Iran: Brutal Execution of Five Political Prisoners after Ten Years of Imprisonment in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Mrs. Rajavi: With these crimes, Khamenei seeks to suppress the uprising. But this only strengthens the determination of rebellious youth. Inaction in the face of this regime encourages the ruling mullahs to commit further crimes and acts of terrorism.
Today, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in yet another heinous crime, Khamenei’s executioners hanged five political prisoners—Farhad Shakeri, Taj Mohammad Khormali, Abdolrahman Gorgij, Abdolhakim Azim Gorgij, and Malek Fadaei—at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. The executions were carried out without prior notice and without granting the prisoners a final meeting with their families.
Brutal execution of five political prisoners in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Farhad Shakeri, Taj Mohammad Khormali, Abdolrahman Gorgij, Abdolhakim Azim Gorgij, and Malek Fadaei were ruthlessly hanged this morning after enduring ten years of imprisonment. Through this endless cycle…— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 8, 2025
These five prisoners were arrested in 2015 and in 2019 and were sentenced to death on charges of baghi (armed rebellion) by the notorious Judge Davoodabadi at Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court. Three other individuals involved in the same case—Hamid Rastbala, Kabir Sa’adat Jahani, and Mohammad Ali Arayesh—who had also been arrested in 2015, were executed earlier on December 31, 2020.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, stated that Khamenei, through these relentless atrocities—such as the brutal execution of these five prisoners—seeks to prevent the inevitable uprising and downfall of his regime. However, this only solidifies the resolve of rebellious youth to rise and resist. Inaction and silence in the face of a regime that is a disgrace to contemporary humanity merely embolden the ruling mullahs in Iran to commit further crimes and acts of terror.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
8 April 2025