CSDHI – Amnesty International has launched an urgent appeal for the imminent execution of six men to Iran to be suspended, a case we have already talked about in our articles. These six men – Abolhassan Montazer, 65, Akbar (Shahrokh) Danehvarkar, 58, Babak Alipour, 33, Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi, 58, Pouya Ghobai, 31, and Vahid Bani Amerian, 32 – risk being executed imminently following their conviction in October 2024 by branch 26 of the Tehran revolutionary court for “armed rebellion against the state” (“Baghi”). Amnesty International qualifies the trial of manifestly inequitable, evoking serious violations of the rights of defense and credible allegations of torture to obtain forced confessions.
Amnesty International condemns torture and violations of the right to a fair trial
In its urgent call, Amnesty International underlines the use of torture and other ill -treatment against the six men during their detention and their interrogation in section 209 of Evin prison, an establishment controlled by the ministry of intelligence. The reports reveal that the men were beaten, whipped, placed in isolation for long periods, deprived of access to the toilet and threatened with death under the threat of a weapon.
The conclusions of Amnesty International comply with those of our previous reports, which indicated that these men had not had access to a lawyer from their arrest and that they had seen their lawyer for the first time during one two -hour session during the trial. Allegations of confessions obtained under the constraint were brought before the court, but they were rejected without investigation. Amnesty International stresses that these blatant violations affect the integrity of the legal proceedings and make convictions unreliable.
Prisoners’ health problems persist
The six men are always deprived of adequate health care when they have serious medical needs. Abolhassan Montazer would suffer from serious chest pain and lungs that prevent him from breathing, while Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi was refused essential medicines against gout during his interrogations. Amnesty International reiterated his concern about the difficult conditions of detention, in particular the lack of heating in winter.
As previously indicated, these men are accused of being affiliated with the prohibited opposition group, the organization of the mujahideen of the Iranian people (OMPI), which advocates the reversal of the Islamic Republic. Amnesty International noted that the authorities regularly attack people with real or supposed links with the OMPI, using pejorative terms to denigrate them.
-Appeal to action
Amnesty International urges the Iranian authorities to immediately end all the projects to execute the six men, cancel their convictions and release them.
Make sure they have access to their families, a lawyer and the medical care they need.
Conduct independent surveys on allegations of torture and ill -treatment, and ask the authors of these acts accounts within the framework of fair trials, without resorting to the death penalty.
In addition, Amnesty International requests an official moratorium on executions in Iran, in order to abolish the death penalty.
