{"id":345136,"date":"2026-05-17T09:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345136"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:57:56","slug":"argentinian-outlet-seul-the-song-of-ghezel-hesar-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/argentinian-outlet-seul-the-song-of-ghezel-hesar-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentinian Outlet Se\u00fal: The Song of Ghezel Hesar Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_344135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344135\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed.jpg\" alt=\"Six PMOI members executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in spring 2026, Vahid Bani Amerian, Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Aliyur, Pouya Ghobadi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, Abolhassan Montazer\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/six-pmoi-prisoners-executed-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six PMOI members executed in spring 2026, Vahid Bani Amerian, Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Aliyur, Pouya Ghobadi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, Abolhassan Montazer, singing a resistance hymn in Ghezel Hesar Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"476\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/seul.ar\/la-balada-de-la-carcel-de-ghezel-hesar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deeply emotional essay<\/a> published by the Argentinian digital outlet <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\">Se\u00fal<\/span>, journalist <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Osvaldo Baz\u00e1n<\/span><\/span> recounts the final days of six Iranian political prisoners executed in 2026 for being members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> affiliated with the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"939\">The article centers on a haunting video filmed inside <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ghezel Hesar Prison<\/span><\/span> in which the prisoners sing revolutionary hymns before their executions. Baz\u00e1n portrays them as symbols of resistance against the Iranian regime, emphasizing their education, ideological conviction, and refusal to seek clemency. He especially highlights figures such as engineer and former regime loyalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/from-basij-to-resistance-the-transformative-journey-of-executed-pmoi-freedom-fighter-shahrokh-daneshvarkar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akbar Daneshvarkar<\/a> and physics instructor Vahid Bani-Amerian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1301\">The piece also condemns what the author sees as the indifference of Western media, Argentine activist circles, and international institutions toward executions and repression in Iran. Through letters written by condemned prisoners and fellow detainees, the article frames their deaths not as defeat, but as a deliberate act of political defiance and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1301\"><strong>A translated version of the article follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Nos cuenta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osvaldobazan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@osvaldobazan<\/a> sobre los presos politicos ejecutados en Ir\u00e1n que &quot;en el grupo de seis hombres que saben que van a morir no hay temor, no hay duda, hay una convicci\u00f3n que se refleja en el final de las cartas que uno de ellos, Babak Alipour, dej\u00f3 escritas&quot;.  <\/p>\n<p>Nota \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kssHx3hG9E\">https:\/\/t.co\/kssHx3hG9E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Revista Se\u00fal (@RevistaSeul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevistaSeul\/status\/2055798413501812896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1301\">\u201cThe Ballad of Ghezel Hesar Prison\u201d<\/h1>\n<div class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) pb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm\">\n<div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\">\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:c25e5796-1c6e-44f0-8bbe-9834b77316bf-2\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:c25e5796-1c6e-44f0-8bbe-9834b77316bf-2\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:c25e5796-1c6e-44f0-8bbe-9834b77316bf-2\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-6\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0b0998fc-1724-4a9c-9d44-df436ba0f88e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"177\"><em>By <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Osvaldo Baz\u00e1n<\/span><\/span><\/em><br data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"81\" \/><em>Published by the Argentinian digital outlet <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/seul.ar?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Se\u00fal<\/a><\/span> \u2014 May 16, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"479\">I think that after so many weeks together here in the newsletter, we\u2019re familiar enough now that I can ask you for something. Before reading today\u2019s edition, it would be good if you first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbvG-c7s_OQ&amp;t=1s.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listened to this song<\/a>. Don\u2019t cheat, because otherwise you\u2019ll miss a large part of what I want to tell you today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"583\">Maybe, depending on whom you follow, this video has appeared on one of your social media feeds lately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"619\">Maybe you simply scrolled past it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"858\">I say \u201con social media\u201d because neither <em data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"669\">Clar\u00edn<\/em>, nor <em data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"686\">La Naci\u00f3n<\/em>, nor \u2014 of course \u2014 <em data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"717\">P\u00e1gina\/12<\/em> mentioned the issue. Only <em data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"753\">Infobae<\/em>, amid its endless flood of information, published two articles about what I now want to explore further.