These were the words of Mohammad Mahdi Karami, a young Iranian arrested protestor, to his dad last week. #mahsaAmini#IranRevoIution2022
2/His dad told the Etemad newspaper, “He called me on Wednesday and said, they gave us our sentences. Mine is execution. My son was crying.” His one request was that his dad not tell his mom.
3/Mohammad is one of 5 people who have been sentenced to death over the killing of a security force member on November 4. But he denies the charges against him and his trial was bereft of due process.
4/Mohammad’s father says that the case against him is based on a confession that was attained while he was under “physical and mental pressures.”Previously, Mohammad said he was beaten so viciously during his arrest that the officers thought they killed him and left him for dead.
5/He was only taken against when they realized he was alive.
This is the reality of the Islamic Republic’s so-called “justice system.” We must be the voices of these youths in Iran who face execution from a brutal government!
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1/While at least 31 more are at risk of imminent execution, others are being sentenced to long prison sentences.
This all occurs at sham trials where the defendants cannot properly defend themselves and that only last a few weeks. #IranRevoIution2022#MahsaAmini
2/Four people have been sentenced to 25 years in prison over the killing of a security force member on November 4 in the city of Karaj. Five others face the death penalty in this case.
But there has been no due process at their trials.
3/A 53-year-old doctor, Hamid Ghara Hassanlou, has been sentenced to death over this case. He was beaten while arrested, hospitalized due to his injuries, and wasn’t allowed to pick his own lawyer. He denies all the charges against him.