The Iranian regime’s judiciary has sentenced 22-year-old political prisoner and accounting student Amir Hassan Akbari-Monfared to death. Currently held in Evin Prison, he was charged with “rebellion (Baghi) through contact with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”
This retaliatory sentence was issued by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by the notorious executioner Abolqasem Salavati. The ruling was issued solely due to Akbari-Monfared’s family relationship with martyred PMOI member Farshid Asadi, in connection with the “Abdar-chi” case and the elimination of regime executioners Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh.
A vengeful crackdown on a family
Amir Hassan was violently arrested on January 19, 2025, just a day after the elimination of Razini and Moghiseh. Heavily armed intelligence agents raided his home in Tehran, physically assaulting him before dragging him away. In Ward 209 of Evin Prison, he was subjected to severe torture to extract forced confessions. Following the bombing of Evin, he was moved to Fashafouyeh Prison before being returned to Evin.
The regime’s actions demonstrate a systematic policy of harassing families of opposition members. Two days after Amir Hassan’s arrest, agents raided his home again and abducted his father, Mohammad Akbari Monfared, a former political prisoner from the 1980s and the 2022 uprising.
Subsequently, interrogators threatened the families, demanding information about any ties to the PMOI. The Akbari-Monfared family has long been a target of the regime; four members—Alireza, Gholamreza, Abdolreza, and Roghayeh—were martyred by the regime in the 1980s.
A broader wave of executions
The death sentence against Amir Hassan is part of an intensely escalating wave of state violence. Just days ago, on July 22, 2026, the regime executed 26-year-old law graduate and PMOI member Mehdi Khanaki in Karaj. Following a sham trial, Khanaki was sentenced to death for PMOI membership and his active participation in the massive January 2026 protests. Dozens of political prisoners, including ten PMOI members and numerous other young activists, have been hanged simply for participating in that uprising.
Meanwhile, death sentences against dissidents continue to mount. On July 1, 2026, Judge Salavati sentenced 25-year-old PMOI supporter Arghavan Fallahi to death. She had endured five months of solitary confinement and brutal torture in Ward 241 of Evin Prison, and her father, Nasrollah Fallahi, is also currently imprisoned.
In Rasht and Gilan, courts have utilized sham video trials without legal representation to hand down multiple death sentences. Among those facing imminent execution are 51-year-old Yaghoub Derakhshan, 68-year-old Zahra Tabari, and 38-year-old Amin (Peyman) Farahavar, who is currently being denied vital medical care for internal bleeding.
Masking profound weakness and fear
These politically motivated executions are systematically designed to breed a climate of fear and terror to prevent the resurgence of popular uprisings like the massive protests seen in January 2026. Operating under the distraction of the fog of war and recent regional conflicts, Tehran is desperately attempting to mask its own fundamental weakness.
Terrified of the looming prospect of another nationwide uprising, the clerical dictatorship is laying the groundwork to carry out another massive purge of political prisoners.
The international community cannot remain silent while the regime systematically strips citizens of their right to a defense and executes them to maintain power. The Iranian Resistance urges the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteurs, and all international human rights organizations to take immediate action to revoke the criminal death sentence of Amir Hassan and save his life.