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February 8, 2024
Preface by G. d'A.: Ms. Neda Al-Nashif previously announced her visit to Iranian regime to, as of Deputy the UNHCHR, visit raisi and to question him about the regime's crimes. In a surprising about face, the clerical regime has unexpectedly approved her visit scheduled to take place from February 2 to February 5, 2024. But... as I'm writing this on February 7, 2024, not a word has been heard from either party and one really has to ask the million dollar question who's leading 'the dance around the gallows' or have they decided to 'sweep the matter under the carpet' i.e. has the UNHCHR decided to turn a blind eye and with it is giving the mullahs' regime a green card to continue hanging dissent and thus innocent people? Speak out Ms. Neda Al-Nashif or are you a coward?


Miss Dayeh Sharifeh and many others are asking the same I'm sure


Motalleb Ahmadian
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 7 Feb 2024
<<Fourteen Years of Incarceration: The Critical Situation of a Kurdish Political Prisoner
On his 4872nd day of detention, the Kurdish political prisoner Motalleb Ahmadian from Baneh is deprived of medical care and his right to treatment due to the obstructionism of the authorities. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, during the past years, the 38-year-old Evin detainee, identified as Motalleb Ahmadian, has been suffering from diaphragmatic hernia, spinal canal stenosis, and urinary tract infection and is currently prevented from accessing medical care. As a result of deprivation from treatment, the maladies and afflictions of this detainee have been progressively worsening, drastically affecting his physical and mental health. It must be noted that, in preparation for the first stage of the three-stage testicular surgery, Motalleb Ahmadian had been transported to the hospital. He was retransported to prison the day after, without completing the course of his treatment. Motalleb Ahmadian went on a hunger strike on January 29, 2024, in protest against the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners (Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pezhman Fatehi); however, on January 31, his deteriorating general health condition prevented him from continuing the hunger strike. The intelligence ministry, by interfering with the decision of the medical commission, has illegally refused the previous requests of this detainee's lawyer for the immediate halt of his prolonged incarceration due to the severity of his maladies. After undergoing 230 days of solitary confinement under torture, Motalleb Ahmadian was given a verdict of 30 years of incarceration under the charge of <waging war against God through affiliation with the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.> This prisoner was sentenced to pecuniary punishment of one million Iranian rials and one year of penal detention for <illegal commuting within the Iranian borders.> He was also sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment, 20 million Iranian Rial pecuniary punishment, and the payment of a half atonement under the charge of <participation in homicide.> Motalleb Ahmadian was taken into custody by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 5, 2010. Currently, this prisoner is undergoing his 30-year detention verdict in Ward 4 of Evin Prison and suffers from a deteriorating physical and mental condition.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/fourteen-years-of-incarceration-the-critical-situation-of-a-kurdish-political-prisoner

