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Iran: Sunni youths arrested

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NCRI – At least eight people have been arrested by the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in Mahabad and Bukan, in West Azerbaijan Province, north-western Iran, in the past fortnight, according to reports received from Iran.

Ali and Farooq Mavot, two Sunni brothers, were arrested in their home by MOIS agents on May 30. They were beaten and transferred to an unknown location. Ali Mavot was previously arrested in 2012 and spent three years in prison because of his religious activities.

In addition, at least six youths were arrested in the past two weeks in Mahabad following raids on their homes by agents of the MOIS and transferred to unknown locations. Mokhtar Ebrahimi, Yousef Ahmadian, Arsalan Besharat, Yousef Zoodi, Khaled Ak and Younes Zoodi are among the arrestees and there is no information about their current condition and whereabouts.

Arsalan Besharat is the elder brother of Khosrow Besharat who received a death sentence along with six other Sunni prisoners incarcerated in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison, north-west of Tehran, on May 25 by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by the notorious hangman-judge Moghiseh. The infamous Moghiseh has so far issued death sentences for a large number of political opponents, particularly activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK).

Davoud Abdollahi, Kamran Sheikheh, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Qassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi are seven Sunni prisoners who have been incarcerated since December 7, 2009 and sentenced to death. These prisoners were tried in March 2016 in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Moghiseh. They were informed of the death sentence on May 25 in prison.

These prisoners have spent seven years in prison in a state of limbo under physical and psychological torture.