor and cannot pay the bail, so the investigator sends him to prison. One day in Evin and then Qazal Hasar Karaj. His wife tells the investigator that he is suffering from sudden madness and if he doesn’t take his pills, he will have problems. She shows his medical file to the judge, but the judge does not accept it and says it must be confirmed by a legal doctor.

Mohammad Rajabi Sani does not have access to his pills in prison and his condition is getting worse. Six days later, during his first visit, his hands are shaking and he is unable to speak properly. His second and third visits show a decline in his condition. His wife says about the third visit: “His whole body was trembling and he couldn’t speak properly. I asked him if he was taking his pills and he said no, they don’t give me any here and I want to see the prison doctor.”

No matter how much his wife pleads with the prison authorities, it is useless. They say using medication is subject to the judge’s permission! He goes to the judge. He takes his medical records and a letter from the Veterans Foundation and begs, saying he needs to be taken to the hospital. If he doesn’t have his medication, his condition will worsen. But in response to his repeated pleas, the judge says, “He must stay in prison until he learns his lesson. If you speak another word, I will send you to your wife as well.”

Mohammad Rajabi Sani is not feeling well because he has stopped taking his medication. He is behaving strangely, walking barefoot to the bathroom and constantly talking about war and the front lines for prisoners. He laughs one moment and gets angry the next, causing trouble for everyone. The prisoners think he wants to harm them; some even hit and beat him. And still, he has no access to his medication. Instead of addressing his health condition, the authorities send him to a psychiatric ward. There, Mr. Rajabi Sani falls into a coma and they take so long to bring him to the hospital that he dies after a few days.

After he was transferred to the hospital, his family rushed to see him and after two days, they finally told them that he was in the hospital. His son didn’t recognize him: “They had kept him in a room like a storage room. His whole body was wounded and his hands were burned up to the elbows with large bandages on them. His face was severely bruised and his lips were swollen, to the point where I couldn’t recognize his face. While he was in a coma, his feet were chained to the hospital bed and despite the insistence of the accompanying soldiers, he was not attended to for the first four days he was hospitalized… After about five days, he regained consciousness and opened his eyes. But that same night, he fell back into a coma. The next morning, his condition improved and this time he could speak. But he still didn’t seem normal mentally. When we asked him what happened to his hands, he burst into tears. Every time we asked

Five years of interrogation and execution without accepting the accusation.

Fardin Hosseini is married and has children. He is walking down the street when he is suddenly arrested by security forces with violence. With his eyes closed, he is transferred to a solitary confinement cell, known as the Sepah Cell, in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. Two days later, the interrogation begins and you think, how long will it take? Five years!

He spent about three years in individual cells in various prisons and detention centers. From the time of his arrest, he was under constant interrogation for five months. As a result of torture, he suffered injuries to his head. He would lose consciousness daily or experience severe bleeding from his nose and ears. It took a month for him to be taken to a doctor. He wrote, “The interrogator and the doctor’s assistant claimed that I had developed this severe problem outside, and I protested against this false claim and was transferred back to the security ward, where I was humiliated again for telling the truth to the doctor.” After five months, he was transferred from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj to the Kermanshah Intelligence Office. In his writings, Farzin Hosseini describes the Kermanshah Intelligence Office as “very small and dirty individual cells with no facilities inside” and “the doors were only opened three times a day for going to the bathroom… He

Then he was transferred to the central prison of Diesel Abad Kermanshah and during the transfer, he found out that some of his acquaintances and relatives were also taken and brought with him. Fardeen Hosseini spent about 6 months in the public prison of Diesel Abad Kermanshah and then was imprisoned for another 3 months in the Rajai Shahr and Nedamatgah central prisons in Karaj, and was again transferred to the central prison of Diesel Abad Kermanshah. Then they took him to Kermanshah Intelligence and interrogated and tortured him for three months in solitary confinement there. After that, he was taken to Sarpol-e Zahab and imprisoned and tortured in a prison with an unknown address. After two months, he was taken to a place where he didn’t know where it was or which city it was in. Later, he was told that it was prison 101 in Qom. Then

In court, the victim’s family told him: “The Ministry of Intelligence has requested us to file a complaint against you and take action.” The victim’s wife also declared as a witness that she did not see or know Mr. Hosseini. Another witness was the husband of Farideh Hosseini’s sister. Mr. Hosseini had written about his sister’s husband: “He was in prison and had confessed against Mr. Hosseini during interrogations; but in the court session, in the presence of five judges, lawyers, the victim’s family, and the prosecutor’s representative, he said that he had been deceived by the Ministry of Intelligence with a large sum of money and the promise of residence in a European country, and if he were to repeat the statements he had made at the Ministry of Intelligence, it would be given to him.” Mr. Hosseini did not confess to anything until the end, but he was executed.

