Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi were executed on Wednesday, while Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi were executed on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Amirhossein Hatami was executed on Thursday, multiple reports indicate. According to major media, Mohammadamin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast Kalour were executed at dawn on Sunday at Ghezel Hesar Prison. The Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights reports at least 13 political prisoners have been executed in Iran since the start of the recent war.
Human rights organizations report that at least 11 men have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in detention. The prisoners were convicted in grossly unfair trials that relied on forced confessions extracted under torture, human rights organizations say. According to major media, the families of Mohammadamin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast Kalour were not granted final visits or allowed to say goodbye before the executions.
These daily executions, carried out under the shadow of war, are part of a deliberate policy to terrorise the Iranian people and prevent new protests. The Islamic Republic’s main threat is not foreign bombs - it is the Iranian people demanding fundamental change. We fear for the lives of political prisoners and hundreds of detained protesters in the coming days and weeks.
Activists and organizations interpret the executions as a sign of the regime's fear of internal uprising. According to Daily Mail - News, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, director of Iran Human Rights, described the daily executions as part of a deliberate policy to terrorize the Iranian people and prevent new protests. A fellow freedom fighter claimed the Iranian regime is more scared of a people's rebellion than President Trump's missiles. Shahin Gobadi, spokesman for the People’s Mojahedin of Iran, stated that the regime chose to hang these martyrs at this juncture because they are scared of an internal uprising.
Prisoners currently at risk of execution include Vahid Bani Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer, according to major media. Ali Fahim and Abolfazl Siavashani are in pre-execution solitary confinement and face execution, major media reports. Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said that fears have intensified over the fate of Vahid Bani Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer, and the authorities have refused to provide any information regarding their fate and whereabouts to their families or lawyers since their transfer on 30 March. The exact current whereabouts and immediate fate of Vahid Bani Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer remain unknown, as does the total number of political prisoners currently at risk of execution in Iran. The specific evidence or lack thereof used to convict the executed individuals beyond forced confessions is also unclear, along with the international response or actions being taken by the UN or other bodies to intervene in the executions. The identities and status of the thousands of other protesters arrested in January who may face similar risks are not fully known.