{"id":326501,"date":"2024-12-09T23:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=326501"},"modified":"2024-12-09T23:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:10:06","slug":"nordic-group-urges-un-to-intervene-against-execution-of-six-political-prisoners-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/no-to-execution-campaign\/nordic-group-urges-un-to-intervene-against-execution-of-six-political-prisoners-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic Group Urges UN to Intervene Against Execution of Six Political Prisoners in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friends of a Free Iran and Against Fundamentalism (FoFIAF), representing lawmakers, politicians, and human rights activists from Nordic countries, has issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T\u00fcrk. The group has called for immediate intervention to prevent the execution of six Iranian political prisoners<\/a> sentenced under harsh conditions after months of torture and denial of legal rights.<\/p>\n

The prisoners\u2014Abolhassan Montazer (65), Pouya Ghobadi (32), Vahid Bani-Amrian (32), Babak Alipour (33), Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar (57), and Mohammad Taghavi (58)\u2014were convicted on politically motivated charges, including \u201cmembership in the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization<\/a> of Iran (PMOI\/MEK),\u201d \u201carmed rebellion,\u201d and \u201ccollusion against national security.\u201d The sentences were issued by Judge Iman Afshari of Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Court, known for presiding over politically charged trials.<\/p>\n

The letter also details the September sentencing of three PMOI supporters\u2014Behrouz Ehsani, Mehdi Hassani, and Mohammad<\/a> Javad Vafaie<\/a>\u2014to death on charges such as \u201ccorruption on earth\u201d and \u201crebellion.\u201d It further notes the October decision by Judge Dehghani to confiscate PMOI assets and prosecute its members, coinciding with the show trial of 104 PMOI affiliates.<\/p>\n

The group criticized the Iranian regime for using executions as a tool to suppress dissent amid rising domestic instability. \u201cThe alarming rise in executions under President Massoud Pezeshkian\u2014540 since July\u2014reflects the regime\u2019s desperation to maintain control through fear and violence,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n

Friends of a Free Iran and Against Fundamentalism urged the UN to take firm action, including publicly condemning these sentences, pressuring Iranian authorities to halt the executions, and dispatching a fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with political detainees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian regime is sensitive to international pressure, and firm action can force it to reconsider its oppressive policies,\u201d the letter concluded, calling for urgent steps to save lives and ensure accountability for Iran\u2019s human rights violations.<\/p>\n

The original statement of FoFIAF follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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