Executions

Execution of 4 security prisoners accused of "connection with Israel and kidnapping"

02:08 - 5/12/2022

Execution of 4 security prisoners accused of "connection with Israel and kidnapping"

Mizan news agency announced the execution of 4 security prisoners accused of "connection with Israel" and "kidnapping". Three other prisoners were sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison in the same case. According to the report of the Mizan news agency related to the judiciary, the death sentence of 4 security prisoners accused of "connection with Israel and kidnapping" was carried out this morning. The names of these prisoners are: Hossein Ordukhanzadeh, Shahin Imani Mahmoudabad, Milad Ashrafi Atbatan and Manouchher Shahbandi Bojandi.

The other three defendants in this case were sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison based on charges such as "committing a crime against the country's security, aiding in kidnapping and keeping weapons."

This verdict has been confirmed by the ninth branch of the Supreme Court.

According to Mizan's report this morning, the death sentences of all four prisoners have been executed.

This is not the first time that political prisoners are executed on security charges and based on forced confessions. Accusations that are completely dictated by intelligence agents under brutal torture.

Including the execution of these 4 prisoners, at least 451 people were executed since the beginning of March 21, 2022. This is while many executions are carried out secretly and the news is not published anywhere, so the actual number of executions is much higher than this figure.

We remind you that the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran accused the Iranian government officials of launching a new campaign to execute prisoners.