The mullahs’ judiciary in Sanandaj sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment to be served in exile for “waging war against the system.” But as he appealed, the initial verdict was overturned and he was condemned to death.
Mr. Fattahian has been on hunger strike since Sunday in protest to his death sentence.
The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions to take immediate measures to save the life of Mr. Ehsan Fattahian.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
November 10, 2009