🧵#Iran is set to continue executing innocent people. The more we #SayTheirNames the more international pressure we create. It has saved lives before.
#SayTheirNames Akbar Ghafari has been charged with “enmity against god” in connection with the death of a security agent. Authorities arrested Akbar Ghafari after he sheltered protesters at his sister’s home in Tehran.
#SayTheirNames Amir Nasr Azadani was arrested in Esfahan on 18 November. The Iranian authorities have accused him and four other people of involvement in an “armed group” allegedly responsible for the death of three security officials during protests in Esfahan on 16 November.
#SayTheirNames Ebrahim Rigi was arrested on 13 October. According to Baluchi human rights defenders, the authorities have charged him with vague offences carrying the death penalty “corruption on earth” and/or “enmity against God” for allegedly leading the protests in Zahedan.
#SayTheirNames Hamid Ghare-Hasalou and his wife were on their way to the funeral of a killed protester on October 3. The next day, security forces arrested Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou and his wife from their home in Karaj in connection with the fatal assault of a Basiji agent.
#SayTheirNames Hossein Mohammadi was a young protester. On 5 December a Revolutionary Court in Alborz province sentenced him to death after convicting him of “corruption on earth” in connection with the fatal assault of a Basij agent during protesters about a month earlier.
#SayTheirNames Mahan Sadrat (Sedarat) Madani is a young protester but Iran's authorities are preparing to execute the 22-year-old just a month after he underwent a grossly unfair trial before a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 3 November.
#SayTheirNames Manouchehr Mehman-Navaz has been sentenced to death for allegedly setting fire to a state building during protests. The court ruled that this amounted to “enmity against God” in a sham trial bearing no resemblance to a judicial proceeding.
#SayTheirNames Mohammad Boroughani is a young protester that has now been transferred to Raja’i Shahr prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, sparking fears that his execution may be imminent. He was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” in a sham trial.
#SayTheirNames Mohammad Ghobadlou, aged 22, was sentenced to death for “corruption on earth”after a fast-tracked sham trial before a Revolutionary Court in Tehran. Authorities relied on torture-tainted “confessions” to find him guilty of killing and injuring others.
#SayTheirNames Mohammad Mehdi Karami was on 5 December sentenced to death after convicting him of “corruption on earth” in connection with the fatal assault of a Basij agent during protesters.
#SayTheirNames Mohsen Rezazadeh Gharagholou was brought before a Revolutionary Court for a sham group trial on 29 October. The authorities have charged him with “enmity against God” Apart from the charges cited, the court has not disclosed any further details regarding his case.
#SayTheirNames Saeed Yaghoubi was arrested in Esfahan in mid-November. The Iranian authorities have accused him and four other people of involvement in an “armed group” allegedly responsible for the death of three security officials during protests in Esfahan on 16 November.
#SayTheirNames Sahand Nourmohammad-Zadeh was sentenced to death over accusations of “tearing down highway railings" and with the aim of “disrupting peace and order and confronting the Islamic state”. The court ruled the accusations amounted to “enmity against God”.
#SayTheirNames Saleh Mirhashemi was arrested in Esfahan in mid-November. The Iranian authorities have accused him and four other people of involvement in an “armed group” allegedly responsible for the death of three security officials during protests in Esfahan on 16 November.
#SayTheirNames Saman Seydi, a rapper from Iran’s persecuted Kurdish minority was recently moved from Evin Prison in Tehran to Raja’i Shahr prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, sparking fears that his death sentence has been upheld and the authorities are preparing to execute him.
#SayTheirNames Sayed Mohammad Hosseini was sentenced to death after convicting him of “corruption on earth” in connection with the fatal assault of a Basij agent during protesters about a month earlier on 3 November.
#SayTheirNames Toomaj Salehi is a rapper who was arrested in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province on 31 October. The authorities have charged him with “enmity against God”. According to an informed source,
he has been tortured in detention.
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