Amnesty International has warned of the imminent execution of two political prisoners, Mehdi Hassani, 48, and Behrouz Ehsani, 69, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), and has called for an immediate halt to any plans by Iranian authorities to execute them.
On Monday, January 27, Amnesty International announced that the sudden transfer of these two death-row political prisoners on Sunday, January 26, from Evin Prison to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, has heightened concerns about the risk of their imminent execution.
This human rights organization described the trial of these two political prisoners as “grossly unfair” and reported allegations of “torture and forced confessions” against them.
Growing Concerns Over Possible Execution of Two Political Prisoners in Evin
Amnesty International has urged Iranian authorities to halt any plans for the execution of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, overturn their charges and convictions, and ensure their regular access to their families and necessary medical care.
The international organization has also requested Iranian authorities to ensure the right of these two political prisoners to independently choose their lawyer, protect them from further torture and mistreatment, and investigate allegations of torture, prosecuting the perpetrators in fair trials without resorting to the death penalty.
Behrouz Ehsani Eslamloo and Mehdi Hassani were sentenced to death in mid-September 2024 on charges of “rebellion, waging war against God, and spreading corruption on earth” in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Iman Afshari.
The charges against them also include “gathering classified information, assembly and collusion against national security, and membership” in the PMOI.
Also A coalition of 260 prominent international experts and NGOs has urgently called on Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to intervene in the case of Iranian political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani, and Mehdi Hassani.
According to previous reports from human rights sources, at least 54 “political and security” prisoners currently face death sentences in Iranian regime prisons on charges such as “rebellion, waging war against God, and spreading corruption on earth.”
The U.S. State Department has condemned the “increasing use of executions by the Iranian regime to suppress the people” and emphasized its continued support for the Iranian people in the face of the “unrelenting human rights violations” by the Islamic Republic.
