Four of these prisoners have been sentenced to death on charges of membership in the PMOI
Reports indicate an imminent risk of execution for five political prisoners—Masoud Jamei, Alireza Merdasi, Farshad Etemadifar, Reza Abdali, and Hassan Maslavi—in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz.
As stated in the November 14, 2025, statement of the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), three of these prisoners—Farshad Etemadifar, Alireza Merdasi (Homeidavi), and Masoud Jamei—were arrested in the summer of 2023. In July 2025, Branch 1 of the regime’s Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz, presided over by the notorious judge Adibi-Mehr, sentenced them to death on charges of ‘Moharebeh’ (enmity against God), ‘assembly and collusion against national security,’ ‘membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK),’ and ‘propaganda against the regime.’ These sentences were upheld by the regime’s Supreme Court on November 14, 2025.
The Secretariat’s November 6, 2025, statement noted that Reza Abdali, who was arrested in February 2025, was sentenced in July 2025 to death and 15 years in prison on charges of supporting the PMOI. This sentence was also upheld by the regime’s Supreme Court in November 2025.
Farshad Etemadifar, 31, is from Basht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. He was previously arrested in 2018 and imprisoned for 20 months. Masoud Jamei, 49, an oil company employee, and Alireza Merdasi, 53, a teacher, are both Arab compatriots arrested in Ahvaz. Reza Abdali, 36, is also an Arab compatriot from the Daghagheleh tribe in Ahvaz.
Sheiban Prison is one of the most overcrowded and unsanitary prisons in Iran. Prisoners suffer from poor water quality, severe water shortages, and a lack of other basic necessities. Because the inmate population is several times the prison’s capacity, they face a severe shortage of sanitary facilities.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), warned of the imminent risk of execution facing these prisoners and called for urgent intervention by the United Nations and all human rights organizations to annul their death sentences and save their lives. She added that the clerical regime desperately tries to prevent the explosion of popular anger and the escalation of the uprising through these criminal executions and by creating an atmosphere of fear and terror.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
7 June 2026