Continued Pressure on Plaintiffs; Summoning of Abolfazl Adinehzadeh's Father and Denial of Medical Rights for Mashallah Karami in Prison

The pressure from the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic on the families of plaintiffs has increased with the summoning of Ali Adinehzadeh, the father of the slain teenage protester Abolfazl Adinehzadeh, to the prosecutor's office and the denial of medical treatment rights for Mashallah Karami, the father of executed protester Mohammad Mehdi Karami, in prison. On Tuesday, July 23, Ali Adinehzadeh published a photo of the summons he received on Instagram. According to the summons issued by the first investigative branch of the public and revolutionary prosecutor's office of Quchan County in Razavi Khorasan Province, Mr. Adinehzadeh must appear within five days to "defend against the attributed accusation" of "spreading falsehoods with the intent to disturb public opinion and propaganda against the regime"; otherwise, he will be "summoned". The father of the slain teenager Abolfazl Adinehzadeh deemed the accusations as "baseless and unfounded" and addressed the prosecutor's office, stating that instead of these accusations, "the killer of my son who is openly serving in Mashhad and in the special unit of Mashhad" and "easily kills my 16-year-old student son, face me once in your Islamic courts without justice." He also emphasized that he will definitely attend this "injustice court" on Wednesday. Additionally, Marzieh, Abolfazl Adinehzadeh's sister, wrote on Instagram that the reason for her father's summoning was the "reflection of the news of the release" of Reza Babernajad, another plaintiff. Marzieh Adinehzadeh emphasized: "Apparently, the sympathy of the families of plaintiffs with each other is considered a crime in their law." The lawyer of Mashallah Karami, the father of plaintiff Mohammad Mehdi Karami who is currently in prison, announced that this plaintiff needs "dental treatment" but has not received a "positive response from the prosecutor's office." Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani wrote on Tuesday, July 23, on the social media platform X that regarding the request for treatment for his client Mashallah Karami, he was told he must refer to the judicial jurisdiction of Nazarabad. Mashallah Karami, the father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, who was executed in connection with the nationwide protests of 2022, is currently serving a six-year sentence for the charges of "gathering and colluding and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic" and is currently in Karaj Central Prison. Mohammad Mehdi Karami was arrested during the nationwide protests of 2022 and was executed on January 6, 2023, for the alleged murder of a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian. His father, Mashallah Karami, was arrested on August 22, 2023, and the Islamic Republic agents seized his electronic devices and also blocked his family's bank cards. Khalid Pirzadeh, a political prisoner, has been deprived of contact with his family due to "making a signboard" for the plaintiffs. Mona Bakhtiari announced the assassination attempt on her mother, Nahid Shirpich, in prison and called for the immediate release of her relatives. Plaintiffs sharply criticized the "voters": We will not allow the hollow voice of the "traitorous minority" to be louder than the majority of the people of Iran. The 13-month and 15-day prison sentence of the father of plaintiff Pouya Bakhtiari was confirmed in the appellate court. Exclusive; Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner: The head of the prosecutor's protection assaulted me physically.