Listen to the words of these 7 Iranian female political prisoners: "It is our duty to cry out against executions, & living under the horrifying threat of death alone in solitary confinement!" #IranRevolution#IRGCterorrists
2/These are the words of Hastee Amiri, Nooshin Jafari, Raha Asgarizadeh, Sepideh Gholian, Narges Mohammadi, Alieh Matlabzadeh, & Bahareh Hedayat in a letter from Evin prison.
3/These brave Iranian political prisoners have raised their voices to condemn the Iranian government’s executions & inhumane treatment of prisoners.
4/They declare, “For decades, Iran’s society has felt the pain of the executions of its dearest, and these days we are again seeing the executions of young protestors & many others who are at risk of execution.
5/”They discuss how the threat of execution is a cruel tool used by the government to get political prisoners to “confess.” This goes as far as setting up an execution scene!
6/They shed light on their cellmates who have been threatened with execution to get them to confess, highlighting in particular several environmentalists who were unjustly arrested & charged with “spying.”
7/With their powerful call for an end to executions, these brave women inspire us to keep fighting for justice. We stand with them & all Iranians struggling for their rights!
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1/An Iranian doctor who helped injured protestors has died under very suspicious circumstances! #AidaRostami was just 36 years old & her body was discovered badly disfigured after she went missing. #MahsaAmini#IranRevoIution
2/Aida was a doctor who lived in Tehran’s Ekbatan neighborhood, which has been the site of regular protests.Because it is dangerous for wounded protestors to go to hospitals,Aida gave medical treatment to her injured neighbors at home.
3/She risked her own well-being to take care of others! But Aida went missing last Monday, December 12. According to some reports, she never returned after going to a pharmacy to get medicine to treat injured people.
3/Their lives have now been upended. They were arrested at different times in the past month in different parts of Iran. They were forced to confess to planning to plant a bomb in the city of Shiraz.
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.
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.