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Mohammad Javad (Dariush) Shahpari: Prisoner of the day

Protester and Zoroastrian convert

Kaleme: Mohammad Javad (Dariush) Shahpari, 21, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to begin serving his sentence after he appeared at Evin Prison Court on 17 May 2012.

Along with his brother, sister, and brother-in-law, Shahpari was arrested on 6 February 2010 for participating in the December 2009 Ashura Day protests in Tehran in the aftermath of the 2009 presidential election. He spent a month in solitary confinement inside the Intelligence Ministry's Ward 209 at Evin, and was released on bail of $100,000. Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court under judge Pirabbasi sentenced Mohammad Javad Shahpari to 2 years and 4 months in prison and 74 lashes and his sentence was upheld in its entirety in Branch 54 of Tehran Appeals Court. His charges were "assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security,"blasphemy," "propagating against the state through promoting Zoroastrianism," and "disrupting public order."

Mohammad Javad Shahpari now joins his brother, Abolfazl (Pouria) Shahpari, and brother-in-law, Bahman Sadeghi Nour, at Ward 350 of Evin Prison. His sister, Negar Shahpari, was also arrested on 6 February 2009, but was released later. His brother-in-law, Mohsen (Bahman) Sadeghinour, is the founder of the Anjoman Ashoey-e Iran.

from Ghormeh Sabzi
18-May-2012
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alimostofi

Conversion is a debatable

by alimostofi on Sat May 19, 2012 02:25 AM PDT

Conversion is a debatable word really. We Iranians are and have been very philosophical from the moment our ancestors wrote the Zend Avesta. It is then the Koranic proselytizers who tried to impress Iranians. Most people are not anything more that a mix of ideas feelings and attitudes, depending on what time of day month or year it is.

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Roozbeh_Gilani

freedom of thought and freedom of religion.....

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Fri May 18, 2012 04:42 PM PDT

are the universal values safeguarded in all systems of government which adhere to basic civilised values.

Today, in islamic Iran, people are arrested, tortured, given long prison terms or even executed for no other reason than what they think and what they believe in.  

My heart goes out to darius shahpari for being treated in this way by the fascist VF regime, and for the fact that his plight is getting less attention from iranians on this internet site  than the news about beauty queens in canada..........

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."


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Parsy

May god Ahura Mazda help

by Parsy on Fri May 18, 2012 03:55 PM PDT

May god Ahura Mazda help this innocent young man for he has done nothing but to open his eyes and see the face of Ahriman in Islamic Republic of Iran regime leaders and their followers the Velayateh Faghih…..May god Ahura Mazda open the eyes of every Persian to defeat this evil from Iranzamin once for all….

We Shall Never Forget….


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Fred

Islamist Rapists

by Fred on Fri May 18, 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Regime change by Iranians with the logistical help from the sane world is the only way to put a stop to the nonstop violation of basic human rights and decency by the Islamist Rapists.

Verbal support for the victims, which offers no way out, is the preferred method of the supporters of the Islamist Rapists.

Airtight sanctions plus air/naval cargo inspection is a must.


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