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This was Reza Alinejad’s picture 6 years ago when he was first imprisoned and sentenced to death.

These are his pictures now, the day of his release on December 3rd 2008:

Stop Child Executions would like to thank a wonderful lady in Japan who wishes to remain anonymous for her generous donation of $20 000 towards payment of blood money to the family of the victim.
Stop Child Executions does not directly collect donations for blood money as it can create a bad precedence for other children facing death row; however SCE facilitates connections between individuals and families who cannot afford the payment of blood money which could ultimately lead to the death of their loved ones.

Thank you again to all who helped save Reza Alinejad and those who continue to help support SCE in order to try and abolish the death penalty for children.

Reza was released on Wednesday and greeted into the embrace of his emotional family. The Alinejad family spoke to SCE President Nazanin Afshin-Jam shortly after his release to thank the team for all efforts to help save Reza.  They expressed how overjoyed they are to see Reza home but were also stressed about their new financial debt. They had to mortgage their home and borrow a large sum of  money at a high interest rate to secure the diyeh (blood money) to the family of the victim.The amount cannot be disclosed at this time. Reza maintains his innocence and says that the death  of Esmail Dooroodi  was as a result of defending himself against him and the other attacker Mohammad Firouzi. More details about the attack can be found here: http://scenews.blog.com/4061368/

For more details, photos and video about Reza Alinejad’s release check back here on SCE’s news blog  in the next couple of days http://scenews.blog.com/

Months ago, Iran’s head of judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi came to the decision that Reza Alinejad’s case should be resolved through the

mediation council between Reza’s family and that of the victim. The initial 2 billion Rials (more than 200,000 dollars) requested in blood money retribution by the family of the victim was too much for the Alinejad family to afford. More negotiations are taking place on the final blood money price. If the Alinejad family does not produce the amount requested soon and the Justice department does not grant a stay of execution. Below Reza’s lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei says that Reza Alinejad   will be executed very soon. Mr. Mostafaei explains how there is enough evidence and holes in the case that requires a re-trial.

To read more about Reza Alinejad visit:

http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/Reza.aspx  and http://scenews.blog.com/Reza+Alinejad/

To help save Reza and other minors facing executions visit:

 http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/how-you-can-help.aspx

Reza Alinejad could soon be the 7^th minor to be executed this year in Iran

Translated from Persian to English on Reza Alinejad’s lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei’s article http://www.mostafaei.blogfa.com/post-85.aspx

Reza Alinejad was no more than 17 years old when he defended himself and his friend Hadi Abedini in fight with two other boys that landed him in prison for the last six years in Adel Abad in Shiraz, Iran.

He is now 21 years old.

Esmail Dooroodi

With the permission of the Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Shahroudi, he may soon join the ranks of

Bahman Saliminian, Rahim Ahmadi, Amir Amrollahi, Mohammad Reza Haddadi, Behnoud Shojaei and Mohammad Fadaei, as the 7^th juvenile to be executed this year.

 At 8:30 pm 5/10/ 1381(Persian Calendar) Reza Alinejad and his friend Hadi Abedini were on the sidewalk of Emamzadeh Hassan busy eating when they were reproached by two men Esmail Dooroodi and Mohammad Firouzi.

Insults were exchanged which triggered a fight.

The two men were concealing Nunchucks (martial arts tool) under their clothes and tried to hit Alinejad and his friend.

Alinejad defended himself with a knife in one hand while protecting his face with the other hand. Without intending to kill Dooroodi, his knife cut his neck which ended up being fatal.

 A lot of Investigation was done to reveal the facts.

1)       It was revealed in Firouzi’s testimony that the fight was started by the deceased who attacked Alinejad and Abedini with nunchucks. Reza had no other recourse but to defend himself and his friend. The two men hand surrounded Alinejad and Abedini. Alinejad was injured with a blow to the head by the nunchucks

2)       Mr. Gholam Hossein-Chehrenegar who was a witness attested to the fact that there is no doubt that Reza Alinejad did not intentionally kill the man. Rather it was because of self defence that the other man was killed.

3)       These testimonies reveal that this was in fact self defence and the fact that the accused had to intention of killing anyone.  Despite Alinejad being only 17 years old when this incidence happened, Court #6 in the city of Fasa convicted him on charges of murder.

The lawyer asked for a retrial and the file was sent to the court of appeal in the same city.

The judges said :

“There was no animosity between the fighting parties prior to this incident. The initiator of the fight was the deceased and his friend Abedini who used nunchucks to attack Reza Alinejad and his friend and ended up injuring Alinejad’s forehead. It was a very dangerous piece of equipment that was used. Reza Alinejad claims that he defended himself by throwing a kitchen knife and accidentally stroked the neck of the deceased which caused his death. Therefore because Reza Alinejad defended and ended up killing a man, it is right for him to be executed”.

This above verdict was cancelled and the file was sent anew to a different branch for further investigation.

4)       The file was sent to branch 101 of criminal court in Fasa city. This branch concluded that because the accused could have run away from the scene, they reaffirmed the execution once again.

