IRAN: EIGHT HANGED IN KARAJ WHILE PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY CONTINUE

January 3, 2020:

According to Iran Human Rights sources, on the early morning of 1st January 2020, eight men were executed at Karaj city’s Rajai-Shahr prison, near Tehran. All men were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder charges. Two of the men were identified as "Hossein Gholami", 28 years old, and "Saman Doosti", 30 years old, both charged for murder under a street fight. IHR is investigating to reveal Identities of the other six prisoners hanged.
1st January 2020, marks the 48th day since the Iran protests began. Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi in a message for the beginning of the New Year said: Congratulations on the advent of 2020. At the beginning of the New Year, the Iran uprising heralds a blessed transformation for the region and the world. It is possible to build a new world based on emancipation, unity, and freedom. The resistance units and rebellious youths in Iran have risen up to achieve this goal. I call on all advocates of freedom, democracy, and equality to support the people of Iran. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees. The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 615 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far. Highlights Of The Uprising: Number of uprising cities: 191; Number of martyrs: At least 1500; Number of injured: More than 4,000; Number of detainees: More than 12,000.