Mohammad Mehdi Karami

محمدمهدی کرمی

Also known as مهدی کرمی

21 years old · Bijar · Kurdistan Province

7 January 2023 Executed

Life

• He was an athlete and karateka
  Persian original

  او ورزشکار و کاراته کار بود

• High-school diploma in architectural drafting
  Persian original

  دیپلمه نقشه‌کشی معماری

• He lived in a low-income family; his father earned a living as a street vendor.
  Persian original

  در خانواده‌ای کم درآمد زندگی می‌کرد، پدرش با دستفروشی امرار معاش می‌کرد.

• He was an athlete and had provincial and national karate medals.
  Persian original

  او ورزشکار بود و مدال‌های استانی و کشوری کاراته داشت.

• From the village of Kutan-e Sofla in Bijar County, Kurdish, a follower of the Yarsan faith
  Persian original

  اهل روستای کوتان سفلی از توابع شهرستان بیجار، کرد، پیرو دین یارسان

• He was a member of the national team.
  Persian original

  او عضو تیم ملی کشور بود.

• I only gave one kick and two punches, and now I am being executed for that.
  Persian original

  من فقط یک لگد و دو تا مشت زدم و الان بابت اون دارم اعدام می‌شوم.

In the words of those close to them

My child is an athlete, not a murderer; my child is not a killer.— Mr. Karami's father

Persian original

بچه‌ام یک ورزشکاره، قاتل نیست بچه‌ی من آدمکش نیست.

I collected a testimonial from the mosque; he was a pure child.— Mr. Mashallah Karami

Persian original

من استشهاد مسجد جمع کردم، بچه‌ی پاکی بود.

I say: Mehdi, on my life, are you telling the truth? He says: I swear to God, Dad, by your calloused hands, no. That's the truth!— Mr. Mashallah Karami

Persian original

می‌گم مهدی، جان من راست می‌گی، می‌گه به خدا بابا به دست های پینه بسته ات نه. واقعیت اینه!

The case

• Was executed in Karaj
  Persian original

  در کرج اعدام شد

• His charge was killing a Basij member during the fortieth-day memorial of Hadis Najafi
  Persian original

  اتهام او کشتن یک بسیجی در جریان چهلم حدیث نجفی بود

• Mr. Karami was hanged in Karaj on 17 Dey 1401.
  Persian original

  آقای کرمی در روز ۱۷ دی ماه ۱۴۰۱ در کرج به دار آویخته شد.

• Execution
  Persian original

  اعدام

After their death

• Neither his lawyer nor any of his family members nor those of the other defendant knew about this execution.
  Persian original

  وکیل وی و هیچ یک از افراد خانواده او و متهم دیگر از این اعدام باخبر نبودند.

• They were deprived of a last visit.
  Persian original

  آنها از آخرین ملاقات محروم شدند.

• Mr. Karami was buried in Behesht-e Ali Cemetery in Eshtehard County, Alborz Province, Section 1, Row 48, No. 165.
  Persian original

  آقای کرمی در آرامستان بهشت علی در شهرستان اشتهارد، استان البرز، قطعه ۱، ردیف ۴۸، شماره ۱۶۵به خاک سپرده شد.

• Has not been able to hold the ceremony even in his own home.
  Persian original

  نتوانسته مراسم را حتی در خانه‌اش برگزار کند.

Sources

1. Iran Human Rights Society
2. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
3. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
4. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
5. Iran Human Rights Society
6. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
7. Iran Human Rights Society
8. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)
9. Iran Human Rights Society
10. Iran Human Rights Society

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed on charges of “moharebeh”, “baghi”, “corruption on earth” or espionage
• Women killed
• Athletes
• The year 1401 (2022–2023)
• Kurdistan Province

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