This goes against the earlier witness’ testimony that Reza Alinejad and Hadi Abedini could have not fled the scene as they had been surrounded.

In any case, based on Reza Alinejad’s protest that he is innocent, the file was sent to the Supreme Court. Without taking into consideration the facts in the file, the judges issued the verdict of execution once again for Reza Alinejad.

After the death sentence verdict, the file was sent in order for the execution to be carried out.

According to article 205 of the Penal code in Iran, it is required for the execution order to be approved by the Head of Judiciary. A few days ago the Judiciary Head approved Reza Alinejad’s execution which has put him in an imminent situation to be executed. If the Head of Judiciary does not stop this execution due to the facts aforementioned, or if the family of the victim does not give their pardon, Reza will soon be sent to be executed. Iran has the highest number of executions for those under the age of 18.

رضا علی نژاد نوجوانی است که در هنگام دفاع از جان خود که متوقف به قتل مرحوم اسماعیل درودی گردید 17 سال بیش نداشت او شش سال است که در زندان عادل آباد شیراز در حبس به سر می برد در حال حاضر 21 سال سن دارد و با استیذان از جانب ریئس قوه قضاییه به زودی به پای چوبه دار خواهد رفت. پس از بهمن سلیمیان، رحیم احمدی، امیر امرالهی، محمدرضا حدادی، بهند شجاعی و محمد فدایی، رضا علی نژاد هفتمین محکوم به قصاصی است که حکم اعدامش توسط ریاست قوه قضاییه تنقیذ شده است.

 در ساعت 20:30 دقیقه مورخ 5/10/1381 رضا به همراه دوستش به نام هادی عابدینی در پیاده روی بلوار امام زاده حسن شهرستان فسا پس از خریدن سمبوسه ، مشغول خوردن آن بودند که دو نفر( مقتول و محمد فیروزی ) به سمت آنها آمده ، و با استفاده از الفاظ نا متعارف و دور از ادب ، زمینه یک درگیری را فراهم می کنند این دو از زیر لباس خود  لانچیکویی که یک نوع وسیله خطرناک رزمی است خارج کرده و به بدن رضا و هادی ضرب و شتم وارد می کنند در این حین چون رضا جان خود و دوستش  را در خطر می دید کاردی که گاهی اوقات همراهش بود از جیب خود خارج کرده و بی آنکه قصد وارد آوردن  ضربه ای به بدن مقتول داشته باشد برای دفاع از خود به سمت جلو می برد و با دست چپ از سر و صورت خود  در مقابل ضربات وسیله رزمی محافظت می نماید و در نهایت با شدت درگیری کارد به گردن ، مقتول اصابت کرده و او را از پای می اندازد.

تحقیقات مفصلی در خصوص این پرونده با دستورات مرجع قضایی توسط اداره آگاهی صورت می پذیرد و در نهایت محزر و مسلم می گردد که :

اولا – محمد فیروزی دوست و همراه مقتول در تمام مراحل دادرسی اقرار نموده  که شروع کننده نزاع و درگیری مقتول  بوده ، که با وسیله لانچیکو به طرف رضا و هادی هجوم آورده است به گونه ای که رضا مجبور می شود در مقابل جان خود و دوستش عکس العمل نشان دهد . مسلما در چنین شرایطی راه فراری وجود نداشت تا این دو بتوانند از این درگیری بگریزند چرا که دو نفر با لانچیکو ، مضروبین را در محاصره خود قرار داده بودند و اجازه خروج به آنها نمی دادند مضافا به اینکه رضا از ناحیه سر به وسیله لانچیکویی که در دست مقتول بود به شدت مجروح می گردد .

ثانیا – آقای غلامحسین چهره نگار که شاهد ماجرا بود مراتب درگیری را به طور کامل بیان نموده اند به گونه ای که هیچ جای شک و شبهه ای بر اینکه قتل مرحوم درودی متوقف بر دفاع مشروع بوده ، باقی نمی گذارد.

3 – با وجود دلایل متقن و مبرهن در این پرونده بر دفاع مشروع و اینکه متهم هیچگونه سوءنیتی بر ارتکاب قتل نداشت و مهمتر اینکه سن قانونی وی در زمان قتل 17 سال بود ، شعبه ششم دادگاه شهرستان فسا حکم به محکومیت وی به قصاص نفس ( اعدام ) صادر مینماید این حکم توسط وکیل متهم مورد درخواست تجدیدنظر قرار گرفته و با ارجاع پرونده به شعبه ششم دیوانعالی کشور ، قضات شعبه با این استدلال که : « … بین طرفین دعوا سابقه خصومت و دشمنی نبوده و اقدام کننده دعوا و نزاع ، مقتول و فرد همراهش بودند که با لانچیکو آقای رضا علی نژاد و همراهش را مورد حمله قرار داده و نامبرده را از ناحیه سر (پیشانی) با وسیله مذکور که وسیله خطرناکی است مجروح و خونی نموده و نامبرده (رضا علی نژاد) مدعی است به خاطر دفاع از خون خود که از ناحیه مقتول در معرض خطر قرار گرفته اقدام به پرت کردن کارت آشپزخانه ای که همراهش بوده نموده و تصادفا به ناحیه گردن مقتول اصابت و موجب مرگ او گردیده به نظر می رسد مدافعات محکوم به قصاص مقرون به صواب می باشد … » حکم صادره را نقص و پرونده را برای رسیدگی به شعبه دیگری ارجاع می نمایند .