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"885\">Who are those six people?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"924\">Their names will mean nothing to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"941\">Where are they?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"993\">In <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ghezel Hesar Prison<\/span><\/span>, in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1017\">When are they singing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1048\">In the last week of February.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1072\">What are they singing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1325\">\u201cOh, I swore by my blood; the tyrant\u2019s throne will shatter. I will tear open the vault of the sky and build what truly matters! I am the storm, the uprising, the wave, the scream, the flame. I am a rain of fire upon you. Oh executioner, hear my name!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1348\">Why are they singing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1391\">Because they knew they were going to die.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1427\">And that is exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Sobre estos seis h\u00e9roes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9vjctwq2BM\">pic.twitter.com\/9vjctwq2BM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OB (@osvaldobazan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osvaldobazan\/status\/2055631695865417981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1674\">Among the group of six men who knew they were going to die, there was no fear, no doubt. There was conviction \u2014 reflected in the ending of the letters left behind by one of them, Babak Alipour, revealed after the hangings: \u201cReady! Ready! Ready!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1814\">That same conviction appears in the letter \u201cA Choice for Freedom,\u201d left behind by another prisoner, Akbar Daneshvarkar, in which he wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"2102\">\u201cIf I had to walk this path again, I would declare war on oppression and the oppressor from the very first day, with the slogan: Death to the oppressor, whether the Shah or the Supreme Leader! For the freedom of my people, I will give my life and pay the price\u2026 My head will never bow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2465\">Another of those hanged, Vahid Bani-Amerian (34), was an elite graduate with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Khajeh Nasir University \u2014 an institution that is extremely demanding academically in Iran \u2014 and also held an MBA. He taught physics through online courses, and in one tweet he can be seen teaching, almost like a Persian-language Sheldon Cooper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2467\" data-end=\"3138\">Akbar Daneshvarkar (59), meanwhile, spent eight years in the regime\u2019s prisons.\u00a0He too was an elite engineer, but his story is especially remarkable. In his youth, he belonged to the regime\u2019s paramilitary forces, but his rejection of the government\u2019s injustices and contradictions led him through a profound ideological transformation: he went from being part of the system to becoming an opposition activist. He joined the Resistance Units of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/span><\/span>. He is the clearest example that people can evolve, think differently than before, betray their former selves in order not to betray their conscience. He was arrested on January 3, 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">De estoy hablo hoy en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevistaSeul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RevistaSeul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7vIvxanal\">pic.twitter.com\/c7vIvxanal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OB (@osvaldobazan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osvaldobazan\/status\/2055618900973306000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3140\" data-end=\"3261\">Six men in the courtyard of a prison under a tyranny, singing: \u201cI am a rain of fire upon you, executioner, hear my name!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3263\" data-end=\"3487\">And surely the executioner heard the names Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvarkar on March 30. And on March 31, those of Pouya Ghobadi and Babak Alipour. And on April 4, those of Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Bani-Amerian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3621\">And after hearing each name, at dawn, inside a filthy barracks with no witnesses except the henchmen of the tyranny, he hanged them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3942\">\u201cIf Iran lies in ruins, devastated and torn apart, if for the soul of our homeland our lives are worn away, if over this sacred land the shadow of death spreads its shroud, if burning bullets rain down upon the tender petals, rise like thunder, show your weapons! Rise, mighty unity of warriors, break the stone walls!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3944\" data-end=\"4017\">What the six men sang was the anthem of the PMOI (also known as the MEK).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-section-id=\"8k2xk8\" data-start=\"4019\" data-end=\"4039\">What is the PMOI?