In tandem with a brutal wave of political executions, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of political prisoner Mansour Jamali. The 55-year-old from Urmia now faces an imminent risk of execution on fabricated charges of “Moharebeh” (waging war against God) on charges of “membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”
Jamali’s confirmation follows a bloody 48-hour period on March 30 and 31, 2026, during which the regime hanged four PMOI members. While Tehran attempts to project power through the physical elimination of its organized opposition, these state-sanctioned murders are actually a symptom of profound, terminal weakness. Terrified by recent nationwide uprisings and the sudden loss of its supreme leader, the regime is using the domestic chaos to conduct a desperate purge. This unyielding bloodthirst makes the immediate intervention of the international community an imperative.
A systematic campaign of terror against the PMOI
Mansour Jamali was arrested in October 2023 in Bouin Zahra. He was subjected to 15 months of prolonged interrogation and torture before being sentenced to death by Judge Esmail Asadi in Branch 1 of Qazvin’s Revolutionary Court, all while being denied access to a lawyer of his choice.
His plight mirrors the tragic fate of the four men executed earlier this week. On March 30, veteran political prisoner Mohammad Taghavi, 59, and civil engineer Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, 59, were executed. The very next morning, March 31, law graduate Babak Alipour, 34, and electrical engineer Pouya Ghobadi, 33, from the exact same case, were sent to the gallows. To justify the killings, the Quds Force-affiliated Tasnim News Agency branded these highly educated professionals as “armed terrorists.” This systematic campaign of terror has continued seamlessly under the presidency of Masoud Pezeshkian, aiming to terrorize a restless society.
Panic, vulnerability, and the fog of war
The timing of this execution spree exposes a paralyzed establishment. During December 2025 and January 2026, massive nationwide uprisings brought the ruling clerics to their knees, forcing the state to maintain its power through the massacre of thousands of protesters.
Now, driven by the paralyzing fear of another popular uprising and exploiting the fog of war following the February 2026 death of Ali Khamenei, the mullahs are actively preparing a new massive purge of political prisoners to hide their frailty, mirroring the horrific 1988 massacre. As Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), stated, “the desperate regime, in fear of the popular uprising that would uproot it, by resorting to this grave crime desperately tries to postpone the explosion of the people’s rage.”
A call to action beyond verbal condemnations
The regime’s unabated bloodthirst places a grave and imminent threat on the lives of remaining political prisoners. Alongside Mansour Jamali, other political prisoners are under the threat of being executed.
the Iranian Resistance calls for immediate action by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, other relevant bodies and rapporteurs, and all human rights defenders to revoke the death sentences of Mansour Jamali and other political prisoners on death row, and to secure their release.