Systematic violations of the right to life

Executions, arbitrary killings, deaths in custody, and death sentences

Execution

Mashhad Political prisoner: more than 500 prisoners secretly executed since last year

http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=21530

After reports of secret executions in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad were published, a political prisoner in Mashhad Prison has also disclosed these executions in a letter:

“The tragedy going on in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad is too atrocious to describe. Section 5 in Vakil Abad Prison is the most mysterious and secret section in this prison and when international inspectors come for inspection, blankets are lined in front of the door and it is introduced as a blanket storage room and only a few people are aware of what actually goes on in there. Section 5 has four cellblocks including:

Cellblock 101: more than 500 death row prisoners who have been convicted of dealing narcotics

Cellblock 102: about 300 prisoners sentenced to retribution and 250 prisoners with other crimes

Cellblock 103: about 600 prisoners between 18 to 25 year of age with charges such as robbery, adultery, and selling narcotics

Cellblock 104: about 600 prisoners over 25 year with charges such as robbery, narcotics and adultery

In cellblocks 102, 103 and 104 there are about 200 death row prisoners who have been transferred from cellblock 101 with the approval of the Prison Protection Unit.

Cellblock 101 is the most sensitive in Vakil Abad Prison. Severe security measures have been carried out in this cellblock. Unlike other cellblocks, 101 has a two layered iron door and it is impossible to see inside of the cellblock from outside. People rarely use this door and all movements are approved by the Protection Unit. Prisoners in this cellblock are only allowed to call the phone numbers that have been pre-approved by the Protection Unit and are only allowed calls every other day for five minutes. Their death sentences are not announced to them, their lawyers or their family in a written form and they are only verbally informed in the Revolutionary Court or by an agent in prison that they have been given the death sentence. None of them know when they will be executed and until their death sentence is carried out they all have to count themselves dead. This means that before their execution, they are executed in their minds many times. In the time between July 2009 and April 2010 close to 250 people were executed in Vakil Abad prison. Sixty eight prisoners were hanged in august 2009, 40 in November 2009, 30 in January 2010, about 20 in February 2010 and in April 2010 more than 50 prisoners were hanged.

This number excludes women who have been hanged in each incident from the women’s cellblock. There are no exact numbers on how many female prisoners and those who have been brought for execution from towns near Mashhad especially Torbate Heidarieh and Fariman were executed.

In August 2010, in four counts of group hangings about 70 people were hanged in each incident. In August 4, 2010, 70 prisoners and on August 18, 67 people were hanged. On the two days of July 28 and August 10, 60 to 70 prisoners were hanged but the exact numbers are still unknown”. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Sep. 9, 2010)

Arbitrary killing

Security forces murder teenager in Qeshm Island

Security forces fatally shot a Sunni teenager in the head in the Island of Qeshm on September 7.

According to reports, Sadeq Dolayizadeh, from the Dolab Village in Qeshm went out today to the ocean for fishing. He was arrested by security forces and was shot in the head on the shore in front of bystanders.

This teenager who was in the 9^th grade was forced to work to provide for his family and went out fishing everyday. He was arrested by security forces in the sea and was then led to the shore.

After seeing this scene, a number of eyewitnesses attempted to get close to Dolayizadeh to save his life but were shot at by security forces. These agents initially beat Sadeq and then shot him in the head.

Two of the agents fled from the scene after seeing the angry crowd but one of the agents was captured by the people and after being beaten, the body of the teenager and the agent were both handed over to the Qeshm Intelligence Agency.

The father of the Dolayizadeh family has been suffering from an illness for years and the only breadwinner of the family was young Sadeq.

Notably, a large number of young people in this region are killed yearly because of mistreatment by security forces.

Most people in Qeshm Island located in Southern Iran fish for a living. The people of this region have been faced with a drought for more than 10 years and live in dire economical conditions.

Poverty has made the living standards of more than 80 percent of the villages in this island very dreadful. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 7, 2010)

Deaths in custody

Another prisoner killed under execution after 8 years of prison

According to reports, Shahin Rajabi Mourkani was murdered by security forces in the SSF Karoun Operation Center in Ahwaz.

Mourkani, 28, was arrested in 2002 for clashing with security forces in Ahwaz and was transferred to the Karoun Prison. He was tried on charges of armed robbery in court and was serving his time in this prison.