Opinion by G. d'A: Because the dissent will catch you!!!
Iranwire - 6 Feb 2024 - ROGHAYEH REZAEI
<<Body Theft: An Islamic Republic Long-Standing Custom
Last week, four Kurdish political prisoners were executed in Ghezelhesar prison, near Tehran.
Their families say the bodies have not been handed over to them, and they are unaware of the location where their loved ones have been buried.
Is this action by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic legal or consistent with jurisprudence and Islam?
***
Eight days have elapsed since the early hours of January 29, when Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi and Mohammed Faramarzi were put to death, despite international efforts to stop their execution. During these eight days, according to statements from their families, both the judiciary and the Prisons Organization refused to hand over the bodies to their relatives. This is not the first instance where the Islamic Republic has withheld the bodies of those executed from their families.
After five Kurdish political prisoners - Shirin Alamholi, Farzad Kamangar, Farhad Vakili, Ali Heydarian and Mehdi Islamian - were executed on September 10, 2010, their bodies were never returned to their families. And after more than 13 years have passed, these families remain unaware of the burial sites of their loved ones. Dayeh Sharifeh, the mother of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish political prisoner executed in September 2018, has never been informed of the burial site of her 24-year-old son. Thousands of political prisoners executed in the 1980s have had their remains placed in unmarked graves across Tehran and other cities, as well as in shallow pits, with the dead bodies being exposed to scavenging birds.
Claiming Islam While Contravening Sharia Law
The Islamic Republic has long championed Islam and openly justifies punishments such as the death penalty under the guise of Islamic principles and divine decrees. However, the government that considers itself the standard-bearer of Islam does not adhere to religious rites after the execution of its opponents. Sedigheh Vasmaghi, an Islamologist, tells IranWire that the government's decision not to hand over the bodies of the four executed Kurdish political prisoners to their families <cannot be justified by any Sharia law or moral and legal doctrine.> <This action blatantly contradicts moral and societal norms. Throughout history, across all cultures, even among the most primitive tribes, it has been customary that when a member of a family is killed, the body rightfully belongs to that family. <There has never been a practice anywhere in the world of seizing the body of a deceased individual. <Even in the early days of Islam, on the battlefield, when opposing sides clashed and casualties occurred, each side would retrieve the bodies of their fallen comrades. <Therefore, given the universality of this customary practice, there is no need for jurisprudential discussion on this matter. I have not come across any legal provision addressing this issue, as it is inherently self-evident and universally recognized.> Mohammad Taqi Fazel Meibodi, a Shia cleric, tells IranWire that the bodies of executed prisoners <should be promptly handed over to the deceased's parents.> <Withholding the body is categorically inappropriate. Apart from the executions themselves, at a time when human rights violations are prevalent and Islam emphasizes the sanctity of life, such actions are neither just nor in the country's best interest. <The bodies should be released promptly. These individuals are human and Muslim and deserve to be laid to rest with utmost respect. <The failure to promptly release the bodies or disclose the burial site to the families contradicts Sharia, customary norms, and the law. <According to jurisprudence, permission from the deceased's guardian is required to perform burial rites and prayers.>
What does the law stipulate?
Qasem Boeidi, a jurist and human rights lawyer, explains to IranWire that the law explicitly mandates the authorities to hand over the bodies of those executed to their families. When the individual has no relatives, <under Sharia and legal regulations, the government is responsible for burying them at its own expense,> he says. <Whether individuals are Shia, Sunni, Turk, Kurd, Christians or Jew, they should be treated according to their religious laws.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/125070-body-theft-an-islamic-republic-long-standing-custom/
Noteworthy: Read more below about "Dayeh Sharifeh, An Elderly Mother Who Campaigns Against Penalty in Iran..."

Iranwire - 6 Feb 2024
<<Hundreds of Iranian Activists Demand Halt to Execution Spree
More than 430 Iranian civil and political activists have joined their voices in condemning the increasing use of the death penalty in Iran, saying the recent executions there were driven by <a desire for retribution, instilling fear and asserting power.> According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) group, the Islamic Republic authorities took at least 72 people to the gallows in January. Referring to the recent execution of four Kurdish political prisoners, the activists wrote in a joint statement published on the Telegram account of the Kalameh news website: <If these young people had to be executed, why did you not hold their trials publicly?> In recent weeks, the sharp rise in executions in Iran sparked passionate calls from Iranian civil society to abolish the death penalty, with the hashtag #NoToExecution being increasingly popular among social media users.
United Nations experts said last month that at least 834 people were executed in 2023, including eight people associated with the 2022-23 uprising, and urged the Iranian government to <stop this horrific wave of executions.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125047-hundreds-of-iranian-activists-demand-halt-to-execution-spree/

