Baku/02.11.23/Turan: In Iran, the court rejected the appeal against the sentence of Azerbaijani citizen Farid Safarli, who was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of “intent of espionage.”
Safarli's mother Dilyara Askerova told Turan about this.
“I spoke to Farid on the phone yesterday. He said there was an appeal court in his case. Farid was not brought to court, and his lawyer was also not invited to the trial. Three judges themselves decided to reject the appeal,” Askerova said.
She said she would discuss further legal steps in her son's case with a lawyer on November 3.
At the same time, Askerova said that Safarli has no complaints about the conditions of detention.
“His conditions of detention are normal. However, he misses him a lot. Farid is very nervous about the unfounded arrest,” Askerova noted.
Regarding the fact that the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan raised the issue of Safarli’s case at a meeting with her Iranian counterpart on September 14, she replied that “the Iranian side did not attach any importance to this.”
She noted that new evidence in favor of Safarli’s innocence was presented to the appeal court.
“I hoped that Farid would be acquitted. Unfortunately, this did not happen. The Azerbaijani government is making efforts to free Farid. I hope that Farid will soon be released and return to his homeland,” Askerova noted.
*Farid Safarli, currently pursuing higher education in Germany, went missing in Iran in March of the present year while visiting a friend. Iranian authorities subsequently confirmed his detention on charges of espionage, which were later revised to "intent to espionage." In August, Safarli was sentenced to a two-year prison term, a development that has been met with denial of the charges by his mother, Dilara Askerova.-03В06-
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