Despite widespread international protests, four Iranian Kurdish political prisoners, Pejman Fatehi, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Mohsen Mazloum, were executed in Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar Prison.
These four individuals were members of a Kurdish dissident group and were arrested last year in Urmia, accused of spying for Israel, an accusation strongly denied by the four individuals themselves. Their lawyer also protested against the unfair trial process regarding these charges.
Since their arrest in August 2022, these four Iranian citizens have been deprived of meeting their families. The families of these four political prisoners were able to visit them in Evin Prison on January 28, after 19 months of being unaware of their status, and were informed that it would be their last visit.
On Sunday afternoon, these prisoners were transferred from Evin to Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar Prison, where their death sentences were carried out.
Human rights organizations reported on January 16, that the Supreme Court of the country confirmed the death sentences of Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad (Hazhir) Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fatehi in absolute silence.
On Saturday, January 27, the campaign for the defense of the four political prisoners issued a statement, expressing serious concern about the imminent execution of Pejman Fatehi, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Mohsen Mazloum, and calling for immediate and effective action by human rights organizations and international forums.
At the same time, Juana Taymasi, the wife of Mohsen Mazloum, wrote in a message on X: “During these 19 months, I have pursued all human rights avenues, international organizations, and even went on hunger strike, but I received no response.”
Earlier, the wife of Mohsen Mazloum had said that the families of the political prisoners should inform Nada Al-Nashif, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations, about the human rights violations in Iran.
Amnesty International and eighteen other human rights organizations and institutions warned in recent weeks about the “imminent” execution of these four prisoners, urging the global community to take immediate action to prevent these executions.
Vedant Patel, the Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, had previously told on Wednesday, January 24, that none of the dimensions of the political system in the Iranian regime are democratic or transparent, including the management, judiciary, and elections. According to him, the world has been aware of this reality for some time.
