Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, August 29, 2020—The so-called judiciary in Iran under the mullahs’ regime has sentenced a protester in Shiraz, south-central Iran to two executions, prison, and lashing while two of his brothers are sentenced to overall 81 years of prison and lashing over protests back in 2018. Navid, Vahid, and Habib Afkari Sangari were arrested for participating in protests that spread throughout Iran in August 2018.
The three brothers were tried in the Shiraz Criminal Court and the Revolutionary Court, facing charges of insulting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, encouraging locals to join anti-regime protests, organizing a group, and participating in protests, among other allegations, according to various reports.
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), condemned these heinous measures as the regime’s desperate initiative to prevent future protests.
The mullahs’ religious fascist regime handed down outrageous flogging, prison and death sentences for three brothers for took part in the protests in Kazerun and Shiraz. #StopExecutionsInIran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 28, 2020
Faulty due process, use of torture
Navid, a respected wrestler with no criminal record, and his two brothers had participated in the 2018 protests. As a result, “the judiciary deemed the participation of all three brothers as the organization of a group,” according to a source who talked to the Human Rights News Agency and asked not to be named for security reasons.
The source said authorities had charged the three brothers of major roles in protests that erupted in the cities of Kazerun and Shiraz in August 2018.
August 5 – Kazerun, #Iran
New video of tonight's massive protest rally.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/DwUpZo7oVD— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 5, 2018
Regime resorts to political executions to prevent future protests
The Iranian regime executes political prisoners and protesters to intimidate would be protesters and prevent future protests.
On August 5, the Iranian regime hanged a political prisoner in central Iran. Mostafa Salehi was detained during protests in Isfahan two years ago.
Three other protesters in Tehran and five protesters in Isfahan have also been sentenced to death.