They took him/her.“

Tourism/Travel.“

They brought his body.

Ehsanullah Ehsani, a 20-year-old Afghan, was a football lover. Five months ago, their house was raided and taken away. Two days later, he told his family during a visit: “They accuse me of theft, but I did nothing. I just gave a ride to someone and took them somewhere. He was a thief and stole the motorcycle from there. They think I was an accomplice. They torture me without food or water and tell me to confess to the 10 crimes we accuse you of so we won’t torture you and help you. In court, they say you are young and cooperated with us, so your punishment will be less.” When his family saw him being taken away by four detectives in a silver Peugeot 405, his mother asked, “Where are you taking him?” The officers replied, “We’re taking him for a walk.”

In the next meeting in prison, he had told his brother: “They were beating me to death, so I had no choice but to accept whatever they said.” They had said that no one can reach you here. We will beat you, it doesn’t matter to us. They had beaten him so much that he ended up stealing four motorcycles.

The family had hired a lawyer for him. He had informed his lawyer that there were a few others who had deceived him and we are looking for them. They had put up a bail of 120 million tomans for his release, but where was his Afghan immigrant document! They searched for a month and took an Iranian acquaintance’s document as collateral and were temporarily released. His lawyer had told him that because you confessed during the interrogation, you have to wait until the thieves are caught.

Five months later, on a Friday, Ehsan Allah was sitting on the street with his friend when someone called. Ehsan Allah stood up and told his friend that he had to go see another friend at Zarach Park. That same Friday, someone called Mr. Ehsani’s house and told his mother that Ehsan Allah had died. From that same phone call, they called his house again and this time he was on the line and said that he had been arrested and was at the Zarach police station. The officer who had called them before had played a “joke” on them.

Two days later, on Monday, he called his father and said, “Dad, come here, they’re beating me and telling me to take the blame for these things. They beat me a lot. I didn’t do anything. Just come and tell them not to beat me.” His father had finally found his son after searching for him in court. Ehsanollah had told his father, “I was waiting for my friend in Zarach Park to go to the football hall together on a motorcycle, when three or four officers asked for my ID. I showed them my work permit, but I didn’t have my residence card with me. They didn’t accept it and arrested me, and when they saw my file at the police station, they handed me over to the intelligence agency.” His father saw that he had handcuffs and shackles on and was limping. His elbows and ankles were bruised and it was clear that he had been beaten with something like a wire.

Three days later, on Thursday, an officer had come to the house and asked if Ehsan had any specific illness. He had also mentioned that he was hospitalized and they should go see him soon.

Afternoon on Wednesday, Ehsan Allah’s condition had become critical and he was taken to the hospital in a coma by the authorities and was admitted to the ICU ward. The hospital medical staff had told his family, “He was brought in with a bloody head and body. His heart was torn, he had internal bleeding, his head was also bleeding and he had a fracture. Just pray, there is a small chance he will survive.” His heart and brain had stopped working. He was experiencing severe bleeding from his mouth and nose, to the point that even when they removed the cotton from his mouth or nose, the bleeding continued. His treating physician had said they had injected several bags of blood into him, but it was futile. Ehsan Allah Ehsani passed away at the hospital. (3).

Notes:

1. For more information, refer to a biography: Mohammad Rajabi Sani.

   Bonyad-e Boroumand.

   Boroumand Foundation.

2. For more information, refer to a biography: Fardin Hosseini.

   Bonyad-e Broomand.

   Broomand Foundation.

3. For more information, refer to a biography: Ehsanollah Ehsani.

   Bonyad-e Boroemand.

   Bonyad Boroemand.