On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran’s regime, and announced that the regime’s judiciary, after rejecting Alireza Sepahi’s request for a retrial without holding a hearing, had sent his case to the sentence enforcement branch for implementation of the death penalty.
Shahrzad Shahbazi, the lawyer of Alireza Sepahi, announced that a parallel branch of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court, despite the authorization for a retrial by Branch 39 of Iran’s Supreme Court, rejected her client’s retrial request without holding a hearing and sent his case to the sentence enforcement branch for implementation of the death penalty.
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Ms. Shahbazi emphasized that despite the rejection of the previous request, she would submit another retrial request on Saturday, September 4, and would pursue “all legal avenues to halt the implementation of the sentence and have the case reviewed again.”
Alireza Sepahi, one of the defendants in the case known as the “Isfahan Alikhani Square” case, was scheduled to be executed early Tuesday morning, July 28, along with Abolfazl Sepahi Badehjani and Amirhossein Safar-Hosseiniabadi. However, before being transferred to the execution site, he suffered a stroke and was taken to a hospital due to his critical physical condition. Two days later, after receiving medical treatment, he was returned to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.
The Iran Human Rights Society also reported that on Tuesday, September 1, six vehicles carrying regime forces raided the village of Kasnazan in Saqqez, arresting Nahid Kasnazan and transferring her to an unknown location.
According to the report by this human rights organization, during the armed raid, the villagers were not allowed to leave their homes, and all of Ms. Kasnazan’s personal belongings and mobile phone were confiscated without the presentation of a legal warrant. The reasons for the arrest of this citizen remain unknown, and security forces have provided no explanation in this regard.
Meanwhile, the Kurdpa human rights organization expressed concern over the continued detention of Mohammad Hamzehzadeh and the lack of information about his condition. He was arrested by security forces in Mahabad on August 25 without the presentation of a judicial warrant.
Following his arrest, this citizen was transferred to an unknown location, and after nine days, there is still no information about his place of detention. Since his arrest, Hamzehzadeh has been denied access to a lawyer, telephone contact, and visits with his family.
