At least two political prisoners, Mohammad Ghobadlo and Farhad Salimi, are among those executed in the month of Bahman (January/February).
According to the Iranian Human Rights Society, at least 36 prisoners executed during the month of Bahman (January/February) in 2024. The executed individuals in Dey month (December/January) charged with murder and drug-related offenses. Among the executed, there are 33 men, one woman, and 2 political prisoners. Three of the executed are Baluch, 8 are Kurdish, one is Afghan, and one is Iraqi.
The executed female prisoner named Zahra Nazarian, 27 years old, who executed on 11th of Bahman in 1402 on charges of murder in Sabzevar prison.
The total number of executions in the Iranian’s year 1402 until the end of this month is at least 793 individuals.
2 political prisoners, Mohammad Ghabadlou and Farhad Salimi, are among those executed this month.
Execution of political prisoners
Mohammad Ghabadlo: He was 23 years old and executed on January 23, 2024, on the charge of murdering a security officer in Ghazalhasar prison. He was one of the detainees of the nationwide uprising of 2022.
His defense lawyer said that his death sentence overturned by the first branch of the Supreme Court of the country and the case was referred to the same branch (Criminal Branch 5 of Tehran) so that an appropriate sentence could be issued after re-examination of the forensic medical examiner. However, the case did not reach this branch for months, and finally, the first branch of the Supreme Court of the country announced that the handling of the case depends on the outcome of the proceedings in the 39th branch, and on January 22, 2024, it announced that he would be executed.
Farhad Salimi: On January 23, 2024, after 14 years of imprisonment on charges of murder, he executed in GhezelHesar Prison. His execution carried out while he and his 3 co-defendants, Anwar Khodaverdi, Khosrow Besharat, and Kameran Sheikhi, had been on a hunger strike since December 30th, 2023, in protest against the execution of Davoud Abdollahi, their fellow inmate, and the increased likelihood of their own execution. In the past few months, 3 other co-defendants of Farhad Salimi named Davoud Abdollahi, Ayoub Karimi, and Ghasem Abasteh also executed in the same prison.
Arbitrary arrests and killings by the government in February 2024
In February 2023, at least one person killed under torture by security forces. Additionally, 10 others killed through other methods including arbitrary shootings.
In February 2023, at least 239 individuals detained by security forces. 160 of these detentions were political, 4 were related to religious issues, and 75 were arbitrary detentions.
Revealing executions, the confrontation of the people with the government
The concealment of the government leaders regarding the executions can be considered as not officially announcing them. It should be noted that the published statistics by the Iranian Human Rights Organization show the lowest level of executions. The announcement and disclosure of the names of the executed individuals by the judiciary is a national duty. In any case, it may be necessary to prevent the inhumane actions of the government leaders regarding ordinary or political prisoners.
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