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Farhad Azari
January 6 case-file subject
Documented editorial-use imageFarhad Azari fled a dictatorship in Iran, built a life in Richmond, Virginia, and raised a son in the country he chose. Start with that, because that is the biography. Farhad Azari left Iran roughly three decades ago and came to America. He is a Virginian by choice. He was 65 years old when he was sentenced, and his son Farbod stood in the same case beside him. FACT: Farhad Azari and his son Farbod fled oppression in Iran about thirty years before January 6 and settled in Virginia (WUSA9, Washington, D.C.). FACT: Farhad Azari, of the Richmond area, was 65 at sentencing (WUSA9; WTVR, Richmond). FACT: He pleaded guilty in January 2024 to civil disorder and to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon (U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia). FACT: He was sentenced June 7, 2024, to 30 months, with supervised release and $2,000 restitution (WTVR; Daily Progress). FACT: He received a full pardon effective January 20, 2025, and appears on the Office of the Pardon Attorney's list of pardon certificate recipients. A man who ran from one government's boot ended up in a federal case in the country he ran to. Whatever anyone makes of that, it is his story and it is true, and Farhad Azari is home in Virginia now. CASE RECORD Case number: 1:23-cr-00251-RCL, magistrate 1:23-mj-00013-GMH Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: January 18, 2023 Plea: guilty, January 2024 Sentenced: June 7, 2024 Clemency: full pardon, January 20, 2025 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:23-cr-00251-RCL (magistrate: 1:23-mj-00013-GMH)
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Royce C. Lamberth
- Defense attorney
- Stephen F. Brennwald
- Disposition
- Guilty plea to civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; sentenced June 7, 2024; full pardon effective January 20, 2025.
- Arrested
- January 18, 2023
- Plea
- January 22, 2024
- Sentenced
- June 7, 2024
Charges
- 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3) — civil disorder (guilty plea)
- 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1), (b) — assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon (guilty plea)
Sentence
30 months’ imprisonment; public docket and contemporary reporting also describe 24 months’ supervised release and $2,000 restitution; signed judgment remains uncaptured.
Press & news
- https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/richmond-father-son-january-6-capitol-riot-azari/article_06d1f007-2457-5d5f-89f8-528d24caed40.html →
- https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/2023-08/farhad-and-farbod-azari-indictment.pdf →
- https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Farhad%20Azari%20Affidavit%20in%20Support%20of%20Criminal%20Complaint.pdf →
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67640543/united-states-v-azari/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/freedom-information-act-foia-release-pardon-certificate-recipients →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-father-and-son-plead-guilty-assaulting-law-enforcement-deadly-or-dangerous →
- https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/azaris-jan-6-sentencing-june-7-2024 →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/father-son-who-fled-iran-sentenced-to-prison-for-assaulting-police-on-jan-6-donald-trump-virginia-azari/65-0fbab340-263f-47c0-9582-447f5e8bb0b2 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Farhad Azari appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 8 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
8 documents on file
Court2 documents
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
docket · Jul 26, 2023
United States v. Azari — Public RECAP Docket
Public docket metadata for D.D.C. No. 1:23-cr-00251-RCL, including counsel, plea and sentencing entries. Native documents remain separately subject to capture.
Readindictment · Jul 26, 2023
Farhad and Farbod Azari — Indictment
The eight-page indictment in D.D.C. No. 1:23-cr-00251-RCL. It records the grand jury’s charges; counts not resolved by the later pleas are not presented as convictions.
ReadGovt response5 documents
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
order · Jan 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 January 6 Clemency Proclamation
Presidential proclamation commuting the sentences of fourteen named January 6 defendants to time served and granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted defendants. Person-specific status must be determined from the proclamation’s two separate clemency provisions.
Readother · Jan 20, 2025
Farhad Azari — Pardon Certificate Recipient Record
The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public certificate-recipient page lists the exact entry “AZARI, FARHAD.” The individual certificate PDF remains uncaptured.
Readarticle · Jan 22, 2024
DOJ — Farhad and Farbod Azari Guilty Pleas
Official DOJ announcement reporting that each man pleaded guilty on January 22, 2024 to civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon.
Readaffidavit · Jan 13, 2023
Farhad Azari — FBI Affidavit Supporting Criminal Complaint
A 21-page FBI probable-cause affidavit in D.D.C. No. 1:23-mj-00013-GMH. Allegations, attributed interview statements and qualifying observations are preserved as affidavit content, not trial findings.
Readaffidavit · Jan 13, 2023
Farbod Azari — FBI Affidavit Supporting Criminal Complaint
A 26-page FBI probable-cause affidavit in D.D.C. No. 1:23-mj-00012-GMH. It identifies Farbod Azari, also known as “Francis Azari,” records allegations and attributed interview statements involving Farbod and Farhad Azari, and is preserved as complaint-stage evidence rather than a verdict.
ReadNews1 document
Press coverage.