Iran reportedly executes Kurdish political prisoner According to unofficial reports Habibollah Golparipour was hanged early this morning. Iran Human Rights (IHR) had yesterday received reports about the transfer of Mr. Golparipour from the Urmia Prison to an unknown location. On March 15, 2009, Habibollah Golparipour was sentenced to death by branch 1 of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court (in the Western Azerbaijan province) in a trial that lasted a few minutes. He was sentenced to death charged with Enmity against the God and membership in a Kurdish dissident group. IHR has issued concern about imminent risk of execution for at least four Sunni Muslim Kurdish prisoners of consience who are currently being held in the Ghezel Hesar Prison (near Tehran). There is also strong concern that two other death row Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi might be in danger of execution. All these prisoners have been sentenced by the Revolutionary Courts to death charged with enmity against the God. All these prisoners have been subjected to torture, forced confessions and sentenced to death by sham trials. IHR urges the international community to condemn today’s executions and react towards the wave of executions in Iran. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: The silence of the international community sends the wrong signal to the Iranian regime and we are concerned that more prisoners will be executed in the near future. The international community must react now. (Iran Human Rights)
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:26:15 +0000
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