Iranwire - 5 Feb 2024 - SINA GHANBARPOUR
<<Iranian Journalist Faces Terrorism Accusations over Instagram Post
Iran's judicial and security institutions have justified recent restrictions on journalists by claiming they were <supporting terrorists,> sparking criticism from legal professionals and social media users. The term <supporting terrorists> became a topic of discussion after Islamic Republic supporters called for legal action against a journalist over a post on Instagram. The journalist in question, Shahrzad Hemmati, the social desk editor of Shargh newspaper, had written messages against the use of the death penalty. According to Ghasem Boedi, a lawyer and jurist, <holding an opinion is not a criminal act> and <showing sympathy toward any individual cannot be deemed criminal,> he says. Under Article 23 of the Islamic Republic's constitution, no one should be attacked for having an opinion, Boedi says. <We don't have the legal accusation of supporting terrorists, and what is criminalized pertains to terrorism financing, which is unrelated to this issue.> Moussa Barzin Khalifehlou, a lawyer and human rights activist, agrees with Boadi, saying Hemmati had only expressed an opinion and exercised her freedom of speech. <The law specifies financial and logistical support for terrorism. The term 'terrorist supporter' is not criminalized and is absent in the law,> Barzin says. <Every citizen, whether a reporter or an ordinary individual, can have opinions about judicial decisions and voice them. This can be done as long as it is in the context of unjust proceedings against a person, which is neither a crime nor forbidden.> Barzin cites one circumstance where a comment may bear legal consequences: <If a person makes false assumptions in their comment, such as claiming the judge was influenced when it's not true, they must be able to prove it. If not, there's a possibility of filing a complaint, which didn't happen in the recent case.> Kambiz Norouzi, a lawyer and advocate for press and media rights, wrote on his Telegram channel: <This concise statement by Ms. Hemmati is solely a reaction to the execution itself and does not involve those who were subject to execution.> <In Iran, as in other societies, many people believe that the death penalty is incompatible with humanitarian principles.> Ali Mojtahedzadeh, another lawyer, expressed his views on the social media platform X: <There is an inviolable principle in criminal laws known as the narrow interpretation of criminal laws.> <According to this principle, the journalist from Shargh newspaper cannot be charged for 'writing about four executed people,' even if they were members of a separatist party and accused of being terrorists. The bizarre accusations against her are unfounded.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/125026-iranian-journalist-faces-terrorism-accusations-over-instagram-post/


