Concerns Over the Fate of Four Iranian Political Prisoners Secretly

Iranian political prisoners
Reuters confirmed on December 23, 2019, about the deadly crackdown on November 2019 nationwide protests in Iran the death toll of 1500 that was announced by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) on December 15, 2019.

Iranian political prisoners

Concerns have been raised over the lives of four Iranian political prisoners who have been transferred from Sheyban prison in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, to an unknown location.

On September 17, Ali Motiri, Ali Khasraji, Hossein Silavi, and Ali Mojadam were all moved without warning, a common occurrence for prisoners about to be executed, but only three of them – Motiri, Khasraji, and Silavi – have actually been given death sentences.

We don’t know much about the prisoners. Khasraji, 26, and Silavi, 30, were arrested in 2017, but there is almost no information about Motiri. There is slightly more information about Mojadam, 39, who was arrested in February for “measures against the state” and “membership in a dissident group”, which means support for the Iranian Resistance. The married father-of-three was kept in solitary confinement for 63 days from June before being transferred to section 8 of Sheyban.

This came just before the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) published a report on the literal torture chamber for protesters in the basement (Ebrat) of Shiraz prison, run by the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Intelligence Division.

The report read: “Prisoners on death row are transferred to solitary confinement the night before the execution. The agents of the regime are cautious so that the names and details of the prisoners in Ebrat prison are not leaked out and do not reach the international organizations.”

They cited these as the main methods of torture:

  • Rape
  • Mock execution
  • Making prisoners lie in a puddle of cold water for days
  • Blindfolding them whilst attacking them
  • Hanging them by their hands
  • Beating them with cables on their extremities

Other temporary torture chambers are run by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), the State Security Forces (SSF), Islamshahr Security Police, Niloufar Security Police, and Shahriar Security Police.

Amnesty International reported that over 7,000, including children, were arrested by security forces in connection with the November 2019 uprising, but the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’s (PMOI / MEK Iran) have reported 12,000 arrests and 1,500 shot dead in the streets by security forces.

Reuters confirmed on December 23, 2019, about the deadly crackdown on November 2019 nationwide protests in Iran the death toll of 1500 that was announced by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) on December 15, 2019.

President-elect Madame Maryam Rajavi called on the United Nations Security Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the European Union earlier this month to take urgent action to save the lives of Iranian prisoners.

She said: “They should set up an international fact-finding mission to investigate the killings in November 2019 and visit Iranian prisons.”

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