Abolfazl Saedi

ابوالفضل ساعدی

24 years old · Shahroud · Semnan Province

Khordad 1405 Executed

Life

Abolfazl Saedi's mother was a teacher and had raised her son alone and in very difficult financial conditions
Persian original
مادر ابوالفضل ساعدی معلم بود و پسرش را به تنهایی و در شرایط بسیار سخت مالی بزرگ کرده بود
From a young age Abolfazl was the breadwinner of the household
Persian original
ابوالفضل از سنین پایین نان‌آور خانه بود
Her only child
Persian original
تنها فرزندش

Abolfazl was also keen to continue his education and eagerly pursued his goal of going to university.
Persian original
ابوالفضل نیز به ادامه تحصیل علاقه‌مند بود و مشتاقانه هدف خود برای رفتن به دانشگاه را دنبال می‌کرد.
As far as he was able, he helped children who had dropped out of school to continue their education
Persian original
در حد توان خود به ادامه تحصیل کودکان بازمانده از تحصیل کمک می‌کرد
He had put up a picture of Cyrus the Great in his room and always wished that Iran would return to its former glory
Persian original
او عکسی از کوروش کبیر در اتاقش نصب کرده بود و همیشه آرزو داشت ایران به شکوه سابق خود بازگردد
Abolfazl Saedi had a smile on his lips until the last moment before his execution
Persian original
ابوالفضل ساعدی تا آخرین لحظه پیش از اعدام لبخند بر لب داشت
"I know Iran's freedom is near, and this makes me happy."
Persian original
«می‌دانم آزادی ایران نزدیک است و این برای من خوشحال‌کننده است.»
He had stressed that seeking freedom is a crime nowhere in the world, yet they want to kill him for this crime.
Persian original
او تاکید کرده بود آزادی‌خواهی در هیچ جای جهان جرم نیست که می‌خواهند او را به این جرم به قتل برسانند.

In the words of those close to them

In a video published before Abolfazl's burial, his mother, holding her child's body in her arms, weeps and says to him: "Abolfazl, get up, let's go home."— His mother
Persian original
در ویدیویی که پیش از خاکسپاری ابوالفضل منتشر شده است، مادر او در حالی که پیکر فرزندش را در آغوش گرفته، گریه می‌کند و خطاب به او می‌گوید: «ابوالفضل، پاشو بریم خونه.»

Informed sources who witnessed his execution in Shahroud Prison said Abolfazl Saedi had a smile on his lips until the last moment before his execution and, while his hands were full of scars from torture, had said that he had gone into the street for Iran's freedom.— Informed sources who witnessed his execution in Shahroud Prison
Persian original
منابع مطلعی که در زندان شاهرود شاهد اعدام او بودند، گفتند ابوالفضل ساعدی تا آخرین لحظه پیش از اعدام لبخند بر لب داشت و در حالی که دست‌هایش پر از جای زخم‌های ناشی از شکنجه بود، گفته بود که برای آزادی ایران به خیابان رفته است.

The case

He was executed on 26 Khordad in Shahroud Prison
Persian original
۲۶ خرداد در زندان شاهرود اعدام شد
During the extraction of a forced confession in Semnan Prison, interrogators [broke] Abolfazl Saedi's pelvic bone
Persian original
بازجویان در زندان سمنان در جریان اعتراف‌گیری اجباری استخوان لگن ابوالفضل ساعدی
About 50 agents of the Islamic Republic raided the house where he lived with his mother at five in the morning on 20 Dey
Persian original
حدود ۵۰ مامور جمهوری اسلامی ساعت پنج صبح ۲۰ دی‌ماه به خانه او که با مادرش در آن زندگی می‌کرد، حمله کردند
In prison Abolfazl Saedi was not allowed to engage a lawyer of his own choosing
Persian original
ابوالفضل ساعدی در زندان اجازه گرفتن وکیل انتخابی نداشت
The death sentences of Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi, citizens arrested during the national revolution in Shahroud, were carried out early on Tuesday, 26 Khordad
Persian original
حکم اعدام جواد زمانی و ابوالفضل ساعدی، از شهروندان بازداشت‌شده در جریان انقلاب ملی در شاهرود، بامداد سه‌شنبه ۲۶ خرداد به اجرا درآمد
It published a 50-second video of the "confessions" of Zamani and Saedi
Persian original
ویدیویی ۵۰ ثانیه‌ای از «اعترافات» زمانی و ساعدی منتشر کرد

After their death

The agents also took his mother's mobile phone and all the electronic devices in the house with them.
Persian original
ماموران همچنین تلفن همراه مادر او و همه وسایل الکترونیکی داخل خانه را با خود بردند.
In addition to execution, they had also been sentenced to the confiscation of all movable and immovable property and assets.
Persian original
آنها علاوه بر اعدام، به ضبط همه اموال و دارایی‌های منقول و غیرمنقول نیز محکوم شده بودند.
A number of supporters of the Islamic Republic attacked him by publishing insulting messages
Persian original
شماری از حامیان جمهوری اسلامی با انتشار پیام‌های توهین‌آمیز به او حمله کردند
Abolfazl Saedi's mother, who had raised her only child alone and with great difficulty, has been in a very difficult mental state since his execution
Persian original
مادر ابوالفضل ساعدی، که تنها فرزندش را به تنهایی و با دشواری فراوان بزرگ کرده بود، پس از اعدام او از لحاظ روحی در وضعیت بسیار سختی قرار گرفته
In addition to execution, the defendants were sentenced to "confiscation of all movable and immovable property and assets"
Persian original
متهمان علاوه بر اعدام، به «ضبط کلیه اموال و دارایی‌های منقول و غیرمنقول» محکوم شدند
They were also sentenced to the confiscation of all movable and immovable property and assets.
Persian original
به ضبط کلیه اموال و دارایی‌های منقول و غیرمنقول نیز محکوم شدند.
At the same time, the judiciary's media centre has published a video of the forced confessions of these two protesters.
Persian original
همزمان، مرکز رسانه قوه قضاییه ویدیویی از اعترافات اجباری این دو معترض را منتشر کرده است.

Sources

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