{{Short description|Iranian researcher, translator and writer (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox writer | name = Marjan Davari | embed = | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{nastaliq|مرجان داوری}} | native_name_lang = فارسی | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|04|24}} | birth_place = Tehran, Iran | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Researcher, Translator, Writer | language = Persian | nationality = {{IRI}} | citizenship = Iranian | education = English diploma, Bachelor Of Arts | alma_mater = Alzahra University | period = | genres = Philosophy, Psychology, Esoteric, Theological sciences, Ontology, Metaphysics | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }}

'''Marjan Davari''' (b. April 24, 1966; Tehran, Iran) ({{langx|fa|{{nastaliq|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 ({{ill|زندان قرچک|fa|vertical-align=sup}}),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/09/marjan-davari/|title=Translator in Prison for One Year Without Knowing Charges; Her Lawyer Denied Access to Case File – Center for Human Rights in Iran|website=Center for Human Rights in Iran|date=13 September 2016 |access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref> She subsequently was sentenced to death for promoting new age cults and movements from eastern cultures such as Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, and Eckankar.<ref name="IranHR201703">{{Cite web |url=https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2828/ |title=Iran: Medieval-like death sentences for expression of Opinion |publisher=Iran Human Rights |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719111125/https://iranhr.net/en/articles/2828/ |archive-date=19 July 2017 |quote=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.}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/marjan-davari-10-months-detention-evin-prison|title=Marjan Davari; Over 10 Months of Detention in Evin Prison|date=2016-08-20|work=Hrana - News Agency|access-date=2017-04-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

Her published translated works include ''Talons of Time''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Talons of Time|last1=Twitchell|first1=Paul|last2=Klemp|first2=Harold|last3=Klemp|first3=Joan|date=2010-04-14|publisher=Eckankar|isbn=9781570431470|edition=Authorized Eckankar|location=Minneapolis (Minn.)|language=English}}</ref> by Paul Twitchell, ''The Seeker of Phil Morimitsu''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Seeker|last=Morimitsu|first=Phil|date=2010-04-14|publisher=Eckankar|isbn=9781570430619|language=English}}</ref> and ''The Spiritual Exercises of ECK'' by Harold Klemp.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Spiritual Exercises of ECK|last=Klemp|first=Harold|date=2011-05-31|publisher=Eckankar|isbn=9781570433573|edition=3rd|location=Chanhassen, MN|language=English}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2016/07/160721_l10_fgh_iran_women_prisoners|title=زندانیان سیاسی زن در ایران، از اختر تا خوی و اوین|last=روزنامه‌نگار|first=فرشته قاضی|website=BBC Persian|date=21 July 2016 |access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> She considers herself a free researcher in the field of esoteric science and metaphysics.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-08-20|title=Marjan Davari; Over 10 Months of Detention in Evin Prison|language=en-US|work=Hrana - News Agency|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/marjan-davari-10-months-detention-evin-prison|access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/womens-ward-evin-1-released-3-sent-furlough-1-exiled|title=Women's Ward of Evin: 1 Released, 3 Sent to Furlough and 1 Exiled|date=2017-02-04|work=Hrana - News Agency|access-date=2017-04-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

She was charged with conspiracy against the Islamic regime,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-23|title=Marjan Davari Sentenced to Death and Transferred to Garchak Prison|language=en-US|work=Hrana - News Agency|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/marjan-davari-sentenced-death-transferred-garchak-prison|access-date=2017-04-17}}</ref> 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 ({{ill|زندان قرچک|fa|vertical-align=sup}}) 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.<ref name="IranHR201703"/> presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://farsi.alarabiya.net/fa/iran/2017/03/14/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF.html|title=قاضی صلواتی یک نویسنده و مترجم زندانی را به اعدام محکوم کرد}}</ref>

==International response== In March 2017 Red T,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://red-t.org/index.html|title=Red T|website=red-t.org|access-date=2017-04-16|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819175541/http://red-t.org/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheRedT/photos/pcb.1666712473344504/1666702390012179/?type=3&theater|title=Red T|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref>

On 16 March 2017, Marjan's supporters started an online petition at Change.org<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FreeMarjan|title=Amnesty International : Stop Execution of Marjan Davari #FreeMarjan|last=|first=|date=|website=Change.org|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref> 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.<!-- <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.change.org/p/amnesty-international-stop-execution-of-marjan-davari-freemarjan | title=Petition to Amnesty International: Stop Execution of Marjan Davari #FreeMarjan | publisher=Change.org | accessdate=July 14, 2017}}</ref> -->

==See also== *Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe *Ghoncheh Ghavami *Atena Daemi *Narges Mohammadi *Arash Sadeghi *Mohammad Ali Taheri *List of Iranian women prisoners and detainees

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

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