The households of 4 Kurdish political prisoners who face loss of life sentences have been summoned to Evin Prison for a gathering, an indication of imminent execution.
The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that Pejman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad (Hazhir) Faramarzi, and Vafa Azarbar are scheduled to fulfill their households at Evin, the place they face imminent execution after receiving loss of life sentences from Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
Amnesty International earlier condemned their arbitrary detention since July 2022. The group reported that the boys had been arrested by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence close to Urmia, West Azarbaijan province, on July 20, 2022. State media later introduced their arrest, accusing them of “espionage for Israel and plotting terrorist actions throughout the nation.”
Footage aired on state tv in October and December 2022 purportedly depicted the 4 males confessing to planning a bomb assault close to the central metropolis of Esfahan, allegedly below Israeli intelligence steering.
The Islamic Republic, which has the best charge of executions on this planet after China, has executed 90 individuals simply from December 22 to January 21.
In a latest revelation, UN specialists disclosed that at the least 834 individuals had been executed in Iran in 2023, with eight of them linked to nationwide protests. The specialists urgently referred to as on the Iranian authorities to halt the surge of executions and undertake a complete evaluation of using the loss of life penalty.