The Supreme Court’s Branch 39 has upheld the death sentence for Yousef Ahmadi, a 38-year-old Kurdish political prisoner, charged with “armed insurrection” (baghi) for being a member of a Kurdish opposition party and “involvement in the murder of two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”. The Kurdish political prisoner, from Baneh in Kurdistan Province, now faces imminent execution following the court’s confirmation. Ahmadi was…
Read moreKurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh and Khosrow Besharat face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, following the execution of four of their co-defendants in recent months on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz). The three death row prisoners who have been imprisoned for 14 years, have been on hunger strike since 3 January following the…
Read moreFarhad Salimi, a 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric and prisoner of conscience, was executed today at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after 14 years behind bars. Salimi, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was executed on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) without prior notice and without the opportunity for a final meeting with his family. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned…
Read moreFarhad Salimi, a 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric and prisoner of conscience, was transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 21 January. Salimi, who has spent 14 years in prison, was transferred to solitary confinement following the recent executions of three of his co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi and Davoud Abdollahi, in Ghezel Hesar prison on 5 November,…
Read moreDeath row prisoner Jalil Soleymani was executed by the authorities in Hamadan Central Prison on 17 January on drug-related charges. He was transferred to solitary confinement for the execution on 14 January. Soleymani, from Kangavar in Kermanshah Province and a resident of Tuyserkan in Hamadan Province, was arrested about three years ago on drug trafficking charges.
Read moreThe authorities at Ilam Central Prison executed prisoner Mohsen Mehri for “premeditated murder” on 16 January. The prisoner had been arrested and sentenced to death about five years ago for the “premeditated murder” of his brother over a financial dispute, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Mehri was sentenced to death under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind, which gives the victim’s family…
Read moreThe Iranian authorities have executed three prisoners in two days on drug-related charges in prisons in Hamadan, Hamadan Province, and Karaj, Alborz Province. Habib Darvishi, a 43-year-old father of two from Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, who was arrested several years ago for drug trafficking, was executed in Hamadan Central Prison on the morning of 16 January. Today, authorities at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj executed Iman Shabani…
Read moreKurdish political prisoners Pezhman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Vafa Azarbar, who have been sentenced to death, have had their request for a retrial rejected by the Supreme Court, according to their lawyer, Masoud Shamsnejad. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on 16 January, Shamsnejad said: “The request for a retrial on behalf of my clients Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen…
Read moreSome nine Kurdish political and religious prisoners are currently facing imminent execution in prisons in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, as well as in an undisclosed detention centre. The identities of these individuals are Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Pezhman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Reza Rasaei. These prisoners were sentenced to death during unfair trials on charges…
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