In the early hours of Wednesday, May 13, the judiciary of the Iranian regime executed Mohammad Abbasi, a 55-year-old prisoner arrested during the January uprising, in Ghezel Hesar Prison. Regime officials accused him of participating in the killing of a Law Enforcement Force commander and taking part in nationwide protests.
According to published reports, Mohammad Abbasi was arrested during the January uprising in the Sar Asiab area of Malard. The regime’s judiciary claimed that he was involved in the attack on Shahin Dehghan, a colonel in the regime’s State Security Forces who had played a role in suppressing protests.
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According to human rights sources, after his arrest, Mohammad Abbasi spent a period in solitary confinement in Ward 209 of Evin Prison under interrogation and pressure. Without access to an independent lawyer, he was sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by the notorious judge Abolghasem Salavati. The sentence was later upheld by the regime’s Supreme Court, while his family’s request for a retrial was ignored.
It has also been reported that Fatemeh Abbasi, Mohammad Abbasi’s daughter, who was arrested alongside her father, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and is currently being held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison.
In reaction to the execution, Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), stressed that the regime’s daily brutal executions above all reflect its fear of the growing public anger and the prospect of uprising. However, she said, a storm of protest and uprising lies ahead, and the religious fascism ruling Iran cannot escape overthrow.
She also called on the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Human Rights Council, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take immediate action to stop executions in Iran.
