Mohsen Amir Aslani Zanjani

محسن امیر اصلانی زنجانی

Also known as محسن امیراصلانی

35 years old · Karaj · Tehran Province

24 September 2014 Executed

Life

• He was a graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology
  Persian original

  فارغ التحصیل رشته روانشناسی در مقطع لیسانس بود

• Married, with a 2-year-old child
  Persian original

  متاهل و دارای یک فرزند ۲ ساله

• Mohsen Amir Aslani was a believing Muslim who wanted religion free of superstition
  Persian original

  محسن امیر اصلانی مسلمان معتقدی بود که مذهب را خالی از خرافات می‌خواست

• He had a psychology institute called Soroush Parsian
  Persian original

  او یک موسسه روانشناسی به نام سروش پارسیان داشت

• In addition to research and writing, he was a kamancheh player, an athlete and a member of the Tehran badminton team
  Persian original

  وی علاوه بر تحقیق و نویسندگی، نوازنده کمانچه، ورزشکار وعضو تیم بدمینتون تهران بود

• He was also interested in wood carving and inlay work and continued sport and working with wood in prison
  Persian original

  به حکاکی روی چوب و منبت کاری هم علاقه داشت و در زندان هم به ورزش و کار کردن روی چوب ادامه داد

• Mr. Amir Aslani wrote several books expressing his beliefs, 12 volumes of which were written during more than eight years of imprisonment
  Persian original

  آقای امیراصلانی چندین کتاب در بیان عقایدش نوشت که ۱۲ جلدش در مدت بیش از هشت سال حبس نوشته شد

• "I will be free only when my thoughts are free"
  Persian original

  " من تنها زمانی آزاد خواهم شد که افکارم آزاد باشند"

• "The Quran must be read in Persian. We read the Quran in order to understand, not to earn religious merit."
  Persian original

  "قرآن را باید فارسی خواند. ما قرآن را می‌خوانیم که بفهمیم نه این که ثواب کنیم."

In the words of those close to them

“In all these eight and a half years no one answered our many questions; many times you threw Mohsen's father out of the room and the court grounds.— Mr. Mohsen Amir Aslani's family

Persian original

«در تمام این هشت سال و نیم هیچ کس پاسخ انبوه سوالات ما را نداد، بارها پدر محسن را از اتاق و محوطه دادگاه بیرون کردید.

We do not have the text of the verdict by which you took a piece of our flesh.”— Mr. Mohsen Amir Aslani's family

Persian original

ما متن حکمی که به واسطه آن پاره تن‌مان را گرفتید نداریم.»

“The truth is that I confessed to nothing. Your agents put so much pressure on me yesterday that I was forced to write this sentence.”— Mr. Amir Aslani's secretary

Persian original

«واقعیت این است که من به چیزی اعتراف نکردم. مامورهای شما دیروز اینقدر من را در فشار گذاشتند که من مجبور به نوشتن این جمله شدم.»

The case

• Mr. Mohsen Amir Aslani was hanged on Wednesday, the second of Mehr 1393, in Rajaei Shahr Prison in Karaj on the charge of "efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth)"
  Persian original

  آقای محسن امیر اصلانی روز چهارشنبه دوم مهر ۱۳۹۳ به اتهام "فساد فی الارض" در زندان رجایی شهر کرج به دارآویخته شد

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

After their death

• The next day, when the family went to the prison, they were told that they had to collect the body in Qazvin
  Persian original

  فردای آن روز وقتی خانواده به زندان مراجعه کردند به آنها گفتند که باید جنازه را در قزوین تحویل بگیرند

• Finally they handed over Mr. Amir Aslani's body at the Behesht-e Sakineh cemetery in Karaj, and his family buried him in Behesht-e Zahra
  Persian original

  بالاخره‌ جنازه آقای امیراصلانی را در آرامگاه بهشت سکینه کرج تحویل دادند و خانواده او را در بهشت زهرا دفن کرد

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. Persian Wikipedia
3. English Wikipedia
4. Persian Wikipedia

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
• The year 1393 (2014–2015)
• Tehran Province
• Karaj

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