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Iran: political prisoners call for halt in executions

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NCRI – Political prisoners in Iran’s Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran, have smuggled out an open letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Human Rights Council following the mass execution of at least 25 Sunni political prisoners in the notorious jail last Tuesday. The political prisoners have called on the UN to act urgently to halt executions in Iran.

The political prisoners’ letter said: “We are certain that especially in the past few weeks you have been informed of a large number of executions and mass killings. Despite the fact that we are yet to be informed of the exact number of executions, all the doors and windows are locked, and we are deprived of any phone calls, all the reports indicate a large number of executions. Conditions inside the prison have become intensely secure and there is a possibility of this wave of executions engulfing many other prisoners.”

“If your organization and other international entities fail to show any reaction we will be facing a much higher number of executions. Especially without respecting even minimum human rights for their families (method of informing, not allowing a final visit, providing wrong addresses and …) while sending prisoners to the gallows in the most vicious manner.”

“This reached a point that various prison administrative agents became terrified and said they have no role in all this. This is very similar to the methods used during the 1988 massacre of thousands of prisoners, coinciding with its anniversary these days. Therefore, we the prisoners of Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison demand urgent measures regarding this serious threat,” their letter added.

The signatories of the open letter included:

1. Saeed Masouri
2. Reza Akbari Monfared
3. Hassan Sadeqi
4. Shahin Zoghi-Tabar
5. Mohammad Akrami Pour
6. Amir Qaziani
7. Abolqasem Fouladvand
8. Saeed Shirzad