02 December 2024 :
November 30, 2024 – IRAN. 6 Political Prisoners Sentenced to Execution for PMOI Membership in Iran
The Iranian regime’s judiciary has sentenced 6 political prisoners—Abolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amrian, Babak Alipour, Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi—to execution following months of interrogation and torture. The charges against them include “membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK),” “collusion and conspiracy against national security,” “armed rebellion against the government,” “forming a group to disrupt national security,” and “destruction of public property using a launcher.” These criminal rulings were issued by Judge Iman Afshari, head of the Revolutionary Court, Branch 26, in Tehran. The same court also sentenced Mojtaba and Ali Taghavi, brothers of Mohammad Taghavi, to imprisonment and exile.
Abolhassan Montazer, 65, an architecture graduate and a political prisoner from the 1980s, has been arrested and imprisoned multiple times, including in 2018 and 2020. He was last arrested in January 2024 and suffers from heart, lung, and kidney diseases, and arthritis.
Pouya Ghobadi, 32, an electrical engineer, was arrested in March 2024. He had previously been arrested twice.
Vahid Bani-Amrian, 32, holding a master’s degree in management, was arrested in January 2024. He has spent a total of 4 years in prison across multiple arrests since 2017.
Babak Alipour, 33, a law graduate, was arrested in January 2024. He had earlier been detained in November 2018 in Rasht and served 4 years in prison.
Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, 57, a civil engineer, was arrested in January 2024.
Mohammad Taghavi, 58, a political prisoner from the 1980s and 1990s, was previously arrested in 2020 and imprisoned for 3 years on charges of association with the PMOI/MEK.
Mojtaba and Ali Taghavi were sentenced solely because they are the brothers of Mohammad Taghavi.
The criminal Ali Khamenei is futilely attempting to prevent the people’s uprising and the overthrow of the despised Velayat-e Faqih regime through executions of Iran’s children. However, rebellious youth will shake the ground beneath his feet.
The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations Security Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, and other relevant UN bodies, as well as the European Union and its member states, to take immediate action to save these prisoners’ lives and secure the release of all political prisoners.
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-human-rights/six-political-prisoners-sentenced-to-execution-for-pmoi-membership-in-iran/
https://www.en-hrana.org/six-death-sentences-and-over-54-years-of-imprisonment-issued-for-eight-political-prisoners-in-tehran/
