NCRI – The mullahs' regime executed Mehdi Ghasemzadeh, a prisoner belonging to Ahl-e-Haq (a Shiite offshoot adhering to Imam Ali the first Shiite Imam) on Saturday in the northwestern city of Orumieh. Qasemzdeh and three other co-defendants were arrested by the mullahs' Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in April 2008.
The Ahl-e-Haq prisoners went on hunger strike to protest their illegal arrest, detention, confiscation of their belongings and exile to Yazd prison in central Iran. Ahl-e-Haq prisoners also highlighted the violation of their freedom of expression and belief, as well as execution and imprisonment of their fellow coreligionists.
At that time, they went on a liquid-only hunger strike from for long time underscoring their resolve to continue until an official signed and sealed-statement would guarantee that their demands will be honored.