Authorities at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, executed prisoner Mohammad Reza Ghorbani on 28 January on drug-related charges. Ghorbani was transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 27 January along with another prisoner, Hossein Havasi. Havasi was returned to the general ward several hours later, but Ghorbani was executed the following morning. Ghorbani, from Abdanan in Ilam Province, was arrested about five years ago on…
Read moreKurdish political prisoners Pezhman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi and Vafa Azarbar were executed today in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. Their bodies have not yet been released to their families. In December 2023, the four individuals were sentenced to death on charges of “spying for Israel” by Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran and the verdict was later upheld…
Read moreThe 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 moreThe First Branch of Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected the request for a retrial submitted by the legal team of Reza Rasaei, a Yarsani Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death and is currently being held in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. The Supreme Court, overlooking the existing discrepancies and uncertainties in the case, considered the request for a retrial to be “without legal…
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 moreImprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during anti-government protests in Tehran in September 2022, continues to be held in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, in a state of uncertainty and without access to medical services. The Kurdish political prisoner’s trial in Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, under the jurisdiction of Judge Amouzad, has…
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.
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