CSDHI-Imagine a 12-year-old child, with little hands and eyes full of dreams who have never had the chance to flourish, locked up for years in a cold cell with the shadow of the gallows above his head.
Remember a 70-year-old father, with the body worn out by the disease and the scars of torture, but unshakeable, standing, a heart full of hope for justice, awaiting its execution.
These are real overviews of the life of 49 people in search of freedom through Iran – from Kurdistan to Balutchistan, from Ahwaz to Tehran, and from Khorassan to Ispahan. These people are imprisoned, tortured and threatened with death not for having committed crimes, but for the “sin” of dissent against the mullah regime, for their courage and for their appeal to freedom. This article is not a simple collection of statistics; He testifies to hearts that still beat, a voice that resonates between the walls of the prisons and a world that cannot close their eyes to this injustice. These 49 people fought for justice and are Today about to be executed. The world must hear, see and act.
The magnitude of the tragedy: executions that break the heart of a nation
In 2024, 993 people were executed in Iran, including 915 in secret and 14 political prisoners. Today, 49 other people are waiting for the same fate.
These figures reveal a disaster in terms of human rights which requires urgent international intervention. The secret executions, the lack of transparency of official statistics and the pressures exerted on families so that they keep the silence makes this crisis even more complex. These figures are the muffled cries of a nation suffocating in its prisons.
Blatant violations of trial equity standards
Most political prisoners sentenced to death in Iran were deprived of their fundamental rights during the legal proceedings:
- Opal trials: Tribunal sessions often take place behind closed doors, without the presence of the media or independent observers.
- Lack of access to an independent lawyer: the accused are often forced to accept the lawyers appointed by the government.
- Wave accusations: accusations such as “enmity against God” (Moharebeh) or “actions against national security” are carried without clear and verifiable evidence.
Demonstrations repressed in the blood
Many of these people, like Milad Armoun and Navid Najaran of the canton of Ekbatan, were arrested during the national demonstrations of 2022 (from September 16, 2022), during which the Iranian people demanded freedom and was responded by the rope. About a third of these arrests took place in 2022 or after. These executions are not a simple punishment, they are a message: whoever rises against oppression will pay him from his life.
Inhuman detention conditions: double sentence before execution
- Refusal of medical care: many prisoners suffer from serious illnesses but do not have access to doctors or drugs.
- Prolonged isolation: it is an instrument of psychological torture.
- Sudden transfers to execution prisons: reports report unexpected transfers to establishments such as Qezel-Hesar, where death sentences are executed.
Impact on families and society: the human dimension of the crisis
The execution of political prisoners does not stop at the individual: it has repercussions on families, communities and generations, leaving profound wounds. When a person is condemned to death, it is a family, a society and an entire generation that carry the scars. This pain extends far beyond the walls of the prison and affects the heart of Iran.
- Pressure on families: threats, arrests and forced silence imposed by the authorities have been widely reported.
- Climate of fear: executions are used to suppress civil and political dissent.
- Erosion of hope for justice: the lack of obligation to account has shaken public confidence in the judicial system.
Torture and trial: justice under the boot
Each sentence pronounced by the regime’s judicial system tells the story of an unfair trial:
- Pority torture: prisons have become torture rooms – tobacco passages to refusal of medical care. Pouya Ghobadi suffered from an internal hemorrhage for a month; Vahid Bani-Amerian has undergone eyelashes in isolation. Amnesty International published a report: “On December 22, 2023, agents beat Vahid […] He spent two months in isolation. Vahid exclaimed: “It’s not a cage, it’s a grave”.
- Bogus trials: accusations such as “rebellion” (Baghi) or “enmity with regard to God” are pronounced without proof in closed courts. Amnesty International noted it: “Confessions were extorted under torture, but no investigation followed.
Executions: the oppression of a nation
These executions follow a model, from the massacre from 1988 to today. These crimes are repeated, but now the world looks at them. These 49 people show that the diet knows no borders, no age, sex, ethnicity.
Human diversity and voice of freedom against repression
These 49 political prisoners reflect ethnic, age and class of Iran and are symbols of resistance. They belong to confessions, beliefs, ages, educated elites and various ethnic groups, and understand women and men who have courageously opposed tyranny.
Diversity of beliefs and convictions: voices from different convictions
These prisoners, who represent a wide range of beliefs and religions, highlight the repression of any dissident voice in Iran:
- Seyyed Mohammad Javad Vafaee Sani: a young athlete of Mashhad, accused of having “insulted the prophet,” wrote his prison: “The truth cannot be silenced by a rope.