Dayeh Sharifeh
Iranwire - 5 Feb 2024
<<Dayeh Sharifeh, An Elderly Mother Who Campaigns Against Penalty in Iran
Dayeh Sharifeh had six sons and two daughters. Her youngest son has been executed, while the oldest has been killed in suspicious circumstances.
Despite her frail health, the Kurdish septuagenarian stands as an unrelentless opponent to the use of the death penalty in Iran. In the aftermath of the recent execution of four Kurdish political prisoners near Tehran, Sharifeh was detained twice in two days and forcibly relocated to her village in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province. Authorities say she is barred from leaving the village, except for medical visits. Her name is Sharifeh Zarini, but she is widely known as Dayeh Sharifeh. Her son Ramin Hossein Panahi was executed in Tehran's Evin prison in September 2018, alongside two other political prisoners - Zaniar and Loqman Moradi. The bodies of the three men were never handed over to their families. Throughout the years, Sharifeh has stood in solidarity with civil activists like Narges Mohammadi and the families of those killed by the Islamic Republic. Her activism has made her a prominent figure in the fight against capital punishment in Iran. As part of a <forgiveness> campaign, Sharifeh has been traveling to cities and villages to plead for the lives of convicts facing capital punishment, and saved many as a result. When Ramin was under the threat of execution, she told the judge presiding over her son's case: <Saving Ramin alone won't matter because tomorrow you will put this rope around another young man's neck. That's why we oppose gallows and hanging ropes.> In recent days, amid an alarming spike in executions of political prisoners, pictures of Sharifeh holding placards against the death penalty surfaced multiple times. Sharifeh released a video message calling for the cancellation of death sentences against Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad Faramarzi, Pajman Fatehi and Mohsen Mazloum.
<Why Don't You Just Die and Leave Us Alone?>
Her activism likely contributed to her brief detention on the same day four Kurdish political prisoners were executed. Sharifeh, her daughters and other people were en route to Kamiyaran when she was apprehended by agents of the Sanandaj Ministry of Intelligence and taken to Sanandaj and then to their village. Amjad Hossein Panahi, one of her remaining sons who lives abroad, recounted an incident where one of the intelligence agents from Sanandaj engaged in a verbal altercation with his mother, telling her, <Old woman, why don't you just die and leave us alone? Why are you causing so much trouble and problems to us?> Sharifeh replied calmly, <What you see is not me, it is Ramin's soul that is alive in me. I have been dead for years. I'm here to witness you [dying] and be with the families you wronged.> Panahi further said, <Yesterday [February 1], they visited the family of Mohammad Faramarzi in Dehgolan. After accompanying his mother, they intended to visit Pejman Fatehi's family in Kamiyaran. However, on their way, Ministry of Intelligence forces traveling in three cars intercepted them and treated them disrespectfully.> He added, <They arrested them, took them to Sanandaj, and officially informed them that they must return. They were then brought back to our village.> According to Panahi, intelligence agents from Sanandaj said, <We have received orders from Tehran to restrict your activities. You are not allowed to leave the village for any activities or attend mourning ceremonies for executed people.> Panahi stated that his mother had been instructed not to leave the village except for matters such as going to the hospital or the doctor.
<Under the Shadow of Execution, Imprisonment, Torture>
He also said that Sharifeh faced the specter of execution years before her 24-year-old son. <Years before Ramin, my other brother Anwar, a prominent Kurdish activist, was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to death in 2007 over his affiliation with Komala,> he said, referring to the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. <Fortunately, thanks to the collective efforts by human rights organizations, the people of Kurdistan, as well as my mother's relentless advocacy, Anwar was spared from execution after seven years and several months in prison,> he added. <Since that time, our family has lived under the shadow of execution, imprisonment, torture and detention,> he recalled, mentioning the death of another brother, Ashraf, who was actively following Anwar's case during the same period. Ashraf's lifeless body was found in 2017 on a rural road near Sanandaj. He had been run over by a car. Panahi stated that while Anwar faced execution, Ashraf, a civil activist and member of the campaign to defend political prisoners on strike in Sanandaj prison, <was assassinated by the Ministry of Intelligence.> Simultaneously, Ramin, who was still a teenager at the time, and his brother Afshin were detained. <My mother had no other recourse to defend her children and her heart. Ramin, still young, had just been released from prison,> Panahi said. <The intense pressure forced him to travel to Iraqi Kurdistan. Upon his return to visit my mother, he was arrested and later sentenced to death.> <A significant international campaign was launched against this verdict, and my mother officially entered the arena at that time to save her youngest child. <Unfortunately, Ramin was executed, and now the sole purpose and solace for my mother is to oppose executions and do whatever she can for the prisoners' families.> Ramin was executed on September 8, 2018, after having endured months of torture and consistently denying accusations he had entered the country with weapons and fired 30 rounds of ammunition.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/125024-dayeh-sharifeh-an-elderly-mother-who-campaigns-against-penalty-in-iran/
The-story-of-Bayan-Azimi

