In a powerful statement from Ghezel Hesar Prison, a group of political prisoners has condemned the Iranian regime’s escalating use of executions as a tool of repression. The statement denounces the recent Supreme Court approval of death sentences for three political prisoners—Pakhshan Azizi, Behrouz Ehsani, and Mehdi Hassani—while highlighting the resilience of those standing against the regime’s brutality. It calls on the international community to act urgently to save these lives and end Tehran’s campaign of state-sanctioned killings.
The executions are emblematic of the regime’s desperate attempts to suppress dissent. Ehsani and Hassani, active participants in the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, have been sentenced to death under charges of “rebellion” and “waging war against God,” and membership in the PMOI. Despite these brutalities, their courage and defiance resonate powerfully.
The statement, signed by prominent political prisoners, urges citizens to mobilize and demands immediate intervention from international bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council. As the regime intensifies its crackdown, the call for global solidarity with Iran’s pro-democracy movement grows ever more urgent. This statement serves as both a condemnation of injustice and a rallying cry for action.
Full text of the statement:
Once again, the decrepit and decaying regime, nearing the brink of collapse, resorts to increased executions and massacres in an attempt to intimidate the tormented society into submission and regression. The latest evidence of this is the Supreme Court’s approval of the death sentences for three political prisoners, Pakhshan Azizi, Behrouz Ehsani, and Mehdi Hassani. Meanwhile, more than 50 other political and ideological prisoners remain on death row.
The criminal Supreme Leader, under whose approval, supervision, and essentially direct orders all executions are carried out, believes that through a wave of killings and executions, he can frighten the tormented people into silence. However, this ultimate and primary tool of repression—execution—is no longer a remedy for his incurable plight. Just as we have witnessed the resilience of parents at the graves of their loved ones, we now see the spirit of those standing at the gallows. Notably, these three political prisoners sentenced to death were part of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign to save death-row prisoners. This signifies that even executions have lost their effectiveness and may instead ignite the powder keg of an explosive Iran, setting fire to the Supreme Leader’s cloak and the entire hollow regime.
Despite all this, we, the political prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison, while condemning these death sentences, call upon our fellow free-spirited compatriots to use all available resources and urge all international and human rights organizations, particularly the UN Human Rights Council and the Special Rapporteur, to take immediate action to save the lives of these three political prisoners.
The statement is signed by the following political prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison:
- Saeed Masouri
- Sepehr Emam Jomeh
- Mohammad Shafei
- Meysam Dehbanzadeh
- Loghman Aminpour