Ali Azizi

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Today, Saturday, December 30, 2023, Ali Azizi, a national civil activist, was summoned to the Revolutionary Court of Urmia.

According to Human Rights in Iran, in recent days, this national civil activist was charged in 2016 in relation to this case.

According to the notification issued through the Judiciary's electronic notification system known as Sana and sent to the defendant in this case; Ata Karimi must appear for trial at 9 AM on February 17, 2024, on charges of propaganda against the regime in Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia.

It is worth mentioning that previously, Ali Azizi was arrested by IRGC intelligence officers in Urmia in June 2015 and was released on bail after undergoing interrogation and completing the case. The charge against him was propaganda against the regime at the time of his arrest in 2015.

Also, in 2016, Ali Azizi received a non-prosecution order regarding this case from the investigator of Branch 6 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Urmia, but following an appeal by the Urmia prosecutor's representative—as the judicial officer of this case—it was reopened.

Ali Azizi was summoned to Branch 6 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Urmia on June 1, 2019, for June 2 of the same year, and then was charged with propaganda against the regime.

It should be noted that Ali Azizi was previously arrested on November 20, 2019, during nationwide protests by security agents at his workplace and was released from the detention center of the Law Enforcement Force in Urmia on November 23, 2019, after undergoing interrogation and completing the case for referral to the court.

This national civil activist residing in Urmia was also arrested at his father's home on February 23, 2020, by agents of the Urmia Intelligence Department regarding another case. After being transferred to Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan Province, and undergoing interrogation and being charged, he was transferred to Tabriz Central Prison and was released to the quarantine ward of Tabriz Prison on March 2, 2020, after posting bail of 10 billion rials.

Ali Azizi was again summoned to Branch 6 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Tabriz on July 9, 2020, and in addition to being charged with two counts of membership in the illegal group Gamaj and propaganda against the regime, he was charged with a new accusation of spreading lies in cyberspace. He was released after posting bail of 6.5 billion rials and was tried on September 14, 2020, by the judge of Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz on charges of propaganda against the regime and membership in the illegal group Gamaj. On December 26, 2020, he was sentenced to a total of 6 years of imprisonment for these two charges, but his case was closed under the Judiciary's directive following the increase in the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the start of the judicial proceedings, Ali Azizi was tried on March 17, 2020, by the judge of Branch 101 of the Criminal Court 2 of Urmia on charges of disturbing public order through participation in illegal gatherings and blocking the street. He was ultimately sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment, a fine of 1.5 million rials, and 20 lashes. On June 8, 2020, after being summoned to Branch 7 of the Beheshti Judicial Complex in Urmia, the flogging sentence and payment of the 1.5 million rials fine were carried out on Ali Azizi.