At least four demonstrators have already been executed and many others have been sentenced to death in show trials. Charges include 'enmity against God' and 'corruption on Earth.' We introduce some of the victims.
They were arrested at night. Or on their way to work. Or they simply disappeared. Since the beginning of the protests against the Islamic Republic four months ago, more than 19,000 people have been arrested in Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency . Sometimes, several days pass before families learn what happened with their loved ones. But often, they hear nothing at all.The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 2/2023 of DER SPIEGEL.
Some of the trials have been broadcast on Iranian television. There is also a recording in circulation of the last words of one prisoner, Majidreza Rahnavardam, who was executed on November 29. Standing next to him in the video are two masked security troops. Rahnavardam isn’t crying, nor does he even seem particularly intimidated."Don’t mourn at my grave," he says."Play happy music.
One of the Islamist regime’s most severe judges sentenced the man, in his early twenties, in late October for"corruption on Earth." He allegedly drove into a group of police during a demonstration, killing one of them. At the beginning of the trial, Ghobadlou’s lawyer was allegedly barred from entering the building, which is why he turned to Twitter to make his case. He rejects the court’s allegations.
Fahimeh Karimi, the mother of three young children and a volleyball coach, is apparently also facing execution. She stands accused of having been a leader of demonstrations in Pakdasht, a provincial capital southeast of Tehran, and of attacking a member of the paramilitary organization Basij. She was apparently sentenced to death for"corruption on Earth" without a proper trial in accordance with Islamic law.
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