{"id":344113,"date":"2026-04-06T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=344113"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:36:06","slug":"the-clerical-regime-executed-another-iranian-who-refused-to-submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/stop-executions-in-iran\/the-clerical-regime-executed-another-iranian-who-refused-to-submit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clerical Regime Executed Another Iranian Who Refused to Submit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ali Fahim, a political prisoner, who was executed on April 6, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tehran\u2019s dawn has long been punctuated by a grim, state-sanctioned ritual: the silhouette of the crane against a graying sky. On Monday morning, April 6, 2026, that ritual claimed another life\u2014Ali Fahim<\/a>\u2014marking a terrifying escalation in what has become a daily cadence of bloodshed. Fahim\u2019s execution at Qezel Hesar prison follows the hangings of Amir-Hossein Hatami, Mohammad Amin Biglari, and Shahin Vahedparast just days prior.<\/p>\n

While the clerical establishment in Iran often uses the death penalty to quiet dissent, these particular executions signal a significant and perhaps desperate shift in the regime\u2019s internal security calculus.<\/p>\n

The Siege of the Armories<\/h2>\n

The official charges against these young men involve alleged assaults on sensitive military facilities in Tehran during the January uprisings<\/a>. According to the judiciary, the group sought to breach restricted zones to seize weapons for direct confrontation with security forces. In the eyes of the clerical dictatorship, this is the ultimate transgression. It is no longer just “propaganda against the state”; it is an attempt to shatter the regime\u2019s most guarded monopoly: the monopoly on violence.<\/p>\n

The proceedings that led to their deaths were a caricature of justice. Conducted in Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court under Abolghassem\u00a0Salavati<\/a>\u2014known colloquially as the “Judge of Death”\u2014the trials lacked independent counsel or transparent evidence. Instead, they relied on the familiar, coerced theater of “confessions” extracted under the duress of solitary confinement.<\/p>\n

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"The \u201cmessage\u201d being sent through these executions is indeed one of #terror<\/a>, but the response from the streets suggests a different conclusion: the only way to end the cycle of executions is to remove the hand that holds the rope," writes @SaforaSM<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/5dpRWUpgOV<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n