Shayan Saeedpour, and at least six other prisoners, are on the verge of execution
20-April-2020
Category: executions
Breathing in Confinement: Sunday, April 19, 2020, at least seven prisoners sentenced to death in Sanandaj Prison have been transferred to solitary confinement for sentence implementation.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2 pm, at least seven inmates, including a prisoner under 18 at the time of alleged offence, have been transferred to solitary confinement for execution.
Breathing in Confinement have identified these prisoners as:
Shayan Saeedpour from Saqez, Sina Mohammadi from Dehgolan, Loghman Ahmadpour from Baneh, Vahed Feizi from Baneh, Ramyar Mokhles from Baneh, Saeed Mohammadpour from Kermanshah and Adnan Mirki from Sanandaj
Shayan Saeedpour was under 18 when arrested. His family members have been summoned to Sanandaj Prison for the last visit. Saeedpour managed to escape from Saqqez Prison after the riot, he however was arrested later and deported to Sanandaj Prison.
It needs to be reiterated that according to his identification documents Shayan Saeedpour, was a child when arrested and Amnesty International had earlier issued a statement calling for this child’s death sentence to be overturned.