Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences of five political prisoners held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz have been upheld and formally communicated. According to the report, the sentences were issued through a process marked by denial of access to independent legal counsel, pressure during interrogations, and reliance on forced confessions.
According to the report, on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld double death sentences against Masoud Jamei, Alireza Mardasi, known as Homeydavi, and Farshad Etemadifar, and notified their lawyers through the Sana judicial notification system. The three prisoners are currently being held in Ward Five of Sheiban Prison.
Their case was heard in Branch One of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Ehsan Adibimehr. The charges brought against the prisoners included “corruption on earth,” membership in groups opposed to Iran’s regime, propaganda against the regime, assembly and collusion, and other security-related accusations. In the same case, Saman and Davoud Hormatnejad were sentenced to 12 and 15 years in prison, respectively.
In a separate case, Hassan Tarfi, an Arab civil and cultural activist, received notification of his death sentence in prison in June 2026. He has been detained since 2022. Previously, Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Mahshahr sentenced him to death in absentia. The sentence was upheld in March 2025 by Branch 39 of Iran’s Supreme Court.
Reza Abdali, a 35-year-old political prisoner held in Ward Eight of Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, is the fifth prisoner in these cases whose death sentence was upheld and formally communicated by Iran’s Supreme Court on Thursday, November 6, 2025. He was arrested in February 2025 and, in June 2025, was sentenced by Branch One of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court to death and 15 years of discretionary imprisonment.
Karoon Human Rights Organization has warned that the lives of these five political prisoners are in serious danger and has called for an immediate response from international human rights organizations and institutions to prevent the implementation of these sentences.
