Marjan Davari

Marjan Davari
Native name
مرجان داوری
Born (1966-04-24) 24 April 1966
Tehran, Iran
OccupationResearcher, Translator, Writer
LanguagePersian
Nationality Iran
CitizenshipIranian
EducationEnglish diploma, Bachelor Of Arts
Alma materAlzahra University
GenresPhilosophy, Psychology, Esoteric, Theological sciences, Ontology, Metaphysics

Marjan Davari (b. April 24, 1966; Tehran, Iran) (Persian: مرجان داوری) is an Iranian researcher, translator and writer who has been studying, teaching, translating and researching new age material, philosophical and metaphysical texts for more than 26 years.

Marjan was arrested at her father's home on September 23, 2015, in Karaj and has been held in a women's jail Qarchak prison (زندان قرچک),[1] She subsequently was sentenced to death for promoting new age cults and movements from eastern cultures such as Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, and Eckankar.[2]

Education and work

She finished elementary school in UK and after returning to Iran attended an international Parthian school. She received an English translation diploma when she was 13 and continued her studies in graphic design and painting at Alzahra University alongside research and translation of inner-science, eastern and western ontology.[3]

Her published translated works include Talons of Time[4] by Paul Twitchell, The Seeker of Phil Morimitsu[5] and The Spiritual Exercises of ECK by Harold Klemp.[6]

She concentrated solely on inner-science and eastern ontology and worked as a researcher and teacher of metaphysics at the Rah-e Ma’refat (Road of Wisdom) institute.[7] She considers herself a free researcher in the field of esoteric science and metaphysics.[8] She was also a teacher at Rah-e Ma’refat institute.

Her collected works and writings were kept in an archive but have since been confiscated by security forces.

Arrest and trial

Davari was arrested at her father's home in Mehr Shahr in Karaj in September 2015. She was held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison’s ward 209 for three months with no access to a lawyer. She was then transferred to the women’s ward.[9]

She was charged with conspiracy against the Islamic regime,[10] being a member of Eckankar, spreading corruption on earth, having a love affair and insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran.

In March and October 2016 there was interrogation and hearings in the Islamic Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati. In February 2017 she was transferred to the women’s prison in Qarchak (زندان قرچک) and on 12 March was sentenced to death for blasphemy with an additional 16 months for insulting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by the 15th branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran.[2] presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati.[11]

International response

In March 2017 Red T,[12] a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of translators and interpreters, published an open letter to Ali Khamenei with the subject "No Death for Content - Free Translator Marjan Davari".[13]

On 16 March 2017, Marjan's supporters started an online petition at Change.org[14] to raise awareness about her condition and urging Amnesty International to take appropriate action to stop the execution of Marjan Davari. This petition, available in most common languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch and Persian, was signed by 30,068 supporters.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Translator in Prison for One Year Without Knowing Charges; Her Lawyer Denied Access to Case File – Center for Human Rights in Iran". Center for Human Rights in Iran. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Iran: Medieval-like death sentences for expression of Opinion". Iran Human Rights. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Iranian courts have sentenced three individuals, including a woman, to death for the expression of their opinion. ... Three prisoners by the names of Sina Dehghan, Mohammad Nouri and Marjan Davari have reportedly been sentenced to death by Iranian courts based solely on opinions or beliefs they expressed.
  3. ^ "Marjan Davari; Over 10 Months of Detention in Evin Prison". Hrana - News Agency. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ Twitchell, Paul; Klemp, Harold; Klemp, Joan (14 April 2010). Talons of Time (Authorized Eckankar ed.). Minneapolis (Minn.): Eckankar. ISBN 9781570431470.
  5. ^ Morimitsu, Phil (14 April 2010). The Seeker. Eckankar. ISBN 9781570430619.
  6. ^ Klemp, Harold (31 May 2011). The Spiritual Exercises of ECK (3rd ed.). Chanhassen, MN: Eckankar. ISBN 9781570433573.
  7. ^ روزنامه‌نگار, فرشته قاضی (21 July 2016). "زندانیان سیاسی زن در ایران، از اختر تا خوی و اوین". BBC Persian. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Marjan Davari; Over 10 Months of Detention in Evin Prison". Hrana - News Agency. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Women's Ward of Evin: 1 Released, 3 Sent to Furlough and 1 Exiled". Hrana - News Agency. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Marjan Davari Sentenced to Death and Transferred to Garchak Prison". Hrana - News Agency. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  11. ^ "قاضی صلواتی یک نویسنده و مترجم زندانی را به اعدام محکوم کرد".
  12. ^ "Red T". red-t.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Red T". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Amnesty International : Stop Execution of Marjan Davari #FreeMarjan". Change.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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