NCRI - Womens committee - Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Daya Sharifa, a justice seeking and bereaved mother, is placed under house arrest
Daya Sharifa, the justice seeking mother of Ramin Hossein Panahi, was arrested by security forces in Kamyaran, a city south of Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan Province. Daya Sharifa, also known by her real name Sheraft Zarrini, is over 70 years old. She is a fervent opponent of the death penalty in Iran and is renowned for being among the mothers seeking justice in the wake of their sons' executions. Ramin Hossein Panahi, 23, was arrested in June 2017. He was viciously tortured in the detention centers of the IRGC Intelligence and the Ministry of Intelligence. He was executed after a grossly unfair trial on September 8, 2018, along with Zanyar and Loqman Moradi, while on hunger strike. His body was shown to his mother two days later. Daya Sharifa was on her way to Kamyaran for the second time along with her daughter and son-in-law to meet the mother of Pejman Fatehi, one of the four Kurdish political prisoners recently executed. They were arrested on Thursday night, February 1, 2024, by three carloads of agents from the Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to the Department of Intelligence in Sanandaj. The intelligence forces of Sanandaj issued a threat to Daya Sharifa, informing her verbally that she was not allowed to leave her place of residence. They emphasized that, under no circumstances, should she depart from Qoruchai, the village in Dehgolan, Kurdistan, where she resides; otherwise, she would face arrest and imprisonment. One of the intelligence agents insulted Daya Sharifa, saying, <Old woman, you don't want to die, what do you want?> She bravely replied, <I died a long time ago. The body in front of you is not me; it carries Ramin's soul. Go ahead and hang me once more.> In recent days, she had already been detained twice for a few hours, preventing her from being with the families of the young men who were executed. Pejman Fatehi, a 28-year-old married man with a young child, was executed on January 29, 2024, along with three other young men in the same case. They faced charges of espionage and were executed in Qezal Hesar prison in Karaj.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/04/daya-sharifa-ramin-hossein-panahi/


Executions in Iran
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 Feb 2024
<<Disturbing Surge: 74 Executions in Iranian Prisons during January 2024
The Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reports that at least 74 death sentences were carried out in Iranian prisons in January 2024. This alarming figure includes seven executions of political and religious prisoners, with a significant 46% linked to Kurdish individuals. Breaking down the statistics, 46 cases were related to inmates facing drug-offense charges. Notably, identities of 73 executed inmates have been verified by Hengaw. The breakdown by ethnicity reveals that 34 Kurdish prisoners (46% of the total), 7 Azeri prisoners (9.5%), and 5 Baloch prisoners (6.5%) were among those executed. Additionally, two Afghan citizens faced execution in Iranian prisons during January.
Tragically, among the executed, seven detainees faced death sentence verdicts in January. Disturbingly, six of these cases were Kurdish political and religious detainees, and a female prisoner was executed in Sabzevar prison (Khorasan Razavi province). Alborz province prisons reported the highest number of executions, totaling 32 cases in January. Furthermore, Khorasan Razavi province (7 cases), Hamedan province (6 cases), and Fars and Gilan provinces (4 cases each) witnessed substantial execution rates. It is noteworthy that the official declarations from the government and judicial system of Iran only accounted for 16% (12 cases) of the total executions.
Charge Breakdown:
- Drug-related offenses: 46 cases (62%)
- Political and religious activists: 7 cases
- Homicide charges: 16 cases
- Armed robbery charges: 5 cases
This surge in executions raises serious concerns about human rights and underscores the need for international attention and advocacy to address the situation in Iranian prisons.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/disturbing-surge-74-executions-in-iranian-prisons-during-january-2024

Jinha - Womens News Agency 2 Feb 2024
<<Iran blocks bank accounts of business owners in Sanandaj
Iran has blocked the bank accounts of business owners in Sanandaj for having kept their shutters down to protest the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners.
News Center- Following the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners on January 29, 2024, a general strike was launched in the cities of Eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan) such as Marivan, Saqqez, Sanandaj, Mahabad and Divandarreh to protest the executions. In Kurdish cities, all shopkeepers and merchants kept their shutters down for two days. According to the received reports, Iranian authorities have blocked the bank accounts of some business owners in Sanandaj to spread fear among business owners. <On Wednesday, I realized that my bank account was blocked. At the beginning, I did not understand why my bank account was blocked but then I found out that it was blocked because I had kept the shutters down. Not only my bank account but also the bank accounts of many business owners have been blocked,> one of the business owners told NuJINHA. <They are afraid of the unity of people,> the business owner added.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iran-blocks-bank-accounts-of-business-owners-in-sanandaj-34540?page=1

