A campaign against executions is called in Iran
20More than 0,000 Iranian civil society activists, writers, as well as family members of execution victims have signed a letter calling on activists and trade unions in Iran to launch a campaign against the executions.
Before that Iran a number of members of the parliament called the country’s judiciary to impose the harshest punishments on the protesters.
The letter, signed by 235 people, states that such a call was prompted by the recent execution of several people for participating in protests.
Scare tactics
The letter states that Mohsen Shikari and Majidrza Rahnavardexecution is part of the government’s tactics to intimidate people and suppress their voices.
“The foundation in often unjust judgments of human rights on the basis of judgments issued for violation execution These executions, immigrants, representatives of religious minorities, low social It is a clear example of discrimination against the hopeless, helpless and fragile people, including people of status, women and gender minorities.”
Rahnavard was hanged in public on December 12, 23 days after his arrest.
He was accused of the murder of two employees of the security forces. Iran The Human Rights organization reports that Rahnavard was convicted in a so-called trial based on forced confessions.
Shikari was also executed on December 8 with the participation of the public. Ali Court rejected his appeal against the sentence.
He was accused of injuring a security officer.
More than 500 executions this year alone
Human rights groups report that two brothers, Farhad and Farzad Tahazadeh, from the town of Oshnaviye, and several other protesters, are facing the imminent threat of execution.
According to some information, the football player Amir Nasr-Azadani He is accused of “war against God”.
This charge also carries the death penalty and is usually applied to those found guilty of spying for a foreign country and attempting a coup d’état.
Commentators say the mass protests currently underway in Iran are the biggest unrest since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Lived in Oslo Iran The Human Rights Organization reports that the number of people executed in Iran this year alone has exceeded 500.