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4041\" data-end=\"4460\">It is the principal Iranian opposition organization against the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Its history began in opposition to the Shah\u2019s regime. It was one of the pioneers of the 1979 revolution, though not aligned with Khomeini and his followers. In fact, many of the revolutionary leaders who spearheaded the protests had either been executed by the Shah or were imprisoned at the time of the revolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4462\" data-end=\"4820\">Khomeini then emerged as the \u201cleader\u201d of the revolution, even though he had done nothing to fight the monarchy. The leaders of the PMOI were released only two weeks before the 1979 revolution. That paved the way for Khomeini to take leadership and establish his supposed \u201cIslamic republic,\u201d which was neither Islamic nor a republic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">LA BALADA DE LA C\u00c1RCEL DE GHEZEL HESAR<br \/>Seis presos pol\u00edticos iran\u00edes cantaron su propia sentencia frente al verdugo, y el mundo prefiri\u00f3 mirar para otro lado.<\/p>\n<p>Nueva entrega de ESTO NO ES NORMAL, el newsletter de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osvaldobazan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@osvaldobazan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00e9 la nota completa \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6F8v8NdhiN\">https:\/\/t.co\/6F8v8NdhiN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Yv7pp0o2u\">pic.twitter.com\/1Yv7pp0o2u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Revista Se\u00fal (@RevistaSeul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevistaSeul\/status\/2055631444991500602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4822\" data-end=\"5130\">Very quickly, Khomeini began arresting them, killing them, repressing them, and even declared: \u201cThose who did not vote \u2018yes\u2019 to my Constitution will not be allowed to participate in the presidential elections.\u201d As a result, the PMOI\u2019s candidate \u2014 who was highly popular at the time \u2014 was barred from running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5132\" data-end=\"5417\">This continued until June 20, 1981, when the PMOI organized a massive demonstration in Tehran. That was the end of the dream. Guards opened fire on demonstrators, and arrests and executions followed. Tens of thousands were executed by Khomeini, many of them PMOI members or supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5419\" data-end=\"5791\">Since 1981, the organization has been banned in Iran and heavily persecuted by the regime, which did everything possible to discredit it and even succeeded, at one point, in persuading Western governments to designate it a terrorist organization in order to appease the ayatollahs\u2019 regime. That designation was later dropped. Today, only Iran still classifies it that way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5793\" data-end=\"6073\">In fact, last year, on June 30, 130 members of the Argentine parliament signed the \u201cFree Iran\u201d declaration in support of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which includes the PMOI and seeks to establish a democratic, secular, non-nuclear Iran with gender equality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6075\" data-end=\"6458\">The men who were singing endured years of torture, fabricated charges, and sham trials. In December 2024, together with other defendants, they declared that they would not negotiate for their lives, stating that they found \u201cno path to justice other than the oppressed people of Iran, the brave rebellious youth, and awakened consciences. Our pursuit of justice is a source of pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoy escrib\u00ed sobre el incre\u00edble pueblo iran\u00ed en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevistaSeul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@revistaseul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vJWvLrJUj6\">https:\/\/t.co\/vJWvLrJUj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OB (@osvaldobazan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osvaldobazan\/status\/2055631692681846834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6460\" data-end=\"6742\">\u201cI am the storm, the gale! Oh trembling willow, fear my name, your rivals before you hardened by the flame. I am faith, I am rebellion, standing firm with conviction, remaining to fight with even greater strength, a Resistance Unit in this land that swears to remain until the end\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6744\" data-end=\"6990\">The usual pageantry of murderous regimes that cannot be inconvenienced in the name of international law \u2014 which, as everyone knows, has always operated with the courtesy and gentleness of eighteenth-century ladies sipping tea from porcelain cups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6992\" data-end=\"7578\">The absurd accusations about events that never happened are commonplace: forced confessions extracted through torture, the usual machinery of murderous regimes that cannot be disturbed for the sake of international law. Yet that was not what happened in these six cases. Vahid and Abolhassan were arrested while preparing to act as Resistance Units against centers of repression such as bases of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Resistance Units reportedly operate daily against IRGC and Basij centers, as well as other institutions belonging to the regime\u2019s repressive apparatus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7580\" data-end=\"7686\">The example of these six heroes of the Resistance does not appear to have been in vain in a bleeding Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7688\" data-end=\"8080\">For example, Ali Younesi is a computer engineering student at Sharif University of Technology. He is 26 years old and widely known in Iran as a prodigy in astronomy. He was arrested in 2020, but before his arrest he had won silver and gold medals in Iran\u2019s National Astronomy Olympiad in 2016 and 2017, as well as a gold medal in the 2017 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Simay Azadi Exclusive: Last Message of Iranian Political Prisoner and PMOI Member Vahid Baniamerian to His Mother<\/p>\n<p>Simay Azadi has obtained the final