Issuance of death sentences for four Kurdish political prisoners and serious risk of execution
The death sentences of Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fathi, four Kurdish political prisoners, were issued after more than a year and a half of detention and enforced disappearance in complete ignorance, and the case was referred to the Supreme Court for confirmation of the death sentence.
According to an informed source to Kurdpa; The families of these political prisoners have been informed through repeated follow-ups in recent days that the death sentences of their children have been issued and the case is in branch 39 (possibly) of the Supreme Court for confirmation of the death sentences. Also, security agencies, including the Ministry of Intelligence, have ordered the judicial authorities of the Supreme Court to confirm the sentences as soon as possible and reach the stage of execution.
The informed source of Kurdpa confirmed that these prisoners have captive lawyers and so far the families do not know who these lawyers are and have not had any contact with the families. On the other hand, the families introduced Mr. "Masoud Shamsnejad", a lawyer of the judiciary, as the lawyer of their children to the judicial authorities, but Mr. Shamsnejad has not been able to see the case for a year and a half, and has not received any response from the judicial authorities.
The source of Kurdpa admitted that the complete ignorance of the families of these political prisoners from the case of their children is such that they do not even know whether the case is final in the Supreme Court or not and they only know that the case is in one of the branches of this court and possibly branch 39.
Mohsen Mazloum from Mahabad, Hejir (Mohammad) Faramarzi from Dehgolan of Sanandaj, Vafa Azarbar from Bukan, and Pejman Fathi from Kamyaran, four members of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, were arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic in the village of "Yingijeh" from the suburbs of Soma area of Urmia in July 2022. In the past year, the families have had no information about the whereabouts and fate of their children, and these prisoners have been deprived of the right to access a lawyer, and contact and visit their families throughout this period.
The Islamic Republic twice and in September and November 2022, broadcasted the forced confessions of these political prisoners. In this video of forced confession, the Islamic Republic claimed that they "intended to explode in one of the aircraft factories in Isfahan". However, the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan strongly rejected this claim and the charges of the Islamic Republic against its members and considered it a document for the further suppression of Kurdistan and the struggles of the people, especially in the period of widespread protests in Kurdistan and Iran.
Given the scenario of the security agencies and the complete ignorance of the fate of these four Kurdish political prisoners, the families of these prisoners have repeatedly asked the international and human rights bodies to help their children be safe from the issuance of death sentences.
The Kurdpa Human Rights Organization, while strongly condemning the issuance of death sentences against these political prisoners and expressing serious concern about the intensification of the execution of their sentences, emphasizes that the charges against these political prisoners without the right to access a fair trial and a designated lawyer are in contradiction with all human rights standards and even the laws of the Islamic Republic itself. It also considers the arbitrary detention of these people for more than a year and a half as a case of enforced disappearance.
Earlier, Kurdpa had admitted that since there is no information about the fate of these people and the families are completely ignorant of the situation of their children and also given the statements of the security agencies that even without considering the laws of the Islamic Republic and before the trial, they accused