4 – پرونده جهت رسیدگی مجدد به شعبه 101 دادگاه جزایی شهرستان فسا ارسال می گردد و آن شعبه به این استناد که متهم می توانسته از صحنه درگیری فرار کند مجدد او را به قصاص نفس محکوم می نماید این در حالی است که دلایل و شواهد موجود در پرونده موید آن است که رضا و هادی نمی توانستند از صحنه در گیری فرار کنند .به هر تقدیر با اعتراض رضا پرونده به دیوانعالی کشور ارجاع می گردد و قضات هیات عمومی دیوانعالی کشور بدون در نظر گرفتن واقعیت های موجود در پرونده حکم به قصاص نفس رضا علی نژاد صادر می نمایند .

پس از قطعیشدن حکم قصاص رضا، پرونده به اجرای احکام ارسال می شود دادیار اجرای حکام نیز در اجرای ماده 205 قانون مجازت اسلامی پرونده را به نظر ریاست محترم قوه قضاییه می رساند که چند روز گذشته ریاست محترم قوه قضاییه، حکم صادره را تنفیذ و رضا رادر آستانه مرگ قرار می دهند.

در صورتی که ریاست محترم قوه قضاییه با توجه به ایرادات موجود در پرونده حکم صادره را متوقف ننمایند و یا اولیاء دم رضایت خود را اعلام کنند در آینده ای نزدیک رضا به پای چوبه دار رفته و جانش از بدن جدا می گردد این در حالی است که ایران تنها کشوری است که بیشترین آمار اعدام اطفال زیر 18 سال را به خود اختصاص داده است.

 http://www.mostafaei.blogfa.com/post-85.aspx

This is an artwork made by Reza Alinejad while in prison. Reza was sentenced to death at the age of 17. For more information and to help save Reza from execution visit his page at : http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/Reza.aspx

(Picture of artwork sent to Nazain Afshin-Jam by Reza’s brother) 

The following is the text of an email that was sent earlier today to Nazanin Afshin-Jam by Ali Alinejad about his brother : Reza Alinejad who is facing execution in Iran for an alleged murder at the age of 17.

Hello Miss Nazanin

I hope everything is good with you.
The file of Reza (Alijejad) came back from the office of Mr, Shahrudi to (city of) Fasa and the order is to resolve the case through the mediation council . I have enclosed the text of the order in (MS) word format.
The mediation councils have been formed in different cities in the past 2, 3 years and are operating under the supervision of the judiciary branch…….

thank you so much
Ali Alinejad  

Text of the order by Aytollah Shahrudi, the head of Iran’s judiciary, about Reza Alinejad:

“Considering the age of the convicted and the unintentional circumstances that he was faced, the file is ordered to be returned to judiciary court in (city of) Fasa. Through Mediation council or by any other means; more efforts and attempts must be made in order to bring a resolution between parents of the victim and the murder convict. Results are to be reported back.”

During her February 2007 speaking tour, Nazanin Afshin-Jam received an email titled “VERY URGENT” from an unknown sender named Ali Alinejad. She was shocked to learn from Ali that his brother Reza had been imprisoned for 5 years and was now facing imminent execution for a murder he claims he committed in self-defence when he was 17 years old. Nazanin had not heard of this case and it was not reported with Amnesty International. She immediately forwarded the message to Nazanin Fatehi’s lawyer Mr. Mostafaei to see if he could help in any way. After reviewing the file, Mr. Mostafaei agreed to take on Reza’s case.

Later Mr. Mostafai sent Nazanin a letter he had written to Ayatollah Shahroudi, head of judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, asking for an appeal and re-trial. In his plea, Mr. Mostafaei explained that Reza was eating with his friend Hadi Abedini on the sidewalk, in the city of Shiraz, when they were approached by two men named Esmail Daroudi and Mohammad Firouzi who started harassing them with profanities. They proceeded to attack Reza and his friend with a nunchaku (a Japanese weapon used in martial arts). Reza’s friend testified that the two attackers had surrounded them and they were not able to run away. Reza was seriously injured by a blow to the head. While Reza was defending himself, Esmail Daroudi was stabbed and killed. Another person who had witnessed what had happened testified that Reza was defending himself. The friend of the man who was killed allegedly also testified that the fight was initiated by them and that they attacked Reza and his friend with a nunchaku.

In his letter, attorney Mr. Mostafaei, concluded that the murder was unintentional. He stressed that due to the fact that Reza was only 17 years old at the time of offence, he should not be executed because Iran is signatory to UN covenants that prohibit the executions of minors for alleged crimes committed below the age 18.

to read more about Reza Alijenjad who was accused of murder at the age of 16 click on the following links:

http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/Reza.aspx    and    http://scenews.blog.com//Reza+Alinejad/