Verdict in the Case of Haleh Rostami
Court Decision Number: 9709972616600930
Date Drafted: January 12, 2019
Branch Archive Number: 970741
Alborz Province Judiciary
City of Karaj Criminal Court Two, Branch 107
(Formerly Criminal 107)
Court Decision
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Case Number 9709982653100528, before the City of Karaj Criminal Court Two, Branch 107 (Formerly Criminal 107), Final Court Decision Number 9709972616600930.
Defendant: Ms. Haleh Rostami Mosen, child of Mohammad Reza, whose address is Alborz Province, Karaj, Eshteraki Shomali, Golestan 22 Street, Kashani Sepehr Building. Unit 1 West.
Charge: Disrupting Public Order through Participation in Illegal Assemblies.
In the Name of God
The Court is in extraordinary session on the above date in the aforementioned case. Having examined the entirety of the evidence and documentation in the case file, the Court hereby declares the close of the proceedings, and asking for God Almighty’s guidance and assistance, issues its Decision as follows:
Court Decision
Regarding the charge of commission of the crime of disrupting public order through participation in illegal assemblies and chanting slogans against societal norms in the days of August 2018, against Ms. Haleh Rostami Mosen, child of Mohammad Reza, 40 years old, literate, homemaker, from the city of Zahedan, residing in Karaj,
The Court,
Having taken into consideration the content of the case file; the Alborz Province Information General Administration’s report; the report by security officials regarding the blocking of main streets and closure of businesses where the illegal assemblies took place, leading to public displeasure of the aforementioned illegal acts; the manner of the Defendant’s arrest; the indictment issued on January 5, 2019, (Page 24) served on the Defendant summoning her to court; the Defendant not attending the court session and not presenting a defense of herself; and other evidence and documentation contained in the case file;
Finds that the charge has been duly proven and that the Defendant’s actions correspond to [the provisions of] Islamic Penal Code Article 618 (Ta’zirat [Punishments] and Deterrent Punishments of 1996-97).
Therefore, pursuant to the latter Article, the Court sentences the Defendant to 8 months Ta’zir imprisonment, and to 40 lashes.
This ruling is issued in absentia and can be appealed in this Court within 20 days of service hereof, and thereafter, can be appealed to the honorable Alborz Province Courts of Appeal within 20 days of service.
Zargari, Karaj Criminal Court Two, Branch 107 Judge