About eight months ago, he was suddenly transferred to cellblock 6 in Gohardasht Prison from Karoun Prison where he was detained for eight months. About 3 months ago he was once again transferred back to Karoun Prison. His family was not aware of this transfer.

In the beginning of last week, his family was called from the Karoun Operation Center which is run by the State Security Forces and was told that they have to go to this center to collect his body. When the Mourkani family went to this center, they were told that they have to sign a paper saying that he was killed in an accident, else the body will not be given to them for burial. His family was forced to sign.

His body was given to his uncle on September 1 in the Ahwaz Cemetery and state security forces were present in the burial. They also banned the family from investigating his death and his uncle was the only one allowed in the burial ceremony. The body of Shahin Rajabi Mourkani was bruised from torture and his hands and feet were broken. There were also deep wounds on his head. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Sep. 5, 2010)

Young man killed under torture in Kamyaran Detention Center 

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-27-21/3805-1.html

A young man who was arrested on charges of possessing alcoholic beverages by the Kamyaran Intelligence Detention Center died in this detention center after being physically tortured.

According to reports, Gholamreza Bayat, a Kurd resident of Kamyaran who was wanted by the police for the possession of alcoholic beverages went into a coma and suffered internal bleeding as a result of torture and mistreatment last Sunday after he turned himself in to the Intelligence Center.

This Kurd citizen died after being taken to hospital and the coroners

announced the reason for his death as internal bleeding from severe beatings. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 6, 2010)

Death sentence

Death sentence of political prisoner upheld by Supreme Court

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-28-00-30-11/3792-1.html

The death sentence for Kurd political prisoner Habibollah Golparipour was upheld by the Supreme Court.

According to reports, this sentence was announced to Golparipour in the past few days in court. This resident of Sanandaj is currently in Mahabad Prison.

He had been detained for a long time in the Sanandaj and Mahabad Detention Centers and was sentenced to death by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court on charges of waging war with God by membership in a dissident party. (Mukarian News Agency – Sep. 5, 2010)

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Three students sentenced to prison; student activist beaten in Vakil Abad Prison

Three students of the Firdosi University in Mashhad by the names of Mehdi Khosravi, Amin Riahi and Hamid-Reza Amirkhani were sentenced to one year of prison which has been suspended for five years.

This is while Amir Riahi, the editor of the Mohavereh student publication, was severely beaten in Vakil Abad Prison. Eyewitnesses said that the reason he was beaten was for protesting to a soldier in prison…

Riahi disclosed the name of the person who beat him and said, “A soldier named Reza Bayat who was responsible for fingerprinting took me to another room and then started violently beating me for about 10 minutes. In the two or three hours that I was kept in that hall I saw at least four more beatings and two of them were carried out by Mr. Bayat”.

“After that when I was being released from prison, another soldier separated me and another political prisoner and asked us a few questions. I really did not have the ability to answer but the person next to me who decisively answered the questions was beaten and unfortunately he did not have a name tag and I do not know his name”.

These students wrote for their student publication in Mashhad’s Firdosi University and were sentenced to one year of prison on charges of propagating against the government. They were also sentenced to four semesters of suspension in 2008 for their activities in this publication. (Daneshju News – Sep. 6, 2010) 

Officially organized instigated clashes in Gohardasht Prison leaves many prisoners severely injured

According to reports from Iran, on Monday September 6, at least seven prisoners were severely injured after bloody clashes in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison. Four of these prisoners were taken to hospitals outside of prison because of the severity of their injuries and are in critical condition.

One of the prisoners identified as Javad Zare was struck on the head with a sword and his eye was scooped out in the prison infirmary. Another prisoner who had a deep wound on his head was taken to a hospital outside of prison. 

The clashes in these cellblocks are carried out with the instigation and encouragement of the Prison Intelligence Unit and those who participate in these clashes and attack prisoners are intelligence elements in prison and are also used in distributing drugs and suppressing prisoners.

When a clash starts in a cellblock, prison guards close the cellblock doors and let the gangs attack their victims. These attacks are carried out with the intention of fatally wounding or severely injuring the victims. Prison guards only intervene after the clashes end and start evacuating the wounded prisoners. In most cases the attackers are not held accountable and continue their crimes in the cellblocks.

The organizers of these clashes in various prison cells are Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Unit in this prison. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Sep. 7, 2010)

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