Tribune. Two political prisoners executed in Iran: an international alarm signal

The Iranian regime has executed two political prisoners. Meanwhile, Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani this Sunday, August 27. Consequently, The judicial power of the regime announced their execution in the morning.

Behrouz Ehsani. Moreover, 69, was arrested in Tehran on December 6, 2022, then transferred to Evin prison, where he underwent acts of torture.

As for Mehdi Hassani. For example, aged 48, he was arrested on September 11, 2022 in Zanjan, then transferred to the district 209 of the same prison, tribune. two political prisoners executed where he was also tortured.

They were sentenced to death for accusations formulated by the regime. For example, such as “rebellion, war and corruption on earth, belonging to the Mujahidines of the People (OMPI), a collection of classified information and conspiracy against national security”.
Before his release, French hostage Louis Arnault shared his cell with Behrouz Ehsani. In addition, During a speech in place of Panthéon in Paris after his release. Furthermore, he quoted his Behrouz cell companion, when he said I have never bargained my life with anyone, and I am ready to offer my humble existence for the release of the Iranian people. “Let us hear this lesson in courage and ask together the cancellation of this criminal verdict,” he continued.

In March 2024. three Special United Nations Rapporteurs-May Sato (Human Rights in Iran), Margaret Satterthwaite (independence of justice), and Morris Tidball-Binz (extrajudicial executions)-published a joint declaration.

They called tribune. two political prisoners executed for the immediate judgment of the execution of Behrouz Ehsani. Mehdi Hassani, whose conviction had been confirmed by the Supreme Court at the end of trials tainted with torture and forced confessions.

International mobilization – Tribune. two political prisoners executed

In the past. 500 European personalities – including more than thirty French human rights defenders – had signed an exhorting declaration to the cancellation of the capital sentences pronounced against these two political prisoners.

On Tuesday. July 7, the Fars agency, close to the guards of the Revolution, published an editorial entitled: “Why should we repeat the experience of the 1988 executions?” In this article. the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988-at the end of the Iran-Iraq war-of which 90 % were members of the OMPI, was described as “one of the brilliant tops of the Islamic Republic”. The author concluded: “It seems that the time has come to repeat tribune. two political prisoners executed this brilliant experience. »»

Stephen J. Rapp. former head of prosecution at the International Criminal Court for Rwanda and prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, has just published a platform in the Washington Post entitled: “The next Iranian massacre takes place in the open”. He writes: “The diet revives his darkest tactics – and tests the will of the world to act. I feel obliged to denounce a climbing scheme of human rights violations in Iran. which evokes the darkest chapters in the history of this country and requires a sustained international response. It is not only a question of justice for the victims. but also of the credibility of the world in the prevention of mass atrocities. If the current trajectory continues. the balance sheet of executions in Iran for 2025 could exceed everything that has been known in recent history-with the exception of the 1988 horror. tribune. two political prisoners executed That summer, around 30,000 political prisoners were summarily executed. Their only “crime” was to believe in democratic opposition. The death commissions responsible for these atrocities are today praised for their brutality. »»

Call to United Nations

In addition. 309 human rights personalities and activists have called on the international community to urgently attack the growing wave of political executions and persistent impunity in Iran.

In a reaction to this barbarism. Maryam Radjavi, the leader of the Iranian resistance, said: “We call the United Nations, their member states, as well as all human rights defenders to take firm measures against this barbaric crime. Verbal convictions are no longer enough: it is time to make concrete. effective decisions against this execution and torture regime. »»

According to the available reports. 14 other people affiliated with the OMPI currently being in the death corridor in Iran undergoes the imminent risk of summary tribune. two political prisoners executed execution.