Fear of Imminent execution/22 May 2003
IRAN
Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh (m), aged 35, Khaled
Faridooni (m),
Omar Feghe-poor (m)
Association of Iranian Political Prisoners(in Exile) is concerned that Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh(m), aged 35, married, having a 7 year-old boy, faces imminent execution, after his death sentence was reportedly upheld by the Supreme Court on 2 March 1999.
In a letter to the Supreme Court, High Council of Judiciary Branch and Judiciary Committee of the Islamic parliament(Majless), Mohammad denied the accusions and demanded his death penalty to be abolished, but on 9 January 2003, he was informed that his sentenced was upheld as it was and he will be executed at any time. He has reportedly been tortured and ill-treated in detention. He was wounded severely at the time he was arrested and his left leg was amputed after he was denied medication and surgery.
Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh, allegedly an activist and supporter of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, a kurdish armed political group opposed to the Islamic regime of Iran, arrested in Shaherviran nearby city of Mahabad in northwest of Iran, on 8 August 1996.
Branch 1 of the Islamic
"Revolutionary" Court, located in Mahabad, sentenced him to death
on various charges, including "armed struggle agianst the Islamic regime",
"membership of a proscribed Party", " taking members",
participating in the killing of three local collaborators, puting road construction
machines in fire and other security provisions.
He is currently being held in Mahabad prison.
Khaled Faridooni(m), married, and Omar Feghe-poor(m), married, allegedly activists and supporters of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, arrested in the beginning of 2000, in kurdish town of Piranshar in northwest of Iran.
Branch 1 of the Islamic "Revolutionary" Court, located in Mahabad, sentenced them to death on various charges, including "armed struggles against the Islamic regime", "membership of a proscribed party" , "acting against state security" and other security provisions.
Their sentences have been sent to Supreme Court to decide. They are currently being held in Mahabad prison.
We are asking national and international organisations defending human rights, Amnesty International in particular, to put the Islamic regime of Iran under pressure in order to stop the execution of the above-named political prisoners.
Association of Iranian Political prisoners(in Exile)