On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 30th and May 1st, 2024, 6 prisoners, including Sunni political prisoner Anwar Khezri, executed.
According to the Iran Human Rights Society, on Wednesday, May 1st, 6 prisoners executed in the prisons of Ghezel Hesar in Karaj and Parsilon in Khorramabad. Early in the morning on Tuesday, April 30th, a prisoner named Saeed Imani executed in Parsilon Prison, Khorramabad. He was arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges three years ago. The news of this execution has not been published in domestic media or websites associated with the judiciary yet.
At dawn on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, five prisoners executed in QezelHesar prison in Karaj. The names of the executed are political prisoner Anwar Khezri, Farzad Gravand, Majid Barati, Reza Shirdehi, Majid Hazhbari.
Burial announcement of Farzad Gravand
Farzad Gravand and Majid Barati arrested in a joint case related to drug charges. They were from the mountains of Lorestan. Their death sentence executed at dawn on Tuesday the 30th of April 2024. Political prisoner Anwar Khezri, along with Reza Shirdehi and Majid Hazhbari, executed in the same prison on Wednesday morning. Reza Shirdahi and Majid Hazhbari arrested on charges of murder and sentenced to death by the court.
Death sentence for political prisoner Shahriar Bayat in Iran
The execution of the Sunni political prisoner
Anwar Khezri from Mahabad who arrested by security officers and transferred to the Urmia Intelligence Department detention center along with 2 other Sunni compatriots named Kamran Sheikhe and Khosro Basharat. During his detention, Anwar Khezri first accused of murdering a soldier. And later this charge changed to participation in the bombing. During the time of detention and court hearings, which began after 4 years of indecision, political prisoner Anwar Khezri denied all accusations.
Anwar Khezri officially sentenced to death in prison
On June 15, 1996, the political prisoner Anwar Khezri officially sentenced to death in prison. After the lawyer of the case objected to this ruling, the case referred to the Supreme Court. And this ruling overturned at the end of 2016.
After some time, the death sentence of the political prisoner Anwar Khazari and 6 religious-political Sunni prisoners issued by Judge Moghiseh, and on 3rd of February 2019, it was notified to their lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai.
The death sentence of these 7 religious-political Sunni prisoners issued with the influence of the Ministry of Inteligence. Political prisoner Anwar Khezri spent his days in prison suffering from shortness of breath and chest pain due to the tortures inflicted on him, and he deprived of sending to the hospital and treated.
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