Marjan Davari


Marjan Davari is an Iranian researcher, translator and writer who has been studying, teaching, translating and researching philosophical texts for more than 20 years.
Marjan has been arrested at her father's home on September 23, 2015 in Karaj and currently has been held in women's Qarchak prison, and subsequently sentenced to death for blasphemy and an additional 16 months for insulting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Education and work

She finished elementary school in UK and after returning to Iran, in an international Partian school. She received an English translation diploma when she was 13 and continued her studies at Alzahra University in graphic design and painting, in addition to research and translation in inner-science, eastern and western ontology.
Her published translated works include Talons of Time of Paul Twitchell, The Seeker of Phil Morimitsu and The Spiritual Exercises of ECK of Harold Klemp.
She concentrated solely on inner-science and eastern ontology and worked as a researcher and teacher of Metaphysics at the Rah-e Ma’refat institute. She was also a teacher at Rah-e Ma’refat institute which was officially registered. In addition, she started publishing translation of books in Eshraghi school of thought in 2010.
Her collected works and writings were kept in an archive to be available for her fans for free but have been confiscated by the security forces. She considers herself a free researcher in the field of esoteric science and metaphysics.

Arrest and trial

Timeline:
On March 2017, Red T a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of translators and interpreters published an open letter to Mr. Ali Khamenei with this subject : "No Death for Content - Free Translator Marjan Davari".

Petition

On 16 March 2017, Some of Marjan's supporters started an online petition at Change.org to raise awareness about her condition and urging Amnesty International to take appropriate action to stop the execution of Marjan Davari. This petition is available in most common languages, such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch and Persian.
This petition has been signed by over 20,000 supporters in many countries.