Execution of 9 prisoners, including a woman, in Ghezel Hesar, Adel Abad, and Lakan prisons
Execution of 9 prisoners, including a woman, in Ghezel Hesar, Adel Abad, and Lakan prisonsInternational call for urgent action to save the lives of prisoners on death row
Over the past three days, Khamenei’s executioners have hanged nine prisoners, including a woman, in Ghezel Hesar, Adel Abad (Shiraz), and Lakan (Rasht) prisons.
Today, Sunday, July 21, four prisoners named Davood Barahoui, Saeed Mohammadpour, Mehdi Ali Akbari, and another prisoner were hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. Davood Barahoui, a 47-year-old Baluch compatriot, has been in prison since 2018.
On Saturday, July 20, Mansour Tavakoli, Hamed Shekasteh, Mohsen Ostovari, and a female prisoner named “Mahmoudinia” were executed in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. On Friday, July 19, another prisoner named Taher Sadeghi was executed in Lakan Prison in Rasht.
The recent actions of the regime’s proxy groups and IRGC mercenaries in the region, as well as the renewed acceleration of the killing and execution machine after the presidential election show, once again, demonstrate that the main components of Khamenei’s policy, such as internal repression, the nuclear weapons project, and warmongering and exporting terrorism, which are necessary for the regime’s survival, not only remain unchanged but are intensifying.
The Iranian Resistance once again calls on the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on Iran, and other human rights advocates to take immediate action to save the lives of prisoners on death row, especially political prisoners. It also demands that the human rights violation case of the religious fascism ruling Iran be referred to the UN Security Council and that its leaders be brought to justice.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
21 July 2024