Iranwire - 2 Feb 2024
<<Fate of Executed Iranian Protester's Father Undecided, Months After Arrest
The father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a 21-year-old Iranian-Kurdish man who was executed for his participation in the 2022 uprising, has been languishing in prison for more than five months. Mashallah Karami <is still detained in Ward 15 of Karaj Central Prison, despite 164 days having passed since his arrest,> an informed source close to the family told the HRANA human rights website.
<He has not been granted temporary release so far,> the source added.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami was sentenced to death in December 2022 over his alleged involvement in the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during an anti-government demonstration. The young man was executed the next month. His father was detained on August 22 last year during a raid by security forces at his residence. The authorities confiscated the family's electronic devices and blocked their bank cards. Mashallah Karami was transferred from the Intelligence Department's detention center in Karaj to prison on October 28, and Branch 11 of the Karaj Public and Revolution Prosecutor's Office charged him in November with <membership in banned groups, propaganda against the Islamic Republic, insulting religious symbols, and disrupting national security.> His relatives have reportedly been pressured to remain silent about his arrest. They also face restrictions on phone calls and their movements.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/124942-fate-of-executed-iranian-protesters-father-undecided-months-after-arrest/

Iranwire - 1 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Man on Hunger Strike Against Planned Eye-for-an-Eye Gouging
An Iranian man set to be forcibly blinded in his left eye has been on hunger strike for six days in protest of his <retribution-in-kind> punishment.
Mousavian, a 31-year-old construction worker, is alleged to have thrown a stone during a protest in December 2017, resulting in the blinding of a police colonel's left eye. The defendant has claimed his innocence, saying he did not throw the stone. An informed source told IranWire that the police colonel demanded 14 billion tomans ($265,000) from the convict, but the Mousavian family has been unable to gather this sum. As a result, the policeman requested retribution for his eye, and Mousavian is soon expected to be blinded in his left eye in Shahr-e Kord's prison, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group. Human rights groups have urged the Iranian authorities to immediately stop punishing convicts by deliberately blinding them, calling such punishment an unspeakably cruel and shocking act.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director previously said: <Blinding as a form of punishment is a medieval practice that the Islamic Republic uses to intimidate society. The United Nations should not tolerate blinding as a form of punishment by any of its member states in 2024. We want the international community and all countries with diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic to convey this message that implementing such a punishment will have serious consequences for the Islamic Republic.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/124918-iranian-man-on-hunger-strike-against-planned-eye-for-an-eye-gouging/

Iranwire - 1 Feb 2024
<<UN Rights Official Urged to Ditch Hijab While Visiting Iran
Dozens of Iranian women rights activists have urged UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif to not wear a headscarf during her upcoming trip to Iran, calling the garment <a symbol of the ruling regime's ideology.> In a joint letter addressed to Al-Nashif, the activists also called on Al-Nashif to meet with the dozens of political prisoners on hunger strike, the families of those executed and the protestors on death row in order to <gain insights into the deplorable violations of human rights and women's rights in Iran.> The UN official is scheduled to visit Iran on February 3-5 to assess the human rights situation in the country, amid a surge in executions following grossly unfair trials and a brutal crackdown on any form of dissent in the wake of the 2022-23 uprising, including on women who refuse to wear a mandatory hijab in public. <Your trip takes place amidst a grave situation where the Islamic regime has escalated efforts to suppress the revolutionary 'Woman-Life-Freedom' movement through increased threats, intimidation, arrests, and executions,> the women activists said in their letter. <Sadly, the children of thousands of families are currently imprisoned, awaiting death sentences, or have been executed in recent months and days.> For more than four decades, Iran's clerical establishment has <attempted to portray the Islamic hijab as a tradition of Iranian society to the world,> but the Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement has shown that the compulsory head covering is <rather a symbol of the ruling regime's ideology,> the activists said. <No government should need to spend vast amounts of money, employ patrol to enforce hijab, resort to violence, imprisonment, and intimidation on young people in order to preserve a so-called national tradition,> they added.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/124913-un-rights-official-urged-to-ditch-hijab-while-visiting-iran/

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