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I am Navid Afkari


I was killed (executed) on 22 September 1399. He was twenty-seven years old, born on July 31, 1372, and the son of Bahiya and Hossein. I had a sister named Elham and three brothers named Habib, Vahid, and Saeed. I was born and lived in Shiraz and I was a professional wrestler and held many national positions. I was also a plasterer. With the beginning of the nationwide protests in August 2017 against the increase in the price of gold and the decrease in the value of the Rial, I joined the protesting compatriots in the street. The security forces arrested me and Vahid for the crime of participating in protests and took us to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. Three months later, on December 22, they arrested Habib, who had just been married for three months. They are in custody on trumped-up charges such as: forming anti-government factions with the intention of disrupting the country's security, aggravated robbery, possession of stolen property and insulting the leadership, but the most important charge is the murder of a Basij member named "Hasan Turkman" from the security forces present in There were protests that later it was said that he was a security employee of the Shiraz Regional Water Organization. He was murdered on August 11th, and the next day his family and his colleague went to the police and that person testified that he saw a suspicious motorcycle with two passengers in the vicinity at the time of the murder, whose license plate number matches the license plate number of the motorcycle. I was different and this was one of my defenses in the court which was never accepted and the motorcycle disappeared forever and its driver for a long time and this issue was completely removed from my file. "Mohammed Hadi Ghaznavian" a colleague of "Hasan Turkman" was a security agent and the last person with Hassan Turkman before the murder. In his initial statements, in addition to the motor current, he pointed to the camera that was near the scene of the murder and clearly said that the camera definitely recorded the video of the murder scene, but the video of that camera was never played and I was never allowed to defend myself in this case. . Documents that could directly refute all my accusations were constantly removed from the file. The camera footage of that shop was the document of my innocence, which was never released despite repeated requests. After that, they released a video from a camera that was far from the scene of the murder, which was not clear at all, and it was only clear that the assailant was wearing red shoes, then they said, "So this is a promise, go and get his red shoes, go and search the house, but did not find red shoes." Then my sister's husband was imprisoned for three years for the crime of wearing these shoes!! Fake documents and contradictory statements continued, but they still could not convict me and put me to torture in the dreaded basement of Adel Abad prison. They tortured Habib and Vahid, who had been arrested, and said that if you don't confess, we will kill Navid. They tortured me and said that if you don't confess, we will kill them. Vahid had two witnesses who claimed that it was their house at the time of the murder, but any witness who wanted to prove that Vahid and I were somewhere else at the time of the murder was immediately suppressed and erased and the documents were deleted. Vahid and I denied committing the murder in the court, and the lawyer we had, in our defense, said that the video claimed by the Judiciary Agency, which showed us in the act of murder, does not exist. The only video that was available was from a closed-circuit camera that was from an hour before the murder, which showed that one of us was present in that place, which of course we did not deny and we said from the beginning that we went to that place to repair the mobile phone. we had gone I asked the judge to show me the video of the murder scene, but the judge said: This is a formality!! No video recorded! And after my insistence, he said: I am the one who must be sure to put the noose around your neck safely... Another person had also testified to the guilt of me and Vahid, who after his release gave a notarized testimony and admitted that his testimony was against We only knew it and not in court, and it was taken from him under torture and he lied, but the judge did not pay attention. Under torture, Vahid went on a hunger strike for twenty days and committed suicide once. No appointed lawyer would accept our case out of fear and anyway we didn't have the money and the lawyer I had had to resign under a lot of pressure. I published a letter and wrote that all my confessions were under mental and physical torture, including that plastic was drawn on my face and I had reached the point of suffocation and death, and in this situation I was forced to confess to fake things. They tortured me to say that I was not tortured. In addition to my serious physical condition, the forensic doctor confirmed that my hand was broken and I was tortured, and I even got the confirmation, but the judge refused to pay attention to the forensic medical report in the court session and declared that this issue has nothing to do with the court and that you should leave. Complain again, and then they threatened me that if I don't sign the paper refusing to go to the forensic doctor, after I return, a thousand times worse will happen to me and my family will be arrested one after the other. In this situation, I wrote in the detention center that I was not tortured and I am not a forensic doctor. On 10 September 2019, I filled out an audio file and denied my accusations and said that I was forced to confess under torture and this was also to save Jon Vahid, but the judge did not accept it. An eyewitness named "Sahin Naseri" who saw me while being tortured in Shiraz intelligence office stated that: One day in the intelligence department, I heard shouting and begging in the corridor, the captain of my companion asked me to stand in the corridor until he returned. . He went and opened the door of a room. Out of curiosity, I went to see what was going on. I saw two people in private clothes in a room, using obscenities, batons, and beating Naveed with a pipe. They told him that everything we say is true, you write what we say. Or not? Navid was also begging you not to do anything, I didn't do anything, and he put his hand on his head. One of the agents, whose name I found out later was Abbasi, hit him on the hand like this, and Navid let out a loud noise and passed out. Shahin testified in this regard in three prosecutions. When he went to testify in the Security Crimes Prosecutor's Office, the branch investigator said: What did you see? He also explained, the investigator said in a bad tone: You are interfering in the security case, I will arrest your father, I will force these officers to sue you for slander and slander, I will melt you.... Finally, with severe torture, I was forced to confess and sentenced. Two executions, six years and six months of imprisonment and 74 lashes... It was at 11:23 on Friday night, 21st of Shahrivar, when I talked to Saeed and said that the situation is normal and that they will transfer us to Tehran tomorrow. Both Habib and Vahid were taken to the Irshad prison or the punishment prison. I was not aware of the death sentence, the next morning they took me and hanged me without meeting my family first. Some political activists tried to prevent the execution of my death sentence by obtaining the consent of my parents, but a minute before the plane left for Shiraz, they informed me that I was executed... On my face before the burial, the marks of injury could be seen and the signs of a broken nose could be recognized. My family was only allowed to see my face. On Saturday, 22 Shahrivar 1399, the body of Bijun Man was buried at around 10 o'clock in the evening in Sangar village of Homaijan, Sepidan city, Fars province, under security measures and at night. On Thursday 27 September 2019, the seventh ceremony was held in Sangar village, the security officers closed the roads leading to Sangar village and the atmosphere of the village was completely secure. On November 1, 2019, the 40th ceremony was held at my grave with the presence of family and relatives. The security agencies closed the road leading to the burial place and established a police checkpoint to inspect the cars. My family members were threatened with phone summons and hourly arrests for participating in the ceremony and the way it was held. They threatened them that there is no cost to the system if other people are killed, why did you call the time and day of the ceremony? Aren't you worried about the other two brothers and other family members? During the entire ceremony, officers were present and threatened to tear down the banner and cut off the internet in Sangar village, checking mobile phones and inspecting the cars that wanted to return from the ceremony. On Thursday, December 27, 1399, the security forces arrested my father and brother who were cleaning and preparing my grave and destroyed the concrete stone on the grave. Right on the anniversary of the execution of my death sentence, Shahin, who witnessed my torture, was transferred to an unknown place from his prison hall in the Greater Tehran prison, and then the news of his suspicious death in solitary confinement was spread. Actually, today is my birthday, if I were alive, I would have blown out the candles on my 30th birthday...

Honorable people of Iran, your silence means supporting oppression and tyranny... "

Keep going and remember me on the day of freedom...


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