The Uprising of 2019; Supreme Court upholds the death sentence of Abbas Drees
5-July-2023
Category: Prisoners، protesters
July 4, 2023 News group: protests – prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement: The death sentence of Abbas Drees, one of the detainees of the November 2019 uprising in Mahshahr, was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Abbas Drees, one of the witnesses of the massacre in Mahshahr’s canebrake, was sentenced to death on charge of “moharebeh”.
According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the death sentence of Abbas Drees, one of the detainees of the November 2019 uprising, was upheld by the Supreme Court. He is one of the witnesses of the bloody massacre in Mahshahr’s canebrake during the November 2019 uprising in protest to the rise in price of gasoline.
The lawyer of this prisoner announced the news on social media. He wrote: “Ignoring the flaws in the evidence, death sentence of Abbas Drees was upheld by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court for the charge of moharebeh. I will request a retrial.
Abbas Drees is the father of three children aged 14, 16 and 9. He is currently imprisoned in Sepidar prison in Ahvaz. He was tried along with his brother Mohsen Drees by the first branch of the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court, on charges of “moharebeh through showing and carrying Kalashnikov, and disturbing public order”. However, his brother was acquitted. Mohsen and Abbas Drees were arrested on December 8, 2019 by the deputy intelligence officers of Abulfazl Abbas headquarters.
Abbas Drees, born in 1973, is the son of Matoog, and the father of three children aged 14, 16 and 9.
Mr. Drees is originally from Abadan city, who later migrated to Chamran area located in Bandar Mahshahr following to the war. Mohsen Drees was born in 1992 and is the father of a 6-year-old child.
It should be mentioned that in January 2020, a video of their confessions regarding the shooting and killing of Captain Reza Sayadi was broadcast by the Islamic Republic’s TV.