Saturday 25 April marked 10 years since Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali was sentenced and arrested in Iran
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- The claim states Djalali was 'sentenced and arrested' on the same date in April 2016. This is false: he was arrested in April 2016 but sentenced in October 2017.
- Omissions
- The claim conflates two distinct events: Djalali's arrest in April 2016 and his sentencing in October 2017, which occurred approximately 18 months apart. The claim also omits that he was sentenced to death, which is a significant contextual detail.
- The exact date of arrest appears to be April 24, 2016 according to the European Parliament's own resolution, not April 25, 2016.
- Sources
- PrimaryEuropean Parliament - The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranDr Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested on 24 April 2016 by the Iranian security forces. He was sentenced to death on spurious espionage charges in October 2017.
- SecondaryAmnesty InternationalAhmadreza Djalali was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence officials in April 2016 and held without access to a lawyer for seven months. He was sentenced to death in October 2017.
- TertiaryWikipedia - Ahmad Reza DjalaliDjalali was arrested in April 2016 while visiting Iran and later sentenced to death in October 2017 on charges of espionage and treason.