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Farzad Honarjo, a young Sunni preacher and student of religious knowledge from Iran's Kurdish minority, was recently sentenced to death in Iran.
He, along with two other Sunni men, was sentenced to death on charges of 'acting against national security' through alleged links to Salafi groups. The men have denied the charges.
The following statement has been written on his behalf [original statement in Persian at the end of this article] :
Farzad Honarjo, a young Sunni preacher and student of religious knowledge from Iran's Kurdish minority, was recently sentenced to death in Iran.
He, along with two other Sunni men, was sentenced to death on charges of 'acting against national security' through alleged links to Salafi groups. The men have denied the charges.
The following statement has been written on his behalf [original statement in Persian at the end of this article] :
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
This is just one of the hundreds of Sunni youth who have abundant talents in Iran, who are not given the right to progress and serve their community.
Farzad Honarjo is a Sunni caller to Islam, and a student of knowledge from the Kurdistan province. He was born in 1990, in the village of Dal, [on the outskirts of] Marivan city, Hawraman region.
He was there until 1998, when he moved to Marivan city, and stayed there for almost three years.
Then he went to study in lower-secondary school in the Imam Ghazali state school in Sanandaj, and then went to Zaniaran [upper-secondary] High School (which is affiliated with the university). Farzad was enrolled in this school due to his good memory.
In 2006, in the second year of upper-secondary school, he became familiar with the beliefs of Islamic monotheism through Sunni books. For two years he studied the books, and became engaged in preaching, with his friends who would come to his house.
In 2008, Farzad passed the National Entrance Exam [for university], but due to the inappropriate religious environment and the insults of University professors towards Sunnis, and also due to the moral corruption in Iranian universities, he, despite the excellence, decided not to go to university.
Instead of going to university, Farzad went to a mainly Sunni area to study religious sciences. Among his teachers was Sheikh (Mamousta) Abdul Hamid Aali.
On 5 May 2010 he was arrested in Marivan, [in the Kurdistan province of Iran], accused of acting against national security.
He was taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention center in Sanandaj, where he was held for three months, and then transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention center in Zanjan.
During this time, he had not neglected his religious studies, and in a short period of time had memorized the entire Qur'an.
He was held in the Ministry of Intelligence detention center in Zanjan for 17 months. He was then sent to Evin prison [Tehran], and thereafter transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.
For two years he was held without knowing the charges against him.
Recently, a death sentence was issued for him, and he is now waiting for his execution to be implemented.
We ask Allah, the Most High, to save him and all our brothers held captive in Iran's prisons.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم یکی ازصدها جوان اهل سنتی که با داشتن استعدادهای فراوان ، در ایران حق پیشرفت وخدمت کردن به جامعه اهل سنت راندارد.
فرزاد هنرجو یکی از داعیان اهل سنت وجماعت و از طلاب علم منطقه کردستان است.
او در سال ۱۳۶۹درشهرستان مریوان ، منطقه هورامان روستای دل به دنیا امد.ومدتی در همان جا بودتا سال۱۳۷۷به شهر مریوان نقل مکان کردند.تقریبا ۳سال در انجا بوده و برای تحصیل در دوران راهنمایی به مدرسه نمونه دولتی امام غزالی در سنندج رفت و سپس تحصیل خود را در دبیرستان زانیاران(وابسته دانشگاه)ادامه داد
فرزاد به دلیل دارا بودن حافظه خوب در این دبیرستان درس میخواند.
تا اینکه در سال ۱۳۸۵ در سال دوم دبیرستان از طریق کتب اهل سنت با عقیده توحیدی اشنا شد.در مدت 2 سال کتابهای اهل سنت وجماعت را مطالعه کرد ومشغول دعوت دوستان وهم خوابگاهیهایش شد.
در سال ۱۳۸۷ فرزاد در کنکور سراسری شرکت کرد و با رتبه قابل قبولی موفق شد که کنکور را پشت سر بگذراند اما بدلیل فضای نامناسب مذهبی و توهین اساتید دانشگاه به عقیده اهل سنت و همچنین فساد اخلاقی دانشاههای ایران از رفتن به دانشگاه علی رغم ممتاز بودن امتناع کرد.
اما فرزاد به جای اینکه به دانشگاه برود برای تحصیل علوم دینی به حجره های مناطق سنی نشین رفت . از جمله اساتید وی ماموستا عبدالحمید عالی بود .
تا اینکه در تاریخ 15/2/1389 در شهر مریوان به اتهام اقدام علیه امنیت ملی دستگیر شده و به اطلاعات سنندج منتقل شد و 3 ماه انجا بود سپس به اطلاعات زنجان انتقال یافت البته در همین موقع هم فرزاد از طلب علم غافل نشد و توانست در مدتی کوتاه کل قران کریم را حفظ کند .
او17 ماه در اطلاعات زنجان به سر برد و سپس به زندان اوین و بعد از ان هم به زندان رجایی شهرکرج انتقال یافت و الان حدود 2 سال است که در انجا به سر می برد بدون اینکه اتهامی به وی تفهیم شود . البته به تازگی حکم اعدام برای او صادر کرده اند و او منتظر اجرای حکم است .
(از الله تعالی می خواهیم که او و همه برادران اسیر در زندان های حکومت ایران را نجات دهد (آمین