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Farbod Azari

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Farbod Azari is a Richmond, Virginia man and the son of an Iranian refugee — a family that fled a dictatorship three decades ago to get to America. FACT: WUSA9 and DOJ-sourced reporting both state it directly: Farbod Azari and his father, Farhad Azari, are a father and son who **fled oppression in Iran** roughly thirty years before January 6, 2021, and made their life in central Virginia. That is the fact this archive leads with, because it is the fact that explains the family. ## Who he is FACT: Farbod Azari — known as Francis — was 32 at sentencing and lives in the Richmond area of Henrico County, Virginia. His father, Farhad Azari, was 63. They stood in that federal courtroom together. A father who got his family out of Iran, and the son he raised here. Whatever anyone concludes about January 6, 2021, a family that crossed the world for the freedom to speak is a family whose story is worth telling right. Local Virginia outlets — WTVR, 12 On Your Side, the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star — all covered the Azaris as Richmond''s own, not as strangers. ## The legal fight, and where it stands FACT: Arrested January 18, 2023. On January 24, 2024, Farbod Azari pleaded guilty to two counts: civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon. FACT: On June 7, 2024, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Farbod Azari to 50 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution. FACT: On **January 20, 2025, Farbod Azari received a full pardon** under Proclamation 10887, the January 6 clemency proclamation. He served roughly seven months of that sentence. The pardon is the operative legal fact. The conviction is pardoned. The charges were charges, and they are now covered by clemency. ## Case record - Case numbers: 1:23-cr-00251-RCL (magistrate: 1:23-mj-00012-GMH) - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Judge: Royce C. Lamberth - Arrest: January 18, 2023 - Plea: January 24, 2024 — two felony counts - Sentence: June 7, 2024 — 50 months prison, 24 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution - Clemency: **January 20, 2025 — full pardon, Proclamation 10887** - DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-father-and-son-plead-guilty-assaulting-law-enforcement-deadly-or-dangerous Searching *Farbod Azari January 6*, *Azari Richmond Virginia January 6*, *father and son January 6 Iran*, *pardoned January 6 Virginia*, or *J6 pardon Henrico County*? This is the record — and the pardon is real. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.