Ali Justice Group and a New Document from the Judiciary; Prosecutor's Request for Serious Action Against 'Prominent Figures' Amid Protests

The hacking group 'Ali Justice', which claims to have accessed millions of documents and rulings from the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, published a document on Monday, March 7, showing a directive from the Tehran Prosecutor's Office to take action against 'prominent figures' who participated in the protests of 2022 alongside the people. The document, signed by Mohammad Javad Azadi, head of the Tehran Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office, is addressed to Hosseini, the deputy of the first assistant prosecutor of Tehran, stating that according to a direct order from Salehi, the Tehran Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, and based on the resolution of the 'Tenth Meeting of the Special Figures Committee under the National Security Council', prominent athletes residing abroad must be arrested upon their return to Iran, their electronic devices searched, and they all banned from engaging in transactions. According to this document, which was approved by the National Security Council on October 30, 2022, it is claimed that Bakhtiar Rahmani, Mehrdad Pooladi, Payam Sadeghian, Farshid Esmaeili, Sosha Makani, and Mohammad Taghavi, notable Iranian footballers abroad, have engaged in 'disturbing public opinion' and must be arrested by the prosecutor's office upon their return to the country. The document also requests that 'the parents of Ali Karimi's spouse' be banned from leaving the country. Additionally, the names of 15 other athletes in various sports, including Kimia Alizadeh, Sajjad Estaki, Maryam Tusi, and Peyman Rajabi, are mentioned, emphasizing the need for immediate action against them. The 'Ali Justice' hacking group recently announced on social media that they have accessed 18 million files in the archives of the Islamic Republic's judiciary, with over three million files currently published on the 'Iran Justice' website, claiming that the remaining files will be uploaded gradually. This group had previously stated that they possess 'documents' related to the 'corruption case' of Ali Khamenei's family, the leader of the Islamic Republic. The 'Ali Justice' hacking group had also previously hacked the security cameras of Evin Prison, releasing images of torture and mistreatment of prisoners that received widespread media and social media attention. The issuance of secret prison sentences for VOA journalists; 'Ali Justice' published several other documents. Exclusive | U.S. State Department: We condemn the killing of Nika Shakerami and the horrific behavior of the Islamic Republic towards protesters. Sentencing of dozens of VOA journalists and other Persian-language media outlets abroad by the Revolutionary Court. Disclosure of a document regarding the 'rape' of Nika Shakerami before her death; users: The Islamic Republic is an enemy of humanity. Hacking of the judiciary's servers; users: Fried fillet for 'mercenaries', 'whip repair' for protesters. The infiltration of the Ali Justice hacking group into the judiciary's servers: We obtained details of three million files.