Below is a wonderful blog post by Iranian journalist and columnist Roya Hakakian. In her article Hakakian states that the executions of the five activists a week ago in Iran signal the regime’s paranoia and an attempt to deter a …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Terror | Comments Off on Iran’s Growing Paranoia Leads to Ravaging of Vulnerable MinoritiesFollowing the executions of five political activists, four of the Kurdish in Tehran on May 9th, the Kurdish communities of Turkey and Iraq have rallied to protest against the injustice. In Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Videos | 1 CommentAs part of the Iranian regime’s campaign to suppress opposition from ethnic minorities, the executions of Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, and Shirin Alam Hooli were carried out in Iran at dawn. Another political prisoner, Mehdi Eslamian, was also …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Terror, Violence, Women | 2 CommentsIn late April, the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad sentenced the Kurdish activist Habibollah Golparipour to death on charges of “mohareb” (waging war against God). Golparipour, a native of Sanandaj, was arrested six months ago and first held in the Sanandaj …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentAccording to Human Rights Activist in Iran, until now, eighteen Kurdish political activists in prisons in western Iran are awaiting their death sentences to be carried out: Ali Heidarian, Farzad Kamangar, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alamhouyi, Zeinab Jalalian, Habib Latifi, Shirkou …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | Comments Off on Kurdish Activists Face Executions and Heavy Prison Sentences in IranURGENT ACTION TWO KURDS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION Hossein Khezri, a 28-year-old man, and Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old woman, both members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Both were convicted of “enmity …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | Comments Off on Iran: Two Kurds at imminent risk of execution: Hossein Khezri and Zeynab JalalianHabibollah Latifi, a Kurdish political prisoner was sent to solitary confinement from Paak-2, the general ward that holds political prisoners in Sanandaj Central Prison. This move usually happens prior to an execution. Latifi is held the same prison where Ehsan …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentTwo Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Amin Abdollahi and Ghader Mohammadzadeh, residents of Mir-Abad in Bookan, were sentenced to execution by a second court held for them in Orumiyeh. The two prisoners were arrested in Mir-Abad of Bookan. They are accused …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | Comments Off on Iran: Two More Kurdish Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death