Kamal Hassan Ramazan, a Death Row political prisoner, who had been transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Detention Centre on Nov 28th was transferred back to Orumiyeh central prison.

“This political prisoner has been interrogated during the seven days of his detention at IRGC Detention Centre despite the fact that he was a prisoner with finalized death sentence and his interrogations had been completed.”, an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).

This source maintained that the reason for transfer of this political prisoner to IRGC Detention Centre was “to put pressure on him for cooperation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)”. “The issuance of such death sentences for several political prisoners from other parts of Kurdistan over the past years represents the intention of the intelligence and military institutions to sacrifice these political prisoners.”, the source added.

“The lawyer of the political prisoner had previously met with him and told him that he hoped to get the death sentence annulled considering that the death sentence had been issued in absentia based on just a name and the lack of sufficient evidence to prove his presence in Iran at the time when the crime happened.” The source added.

Kamal Hassan Ramadan,” the 31-year-old citizen of Syria was arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with two other people from the city of Maku near Orumieh, in July 2015 and transferred to IRGC detention centre.

This political prisoner was questioned at IRGC Detention Centre and the Intelligence Ministry for four months. Later, all three political prisoners were transferred to Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court (Branch 2) on Aug 14, 2015. The court hearing of all three political prisoners was headed by judge Sheykhloo who found them guilty of membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after an hour of the hearing. All three political prisoners were sentenced to 10 years and one day in prison. The decree was officially announced to the prisoners’ lawyer.

The 10 years imprisonment sentence of Ramezan, was reduced to 7 years since he did not make an appeal and per Article 442. After the verdict was finalized, he was transferred to the Detention Centre of IRGC at Orumiyeh Prison in February 2014. He was subjected to increasing pressure for two months to make confessions on TV.

Ramezan was also transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s Detention Centre and the Intelligence Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh last year (on 6 December for 8 days and 6 January for ten days) to be questioned in relation to the murder of an IRGC officer who was killed about ten years ago.

On Saturday 20 May 2017, the Enforcement Officer of Orumiyeh Central Prison summoned Hassan Ramadan and officially served him the absolute decree of Execution issued by Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court (Branch 3) on the charges of membership in PKK and participation in armed conflict with the Iranian government. This decree has been issued in absentia at a time when the Kurdish political prisoner (resident of Syria) has not even been in Iran.