As pressure against political prisoners in Iran intensifies, reports indicate that a court in Rasht has once again confirmed the death sentence of Manouchehr Fallah, a political prisoner accused of membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
According to the report, the relevant branch of the regime’s court in Rasht, presided over by Ahmad Darvish Goftar, reconfirmed the death sentence of the 36-year-old prisoner during the third week of May. This comes despite the fact that the regime’s Supreme Court had previously returned the case to the lower court for reconsideration.
Manouchehr Fallah was arrested in June 2023 and has since been held in the Mithaq ward of Lakan Prison in Rasht. Human rights sources say the handling of his case has been accompanied by extensive ambiguity and heavy security pressure.
In another case, Roozbeh Alipour, the brother of Babak Alipour, a member of the PMOI/MEK who was executed on March 31, has reportedly been subjected to pressure and mistreatment in Ghezel Hesar Prison and deprived of access to medical care. Reports indicate that he is in poor physical condition and continues to face medical restrictions in prison.
At the same time, the Iranian regime’s judiciary has also increased pressure on female political prisoners. Forough Taghipour, a 30-year-old political prisoner and accounting graduate, has once again been targeted with a new fabricated case in the regime’s Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
According to published information, Judge Sharifi Nasab sentenced her to an additional one year in prison for publishing a message marking Student Day in 2025. Forough Taghipour, who was arrested in August 2023, had previously been sentenced to 15 years in prison and is now facing retrial and new sentences.
The increase in heavy sentences, denial of medical treatment, and fabrication of new cases against political prisoners have once again heightened concerns in recent weeks about the intensifying repression of political opponents by the Iranian regime.
