{"id":326445,"date":"2024-12-09T07:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=326445"},"modified":"2024-12-09T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:40:07","slug":"hands-off-cain-appeals-to-un-for-six-iranian-political-prisoners-facing-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/no-to-execution-campaign\/hands-off-cain-appeals-to-un-for-six-iranian-political-prisoners-facing-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Off Cain Appeals to UN for Six Iranian Political Prisoners Facing Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hands Off Cain<\/a>, an international human rights association advocating for a global moratorium on the death penalty, has issued an urgent appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mai Sato. The organization expressed deep alarm over a surge in executions in Iran in 2024 and condemned the death sentences recently handed down to six political prisoners accused of membership in the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n

The six individuals<\/a>\u2014Abolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amrian, Babak Alipour, Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi\u2014were sentenced following months of interrogation under torture. Charges against them include \u201ccollusion and conspiracy against national security,\u201d \u201carmed rebellion against the government,\u201d and \u201cdestruction of public property.\u201d Mojtaba and Ali Taghavi, brothers of Mohammad Taghavi, were also sentenced to imprisonment and exile solely due to their familial relationship.<\/p>\n

The sentences, issued by Judge Iman Afshari of Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Court, Branch 26, highlight what Hands Off Cain described as systemic persecution of PMOI\/MEK members<\/a> and sympathizers. The organization stated, \u201cThese rulings reflect ongoing crimes against humanity, as noted in the UN\u2019s July 2024 report titled \u2018Atrocity Crimes,\u2019 which documents decades of persecution against this group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hands Off Cain called for urgent action to save the lives of these six prisoners and secure the release of all political detainees in Iran. \u201cWe appeal to the international community to condemn these violations and renew calls for a moratorium on all capital executions in Iran,\u201d the organization declared.<\/p>\n

The original Hands Off Cain statement follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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