In the early hours of Monday, April 20, Hamed Validi and Mohammad (Nima) Massoum Shahi, two members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), were executed in what was described as a criminal act by the Iranian regime’s judiciary. Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the regime’s judiciary, reported the news and identified them as Mohammad Massoum Shahi and Hamed Validi, falsely linking them to a spy network.
These two members of the PMOI had previously been sentenced to death in September 2025 on charges of membership in the organization. Hamed Validi, a 45-year-old civil engineer, and Mohammad Shahi, a 38-year-old technical worker, were arrested on May 13, 2025, in Tehran along with several of their relatives and were subjected to pressure and medieval torture during interrogations.
On September 27, the head of the judiciary in Alborz Province accused these individuals and two other detainees of espionage in connection with a 12-day war, despite the fact that they had been arrested about one month before the conflict began. Earlier, the PMOI had submitted their identities to international bodies, including the United Nations and human rights organizations. News of their arrest had also been published on September 7, 2025.
The Iranian regime executed 6 other members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in late March and early April. It also executed two other members of the organization in August 2025.
At dawn this morning, Hamed Validi and Nima Masoom Shahi, were executed in Karaj Central Prison by the clerical regime ruling Iran. The two members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) join a growing number of heroic members executed this month under the rule… pic.twitter.com/xozMPptV5X
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 20, 2026
At the time, the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition coalition, had called for the case to be reviewed by an international fact-finding mission. On the night before the execution, the NCRI also issued an urgent appeal to international bodies, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, and other human rights authorities, calling for immediate action to prevent the execution.
