IRAN: WARNING AGAINST EXECUTION OF FIVE DETAINEES OF RECENT UPRISING

Abbas Jaafari Dowlat Abadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor, announced today that the cases of five individuals accused of Moharebeh [waging war on God] have been referred to the Revolutionary Court. He claimed that these individuals were members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and accused them of “organizing the crimes committed on the day of Ashura” and “attempting effectively to break the structure [of the regime] on that day,” according to official news agency IRNA.
During the past few months, the regime has been trying to prepare the grounds for execution of detainees of the uprising by organizing kangaroo trials and extracting forced confessions.
Following the uprising on the day of Ashura, a range of officials of the regime described people who have revolted against the regime as Mohareb [fighters against God] punishable by execution. According to the regime’s barbaric law, Mohareb is punishable by execution in various forms such as hanging, amputating right arm and left leg, and sending to exile.
The Iranian Resistance warns about killing of massive number of detainees of the uprising and political prisoners and calls on the Secretary General of the United Nations, UN Security Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and other human rights organizations to take urgent measures to prevent execution of political prisoners. The inaction by the international community with regard to the clerical regime’s barbarism has offered the ruling mullahs open hand to kill and execute those who seek freedom in Iran.