- Edris Ali: A leftist accused of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who shouted during interrogations: “I remain faithful to my ideals, even if they cost my life.
Age group: from childhood to old age, no one is spared
From children to the elderly, these cruel penalties spare no age:
- Soleiman Shahbakhsh: Arrested at 12, now 20, he told his family from Zahedan’s prison: “I still have dreams – don’t let them kill them”.
- Pouya Ghobadi: a 32 -year -old engineer from Sanandaj, sentenced to death after being tortured in Evin, wrote secretly: “Each injury is a cry for freedom”.
- Behrouz Ehsani: A 70 -year -old father of two children, detained in Ghezel Hesar, told his loved ones: “My life was for justice, and my death will also be. I will not began my life ”.
- Milad Armoun: A young Ekbatan, arrested during 2022 demonstrations, shouted since Rajai Shahr’s prison: “We fought for the future of Iran:” We fought for the future of Iran “.
Serious patients: a double suffering in the shade of death
Many of these prisoners have serious illnesses, but they are refused any treatment:
- Abolhasan Montazer: Abolhasan Montazer: 65 -year -old political prisoner, he suffers from serious affections, including an open heart operation, diabetes, prostate problems, kidney stones and a thoracic hernia, but he remains unshakable and defying.
- Ahmadreza Jalali: Double nationality doctor suffering from chronic diseases, detained in isolation in Evin, he wrote: “Each day weakens my body, but reinforces my determination”.
- Vahid Bani-Amerian: A university elite whose eyes have been damaged by the blows, told his cell companions: “They took me, but my will remained intact:” They deprived me of sight, but my vision of freedom is still alive.
- Pouya Ghobadi: After torture, fighting against an internal hemorrhage, he exclaimed: “These wounds are my honor medals.
Imprisoned elites: silence the future of a nation
The intellectuals on this list constitute the intellectual capital of Iran, locked up:
- Vahid Bani-Amerian: Graduated from Khajeh Nasir University, he said alone: ”I used my knowledge for my people:” I used my knowledge for my people, not for the oppressor “.
- Ahmadreza Jalali: International researcher, he wrote since Evin: “My science has become my crime, but I have a quiet conscience. »»
- Pouya Ghobadi: Young engineer, shouted in prison: “I fought to build Iran, not to be destroyed”.
Ethnic diversity: the repression of the Iranian rainbow
These prisoners from different ethnic groups reflect the systematic oppression of diversity:
- Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi: Kurdish women; Varisheh said: “Prison will not break me – I am the voice of Kurdistan”.
- Soleiman Shahbakhsh and Eido Shahbakhsh: Baloutches, among the most oppressed in society. Eido exclaimed: “We die for the rights of Balutchistan.
- Abbas Deris: Arabic of Khuzestan, who, after losing his wife, said: “My pain is that of my people:” My pain is the pain of my people “.
- Hatem Ozdemir: Turkish citizen, he shouted since Urmia prison: “Tyrannia knows no borders”.
Women and men: courage beyond gender
Women and men on this list stretch their elbows to fight oppression:
Sharifeh Mohammadi: from Adelabad prison, said: “I am the voice of the workers:” I am the voice of the workers, even if they reduce me to silence.
Vahid Bani-Amerian: Written: “The men and women of this country fight together for freedom”.
International condemnation and urgent appeal: Do not let these voices be reduced to silence
The fate of political prisoners threatened with execution in Iran is an urgent human rights crisis which cannot be ignored. Each day of delay means loss of lives in favor of an unjust and opaque system. The international community must react decisively to put an end to this tragedy and prevent the atrocities of the past from being repeated.
Amnesty International, in his 2024 report entitled “Don’t Let them Kill Us”: Iran’s Relentless Crisis Sale the 2022 Uprising, Amnesty International highlighted the execution of six men linked to the 2022 demonstrations, stressing the alarming rhythm of these executions and urging: “Immediately stop the executions, cancel the condemnations, release the condemnations”.
Other UN bodies, including UN experts in May 2023, firmly condemned the execution of political prisoners, warning: “Any death sentence violating the international obligations of a state is illegal and is equivalent to arbitrary execution”. They called on Iran to immediately stop executions and modify its constitution and its penal code to abolish the death penalty.
Conclusion: the rope around the neck or a glimmer of hope?
Fifty-seven human beings are at stake. This report is a call for global solidarity to defend the right to life and justice.
We are asking to stop executions, independent surveys, support for families and sanctions against those in charge.