voice message sent by PMOI member Vahid Baniamerian from Ghezel Hesar Prison to his mother before his execution on April 4,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C5qRiEklUT\">pic.twitter.com\/C5qRiEklUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2054791534977913259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8082\" data-end=\"8200\">He shared a cell with the six executed men, and last Tuesday he wrote a letter revealing the kind of people they were:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"8202\" data-end=\"9496\">\u201cOn Monday, May 11, 2026, I received a notification dated February 23 under the title \u2018February 11 Pardon,\u2019 stating that the remainder of my sentence (seven months) had been pardoned. First, I have never requested a pardon and never will. Freedom is a stolen right; we do not beg for a stolen right, we fight to reclaim it. Second, I have role models: six proud cellmates who were executed, whose memory remains alive in my mind every day and every moment, and whose voices still echo in my ears. They did not negotiate their lives; shame on me if I negotiate my freedom. Third, Vahid Bani-Amerian said in his defense: \u2018Are we the ones who should defend ourselves, or are you?\u2019 I say the same: \u2018Are you the ones who should forgive, or are we?\u2019 Forgiveness and clemency belong first and foremost to grieving mothers and fathers. Therefore, grieving mothers and fathers, I hope you forgive me for any shortcomings, because you are the only authority from whom I seek forgiveness. All the suffering, torture, imprisonment, and hardships that continue are nothing more than a duty. It is thanks to the sacrifice of your children that we fight and will remain steadfast in this struggle. Fighting for the freedom of the Iranian people is not a source of regret or suffering, but the greatest honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9498\" data-end=\"9523\">Ali was not the only one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9525\" data-end=\"9679\">His cellmate, another Astronomy Olympiad medalist imprisoned at age 20, Amirhossein Moradi, made the same decision regarding clemency and wrote this week:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"9681\" data-end=\"10514\">\u201cThe smiling faces of my dear friends \u2014 Vahid, Pouya, Babak, Mohammad, Shahrokh, and Abolhassan \u2014 at the moment of our separation and transfer from Evin to the slaughterhouse of Ghezel Hesar, who until their final breath refused the humiliation of surrendering to your vile government, remain before my eyes, and I imagine their mothers and fathers. As I explicitly declared in September 2024, I repeat now: I did not want and do not want your shameful amnesty. In response to the bloody massacres of December and January and the recent criminal executions, it is undoubtedly we, the oppressed people of Iran, who are in a position to forgive you \u2014 but rest assured, we neither forgive nor forget. Nor will I, until the people of Iran are freed from your evil, even think of my own release from captivity, nor will I beg you for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"10516\" data-end=\"10595\">We can all imagine the torture that awaited those young men after such letters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"10597\" data-end=\"10616\">Well, not everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018We do not beg for stolen rights\u2019: Elite Iranian student defies the regime\u2019s \u201cpardon\u201d from the shadows of the gallows <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gbWRumJiK\">https:\/\/t.co\/2gbWRumJiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2055005173546704963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"570\">Those who do not imagine any of this are the members of the Argentine University Federation and the countless pro-Palestinian groups that fill Argentina\u2019s universities, so preoccupied with a \u201cfictional genocide\u201d that they have no time for real murders. Not a single statement, not a letter, nothing. What happens in Iran stays in Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"787\">\u201cWhen I take my rifle, I will reclaim my home; in this forest I am the lion, to end the tyrant\u2019s game. Behold the young heads on the gallows, high and bare; the weight of history\u2019s pain has become ruin and despair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"936\">As of May 15, the Iranian regime had hanged between 600 and 650 people, according to the least pessimistic estimates of human rights organizations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"1240\">Of course, the Western press has barely mentioned these cases and continues to believe that if Iranians are not constantly in the streets, it is because they either do not want change or are satisfied with the regime. As if more than 30,000 protesters had not been killed in just two nights in January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1458\">Perhaps, dear reader, to complete the feeling this newsletter may leave you with \u2014 not coincidentally titled <em data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1371\">This Is Not Normal<\/em> \u2014 you might listen to one of the executed prisoners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/xz4pV0eGKGg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pouya, singing alone from prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a deeply emotional essay published by the Argentinian digital outlet Se&uacute;l, journalist Osvaldo Baz&aacute;n recounts the final days of six Iranian political prisoners executed in 2026 for being members [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":344135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,75],"tags":[197,240,2470],"class_list":{"0":"post-345136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-stop-executions-in-iran","9":"tag-mek-iran","10":"tag-iran-execution","11":"tag-iran-resistance-units"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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