Helge Lind, Member of the German Parliament: I Have Taken Political Sponsorship of Majid Khademi

Helge Lind, a member of the German Federal Parliament, announced in an Instagram post that he has taken political sponsorship of Majid Khademi, a prisoner protester from Behbahan. In this post, he stated: "The people of Iran continue to be brutally suppressed by the Iranian regime, forcibly arrested, tortured in detention, and sentenced to death in unfair trials." In the post published on Saturday, January 6, he mentioned that Majid Khademi was imprisoned in Iran "on baseless charges in an unfair judicial process." According to this German lawmaker, the charges against Majid Khademi in the Behbahan Revolutionary Court include "propaganda against the regime, arson, destruction of public property, disruption of public order, involvement in the production of explosives, membership in anti-regime groups, and corruption on earth." This charge could even lead to the death penalty. This member of the German Federal Parliament stated that what has happened to Majid Khademi indicates a violation of his human rights that requires immediate attention. He cited a knowledgeable source stating that Majid spent about two months in Shiban Prison, where he was denied medical care for his skin disease. Helge Lind concluded by emphasizing that this prisoner "will not be forgotten" and added that he has written a letter to the Iranian ambassador in Germany. Voice of America reported on June 28, 2023, citing a knowledgeable source, that the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahshahr confirmed a sentence of more than 10 years of imprisonment for 33-year-old Majid Khademi, a protester arrested in December 2019. According to documents obtained by the Persian section of Voice of America, Majid Khademi, in addition to 10 years and three months of imprisonment, of which six years and three months are enforceable, has been sentenced to two years of travel ban and deprivation of membership in political and social groups. Majid Khademi was arrested in December 2019 by the Ministry of Intelligence. According to this knowledgeable source, he was a final-year undergraduate student at Azad University of Behbahan at the time of his arrest and was subsequently "banned from studying." This protester from Behbahan in Khuzestan province was temporarily released from this city’s prison on bail of 3.5 billion tomans after "18 months of detention." According to an informed source, a year later, while Majid Khademi was summoned to Branch 1 of the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court for his final defense, he was "re-arrested on new charges" under the title of "propaganda against the regime" and after spending "one month in solitary confinement," he was transferred to Shiban Prison in Ahvaz and a month later, "this time with a bail of 200 million tomans," he was temporarily released. The ruling issued online on Tuesday, July 6, states that under Article 442 of the Criminal Procedure Code, "one-eighth" of the maximum punishment and enforceable imprisonment has been reduced. Exclusive; confirmation of a definitive 10-year prison sentence for a protester from Behbahan. Activists and human rights organizations warned about the execution of the sentences for Reza Rasayi and Mojahid Korkor. Roya Hashmati, an opponent of compulsory hijab, received 74 lashes for "offending public chastity." Zeinab Khaniabpour, an opponent of compulsory hijab, was sentenced to more than two years in prison. Mohammad Maleki, a civil activist in Zanjan, was summoned to serve his prison sentence. The political sponsor of Toumaj Salehi: I am worried about Toumaj's life. An informed source told Voice of America: The Behbahan prison is "a hell for itself." Exclusive; the Revolutionary Court of Qazvin sentenced Souri Babaei Chaghini, a prisoner protester, to another 7 months in prison. Hengav: There is a possibility of executing the sentence for Davood Abdollahi at dawn on Tuesday, January 2. Exclusive; new prison and flogging sentences issued against Majid Khademi, a political prisoner in Behbahan. Majid Khademi was summoned again by the prosecutor's complaint; the fourteenth day of Ali Zargani's hunger strike.