Sixth Session of Saeed Mortazavi's Court Held

The father of Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini, one of the victims of the Kahrizak detention center, accused Saeed Mortazavi, the former prosecutor of Tehran, of 'distortion and misrepresentation' and suggested that 'it would be better for him to become a consultant for police-fiction and crime films.' According to the state news agency IRNA, Abdolhossein Rouh-al-Amini emphasized on Saturday, August 10, that 'some people are hopeless about the handling of Mortazavi's case and say the knife does not cut its own handle, and I hope the judiciary will invalidate this proverb.' However, Saeed Mortazavi stated on Saturday, after the sixth session of his trial, that the complaint by Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini's father had been addressed 'eight times' and a 'prohibition order' had been issued, asserting that 'this case fundamentally has the validity of a closed matter.' According to IRNA, Saturday's session is likely to be the last court session regarding Saeed Mortazavi's case. Mortazavi claimed, referencing interviews with former police chief Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, that the victims of the Kahrizak detention center, particularly Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini, 'were not beaten at all in this detention center' but were assaulted before July 2009 during protests against the presidential election results of that year. Mortazavi mentioned that Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini's father had requested the presence of Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam in court. This statement comes despite Ahmadi Moghaddam having stated on November 18, 2013, that the detained protesters on July 9, 2009, were sent to Kahrizak 'at the insistence of Saeed Mortazavi,' while he had expressed his opposition to Mortazavi in a meeting. Meanwhile, in 2009, official reports, including one from the Islamic Consultative Assembly, reported widespread beatings of prisoners in Kahrizak. Additionally, forensic reports indicated that the cause of death for 'Mohammad Kamrani,' 'Amir Javadi-Far,' and 'Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini' was due to 'blunt force trauma' 72 hours prior to death and poor detention conditions. The Kahrizak trial had previously sentenced Saeed Mortazavi, Ali Akbar Heydari-Far, and Hassan Zarei-Dahani (known as Judge Hadad) to permanent dismissal from judicial services and five years of dismissal from public services. However, according to ISNA, Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini's father stated on Saturday that the rulings issued regarding Mortazavi were related to 'illegal detention' and 'false reporting' and that the murder case of his son was being addressed for the first time. Mohsen Rouh-al-Amini, Mohammad Kamrani, and Amir Javadi-Far were three young men who lost their lives in Kahrizak due to 'torture and psychological pressure' after being detained for participating in protests following the 2009 presidential election.