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Iran Briefing: Harana- Reza Malek, former Intelligence Ministry agent who has been for several years held in prison for allegedly disclosing secret information of the Intelligence Ministry’s role in the so- called “Chain Murder,” was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to one year in prison and 50 lashes.
According to Haran, a news agency run by Iranian human rights activists, Reza Malek, former Intelligence Ministry agent who has been held in prison for over 10 years for his alleged role in disclosing the secret role of the Intelligence Ministry’ s agents in so-called “Chain Murder,” was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to one year in prison and 50 lashes.
He is charged with “disseminating propaganda against the regime” by making a film from inside the Evin prison. The film, a copy of which was published by human rights activists in 2008, was made inside the Evin prison.
Reza Malek, ex-deputy of Research and Investigation in the Intelligence Ministry, had earlier told his lawyer, Shima Ghoushe, that he had been sentenced by the Tehran Military Court to 4 years in prison. His case must have been closed in 2004, since he was arrested on July 3rd, 2000. As a matter of fact, he has been kept under illegal arrest by the security forces for more than 7 years.
Legal Issues violated in this report:
Provision 1 of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights says, “Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.”
Provision 2 of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights says, “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.”
Article 19 of the Human Rights Declaration says, “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression and opinion.”