Ali Asghar Faghani

Meqdad Yaqoubi, Ali Akbarjani, Ali Asghar Faghani, Hossein Shabani, and two brothers named Mohammad Rasouli and Ali Rasouli were arrested in their homes with violence by security forces dressed in the Iranian police's special unit uniforms. According to Independent Persian, they are all residents of the village of Qaleh Sar in the Neka district and are being held under severe physical and psychological torture in solitary confinement at the Sari Intelligence Detention Center to confess to setting fire to the Neka judiciary building. Based on this report, the families of these individuals have been pressured into silence and hiding the news, and the officers have told them that if they speak to the media, cases will be fabricated against other family members of the detained individuals. Independent Persian also reported that they are facing serious charges such as "moharebeh" (waging war against God) and "efsad-e fel-arz" (corruption on Earth), and Judge Mohammadzadeh in Branch One of the Sari Revolutionary Court is responsible for handling their case. On December 8, 2022, a video of the Neka judiciary building being set on fire by several protesting citizens was published on social media.