IRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SUPPORTING THE PMOI/MEK
May 19, 2019: Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on 19 May 2019 sentenced a men affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) to death. The branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court headed by notorious judge, Mohammad Moghiseh, has sentenced 34-year-old Abdullah Ghasempour to death and eight years behind bars on the charges including “waging war on God,” “assembly and collusion,” and “membership in the MEK.” The court said that Abdullah Ghasempour had set fire to a Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Basij base, filmed the event and sent it to the MEK media. (Sources: iran-hrm.com, 20 /05/2019)
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