Zamaneh Media
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
Zamaneh Media
No Result
View All Result

Iran is not releasing the names of the Sunni Kurds executed

by Zamaneh Media
August 6, 2016
in Featured Items
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Iran is not releasing the names of the Sunni Kurds executed

Sunni prisoners pray in Rajai Shahr prison, many of them have been executed now

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has called upon the Iranian authorities to release the names of the Sunni Kurds executed in Iran on 2 Aug 2016.

Sunni prisoners pray in Rajai Shahr prison, many of them have been executed now
Sunni prisoners pray in Rajai Shahr prison, many of them have been executed now

Iran is withholding the names of Sunni prisoners who were hanged in Iran. Iran’s prosecutor general and the Intelligence Ministry have both made statements confirming that at least 20 people have been executed.

The Islamic republic authorities are saying that the group that were executed were members of Salafi group called “Tawhid va Jihad”; an allegation that many of the Sunni prisoners have denied prior to their execution.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nation commissioner for human rights has condemned the executions saying that the charges laid against the Sunni religious activists were “overly broad and vague”.

He also says that the accused did not have the right to a fair trial and were forced to confess possibly under torture.

Mowlavi Abdulhamid, the Baluchi Sunni Imam in Iran has also raised concerns about increasing sectarian tensions following the executions.

Those executed were all religious activists or affiliates to Shafi’i Sunnis from the Kurdish community.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has confirmed the names of ten of the victims who were hung: Bahman Rahimi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Yavar Rahimi, Arash Sharifi, Kaveh Oveisi, Kaveh Sharifi, Ahmad Nasiri, Behrouz Shahnazari, Taleb Maleki and Shahram Ahmadi.

Campaign sources have also verified the names of Omid Mahmoudi, Mohammad Gharibi, Kayvan Momenifard, Varia Ghaderi, Hekmat Araghi, Hamzeh Araghi and Ali Araghi to be among those executed but the Islamic Republic authorities have not yet confirmed this.

Among those executed is also Shahram Ahmadi, a prisoner whose death penalty case was subject of a social media campaign with hashtag #FreeShahram.

Ahmadi was allegedly arrested after distributing leaflets demanding rights for the Sunni minority population in Iran during a 2009 visit of Ali Khamenei to Kurdistan.

The 2009 visit of Islamic Republic leader to Kurdistan was highly publicised and after this visit a number of Sunni religious activists were arrested by local security forces.

Ahmadi in an interview with Zamaneh said that he was forced to confess under tortured. The Islamic Republic has in the past coerced many political prisoners to make false confessions.

Ahmadi was denied the right to see his family prior to his execution. His relatives were initially asked to go to Rajai Shahr prison to visit him but then later on were directed to the cemetery where he was due to be buried near Tehran.

Tags: execution of SunnisSunni KurdsSunni prisonersSunnis in Iran
Previous Post

Iranian Sunni cleric: execution of Sunnis will have negative consequences

Next Post

Iran executed a nuclear scientist who allegedly defected to the US

Related Posts

A story from Qarchak prison: the gang that sells girls’ virginity for men’s sexual pleasure
Featured Items

A story from Qarchak prison: the gang that sells girls’ virginity for men’s sexual pleasure

June 21, 2022
Mazut Production in Iran: Human and Environmental Devastation for Nothing
Featured Items

Mazut Production in Iran: Human and Environmental Devastation for Nothing

June 18, 2022
Flag of
Featured Items

Khatam Al-Anbiya, Central Headquarters: A Representation of the IRGC’s Political Ambitions and Economic Pursuits

June 14, 2022
Iran Detains Swedish Tourist in Suspected Retaliation
Featured Items

Iran Detains Swedish Tourist in Suspected Retaliation

May 6, 2022
Featured Items

ISNA: Swedish-Iranian professor to be executed in May

May 4, 2022
Latest Articles

Tensions between Iran and Sweden following the possibility of life imprisonment for a former Iranian official

May 2, 2022

RSS Iran in Other Media

  • Humiliation Piled On Humiliation For Iran's Spy Agencies – OpEd - Eurasia Review July 4, 2022
  • Lifting Sanctions On Iran Would Open Door For Deal, Raisi Says - Eurasia Review July 4, 2022
  • Iran into FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers second round - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • The One Issue Holding A New Iran Nuclear Deal Back - OilPrice.com July 4, 2022
  • Hard Numbers: Chinese data hack, US Navy wants Iran tips, Uzbek unrest, Mali sanctions lifted - GZERO Media July 4, 2022
  • Belgium paves way to send convicted terrorist to Iran - POLITICO Europe July 4, 2022
  • Iran bought illicit German tech that apparently violated nuke deal - The Jerusalem Post July 4, 2022
  • Creative freedom censored in Iran - New Canadian Media July 4, 2022
  • After Damaging Poll, Iran Government Paper Strikes Back - ایران اینترنشنال July 4, 2022
  • Raisi brought about 'unique' change in Iranian foreign policy: MP - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • After Iranian-on-Iranian cyberattacks, pro-Iran hackers claim ‘Tel Aviv metro’ hit - Haaretz July 4, 2022
  • Amir Abdollahian: Energy, transit main areas of Iran-Azerbaijan co-op - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • U.S. incompetent to comment on human rights: Iran's Gharibabadi - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • Iran president congratulates Belarus on Independence Day - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • France Warns Citizens Against Traveling To Iran - ایران اینترنشنال July 4, 2022
  • Iron Age pottery recovered from excavators in northern Iran - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • Iran seeks to attract more sightseers from Japan - Tehran Times July 4, 2022
  • US-Iran tensions could heat up this summer - CNN July 4, 2022
  • IRGC official behind Iranian air defense deployment in Syria revealed - The Jerusalem Post July 4, 2022
  • Third Iranian oil tanker arrives in Syrian port of Baniyas: Report - Al Arabiya English July 4, 2022
Zamaneh Media

© 2020 Zamaneh Media

More information

  • Sponsors
  • Donate
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Legal

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise

© 2020 Zamaneh Media