Report on Shabnam and Farzad Madadzadeh’s five-year sentences
HRANA - After one year of temporary arrests and six court meetings, Shabnam Madadzadeh and her brother Farzad Madadzadeh were sentenced to five years in prison in Rajaei Shahr Prison.
HRANA reports that in the verdict issued for Shabnam Madadzadeh and her brother, they were charged with “Moharebeh,” (waging war against God, which in Iran means acting against the Islamic regime. The charge can result in execution] according to article 186 of the Islamic penalty laws.
Shabnam Madadzadeh is a member of Tahkim Vahdat, the union for Islamic associations of university students across the country. It is the largest student-dependent organization critical of the [Iranian] government.
The verdict statement read for the Madadzadehs mentioned their family connections, but there was nothing that could be considered a crime.
In the last court held for them, Alavi and Sheikhan, two of the head investigators of Evin Prison, denied any act of torture or abuse against the Madadzadehs during their time in custody.
When Judge Mogheisi asked Shabnam Madadzadeh to explain the tortures, the student activist stated that in addition to 71 days in solitary confinement, she was beaten and physically tortured with cable wires. Judge Mogheisi replied, “How can you consider those acts of torture?”
The verdict was announced last Tuesday, but Shabnam and Farzad Madadzadeh have not been permitted to read the complete verdict statement. When Shabnam insisted on reading it and filing a complaint, a harsh argument broke out between her and the head of the office of branch 28.
The verdict has not yet been presented to Mohammad Ooliayifard, the lawyer of the defendants. When the verdict was announced to the siblings, Shabnam Madadzadeh voiced that the court is obligated to inform her lawyer, but Mojtaba, the head of office for branch 28, considered her request a political act. Ooliayifard has stated that he will [legally] object to the issued verdict.
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