Mai Sato stated that several executions have been recorded since the beginning of the war, and the executions of Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi are a continuation of the use of the death penalty to suppress dissent.
Iran Human Rights Society, Monday, April 10, 2025 – Mai Sato, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, by publishing a message on the social network X, condemned the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi and announced that the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar is a continuation of the use of the death penalty to suppress opponents. She also announced that the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar was carried out in the conditions of war and long-term internet shutdown.
Reaction of Mai Sato to the Execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi
Mai Sato announced in a message on the social network X that since the beginning of the war, several executions have been recorded in conditions of complete internet shutdown. In this message, she specifically referred to the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi and announced that the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar is a continuation of a trend in which the death penalty is used to suppress opponents.
According to Mai Sato, in September 2025, she along with a group of United Nations experts, by sending an urgent letter to the Iranian authorities, demanded the halt of the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi. However, despite these requests, the execution sentence of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar was carried out.
Executions in Conditions of War and Internet Shutdown
In Mai Sato’s message, it is stated that since the beginning of the war, at least six cases of execution have been recorded in conditions of complete internet shutdown; a situation that has now continued for more than 30 days. According to her, during this period, three people were executed in connection with the nationwide protests, another person was executed on charges of espionage, and today Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi were also executed. She emphasized that the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar was carried out in conditions where the internet has been widely cut off, and this issue has increased concerns about the trial process and informing about these executions.
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Mai Sato in her message emphasized that the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi is a continuation of an old pattern in the use of the death penalty to suppress opposing views. According to her, the use of execution in political cases is an issue that has repeatedly been criticized by human rights institutions. The execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar has been carried out in conditions where the country is in a state of war, and many observers believe that in such conditions, public attention is focused on the war, and at the same time, the process of internal suppression and the implementation of execution sentences continues.
People Under the Pressure of War and Prisoners in Danger of Execution
While the war continues, many citizens are facing the consequences of the war, including insecurity, internet outages, economic crisis, and widespread restrictions. At the same time, reports show that political prisoners are also in danger of the implementation of execution sentences.
Some analysts believe that in wartime conditions, internal suppression increases and executions such as the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar are carried out in such an atmosphere. According to observers, people are facing war on one hand and internal suppression on the other hand, and political prisoners are also facing the danger of execution.
Warning about the Danger of More Executions
Mai Sato in her message, while referring to the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi, has warned about the danger of more executions. Given that in the same case, several other prisoners have also been sentenced to death, concerns about the repetition of executions like these executions have increased. Human rights activists say that the process that took place in the case of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar can be repeated for other prisoners as well.
The reaction of Mai Sato to the execution of Akbar Daneshvar Kar and Mohammad Taghavi shows that the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar has had an international reflection and concerns about the situation of political prisoners have increased. According to Mai Sato, the execution of Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvar Kar has been carried out in continuation of the use of the death penalty to suppress opponents and simultaneously with the war and internet shutdown. In conditions where the country is involved in war, many observers believe that people are under the pressure of war and suppression and political prisoners are also in danger of the implementation of execution sentences.
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