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Call to save 12 prisoners facing imminent execution

The Iranian Resistance called on all international human rights organizations on Oct. 12  for urgent action to save the lives of 12 prisoners on death row in Ghezel Hesar prison. According to NCRI's statement the transfer of these prisoners to solitary cells in recent days shows their execution is imminent. These prisoners, like all others who were sentenced to death, have been deprived of due process. One of them repeatedly denied in his few-minutes long trial the allegations against him and falsified interrogations written by torturers about drug smuggling. But the mercenaries insist on his execution. Last week the Iranian regime executed 14 prisoners within 5 days in Tabriz, Shiraz and Zahedan.

On Wednesday October 10th, International day against executions, four prisoners were hanged in the central prison of Tabriz. Of the five prisoners in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz three were hanged inside the prison and two others were hanged in public. On October 6th, six prisoners were also hanged in Zahedan prison.

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Ahmad Shahid UN's special repertuar in his latest report has touched on some key issues of the violations of human rights in Iran. In his third report Ahmad Shahid has asked the Iranian regime to free all Prisoners of Conscience and political prisoners in Iran and stop executions. This 23 page reports touches on civil rights of the citizens, cultural and social rights of people and the rights of children. He has some suggestions too. This report which has been presented to the UN General Assembly, states that prisoners are being tortured and abused and their families are threatened with rape and death. Pressure on reporters was another subject that Shahid reflected on his report. Based on this report 223 people have been executed in the last six months and they did not have fair trial. Ahmad Shahid adds that in 2011 based on official reports 670 people were executed in Iran.