Mohsen Ruholamini

محسن روح الامینی

25 years old · Tehran

1 July 2009 Died in custody

Life

• Computer science student at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran
  Persian original

  دانشجوی رشته کامپیوتر دانشکده فنی دانشگاه تهران

• He was the son of Abdolhossein Ruholamini, former head of the Pasteur Institute of Iran, secretary-general of the Justice and Development Party and one of the advisers of Mohsen Rezaei in the tenth presidential election
  Persian original

  وی فرزند عبدالحسین روح الامینی رئيس سابق انستيتو پاستور ایران، دبیر کل حزب عدالت و توسعه و از اعضای مشاور محسن رضایی در دهمین دوره انتخابات ریاست جمهوری بود

• The death of this information technology student led to the closure of a dreadful prison. His father said: Mohsen had questions that cannot be answered with violence.
  Persian original

  مرگ این دانشجوی فناوری اطلاعات، موجب بسته شدن یک زندان مخوف شد. پدرش گفت: محسن پرسش‌هایی داشت که نمی‌شود با اعمال خشونت به آن‌ها پاسخ داد.

In the words of those close to them

He says about his son: "He was a pure boy with no attachment to the world, and he was very kind... and he was always curiously searching for the truth.— His father

Persian original

وی درباره پسرش چنین می گوید: "او پسر خالصی بود و تعلقی به دنيا نداشت و خيلی مهربان بود... و هميشه كنجكاوانه در جستجوی حقيقت بود.

He was very thirsty, and we kept asking for water but got none."— Mr. Ruholamini's fellow prisoner

Persian original

او خیلی تشنه بود و ما مدام تقاضای آب کردیم ولی هیچ نگرفتیم."

They probably could not tolerate his honesty, beat him severely and killed him under torture."— Abdolhossein Ruholamini

Persian original

آن‌ها احتمالاً نتوانسته‌اند صداقت او را تحمل کنند و وی را به شدت کتک زده و زیر شکنجه کشته‌اند."

How they died

• Mr. Mohsen Ruholamini had been arrested at the demonstration of 18 Tir 1388 and transferred to Kahrizak prison
  Persian original

  آقای محسن روح الامینی در تظاهرات روز ١٨ تیر ١٣٨٨ بازداشت و به زندان کهریزک انتقال یافته بود

• "Mohsen died when we arrived at Evin.
  Persian original

  "محسن زمانی که به اوین رسیدیم مرد.

• Execution » death in detention/prison
  Persian original

  اعدام » مرگ در دوران بازداشت/زندان

After their death

• Among other things, they made the family pledge not to file a complaint against anyone and that no slogans would be chanted during the ceremony
  Persian original

  از جمله از خانواده تعهد گرفتند که از کسی شکایتی نکنند و اینکه هیچ شعاری طی مراسم داده نشود

• According to the court's verdict, two people were sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) on the charge of murdering Mohsen Ruholamini and Mohammad Kamrani, and 9 others to imprisonment, payment of diyeh (blood money), fines, temporary dismissal from service and ta'zir lashes
  Persian original

  بنابر رای دادگاه دو نفر به اتهام قتل محسن روح الامینی و محمد کامرانی به قصاص و ۹ نفر دیگر به تحمل حبس، پرداخت دیه، جزای نقدی، انفصال موقت از خدمت و شلاق تعزیری محکوم می شوند

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

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

Listed in

• Killed in the Green Movement (2009)
• Died in detention and prison
• University students
• The year 1388 (2009–2010)
• Tehran Province
• Tehran

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