A report on the violations of human rights in Iran in the past one month (October 20 – November 20, 2021)
25-November-2021
Category: executions، Freedom of Expression، Prisoners، Women
23-November-2021
Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement: Over the past one month, systematic violations of human rights in Iran have continued. Execution, death sentence, arrest, imprisonment, and flogging were examples of human rights violations committed by the authorities of the Islamic Republic. The government’s failure in providing Covid-19 vaccine approved by the World Health Organization should also be added to the Islamic Republic’s actions in violation of human rights and in particular the right to life.
In this report, the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran has tried to summarize the cases of human rights violations committed by the authorities of the Islamic Republic during the past one month.
At least 20 prisoners were executed in various prisons in the past month.
Among those executed was a female prisoner named Susan Rezaeipour, 31-year-old who was hung in Qazvin Prison on murder charges. Susan had been in prison over the last six years for killing her husband, and the victim’s father, Susan’s uncle, did not pardon her and she was eventually executed. Susan Rezaeipour had said in her confession that she had been harassed and beaten by her husband. “He beat me from 3 pm until the late night,” she said. “He was always drunk, and I could not stand it anymore.”
Out of the whole executions carried out last month, only one was reported by the state media. The other 19 took place in secret and were only made public by human rights activists. In other words, more than 95% of the executions carried out in November, were performed in secret.
At least seven prisoners were executed on drug-related charges and 13 others on murder charges. The prisoners executed on drug charges were mostly Baluch citizens.
Lack of transparency in investigation process, lack of fair trial as well as denying the prisoners the right to council, kill many prisoners in Iran.
In addition to the executions, over the past one month the authorities of the Islamic Republic have issued 12 death sentences.
A political prisoner named Kamran Rezaeifar has been sentenced to death by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, headed by Judge Amouzad, on charges of “corruption on earth through links to the opposition groups.”
Mr. Rezaeifar was arrested by security forces in January 2020, on charges of having links with the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, and was released on bail after spending 77 days in solitary confinement in Wards 240 and 209 of Evin Prison. He, however, was summoned again in June 2020, detained on charges of “corruption on earth” and transferred to Evin Prison.
A man and a woman were also sentenced to death for having extramarital affairs.
Arrests and sentencings
In the past month, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic has sentenced civil, ideological, and political activists to at least 105 years, 1 month and 3 days in prison.
Among civil activists, Arash Ganji, a writer and a member of the Iranian Writers Association, was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Mahmoud Niroumand was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of propaganda against the regime as well as having links to the opposition groups.
The teacher and civil activist, Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi, one of the signatories of the “14-signature statement” calling for Ali Khamenei’s resignation, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
A 74-year-old civil activist from Azerbaijan-Iran named Parviz Siaei was also sentenced to 17 years in prison.
In addition, at least 95 civil, ideological, and political activists were detained by security forces in the past month.
Flogging sentences
At least seven prisoners were sentenced to a total of 390 lashes on various charges.
The flogging sentence is one of the most inhumane sentences which is being issued by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic against Iranian citizens.
In the past month, a man was sentenced to 40 lashes for stealing three packs of peanuts for his three children.
Kamyar Fakoor, a labor activist and rapper, was also sentenced to 50 lashes as well as imprisonment.
Furthermore, Yousef Salahshour, an activist from Azerbaijan-Iran was sentenced to 37 lashes in addition to paying fine by the Revolutionary Court in Tabriz.
Another political prisoner, Chia Aghabigpour, was also sentenced to 70 lashes in Bukan.
The Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, expressing its concern over the executions and floggings in prisons, calls for immediate and practical action by the international community and human rights organizations to abolish the death penalty in Iran.