From 1991 to 2019, 52 political prisoners were executed in Urmia Central Prison

12:30 - 1 June 2020

Officials at Urmia Central Prison have executed 52 political prisoners between 1991 and 2019.

 In an interview with Kurdpa, Osman Mostafapour, a Kurdish political prisoner, said: "During my imprisonment in Urmia Central Prison, these 52 political prisoners were executed."

 This Kurdish political prisoner said: "These political prisoners were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of Urmia on charges of membership in the Kurdish opposition parties of the Iranian government and connection with hostile states."

 Osman Mostafapour stated: Political prisoners in the Revolutionary Court of Urmia were sentenced to death in a few minutes and out of these 52 political prisoners, 33 political prisoners were executed on charges of cooperation and membership in the  Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI).

 In May of this year, Osman Mostafapour, a Kurdish political prisoner, left Iran due to pressure from the Piranshahr Intelligence Bureau.

 Osman Mostafapour was arrested in the Targavar Rural District in ​​Urmia in July, 1991. He was later sentenced to death on charges of "membership in a Kurdish opposition party." then in Supreme Court of Iran has sentenced Osman Osmanpour to  25 years in prison and 10 years in prison for clashes with IRGC forces.

 Osman Mostafapour and Mohammad Nazari were released from Urmia Central Prison on Thursday, November 21, 2019 after 52 years in prison.

 Osman Mustafapour has given Kurdpa the names of political prisoners executed from 1991 to 2019 which are as follows:

 Ahmad Rasouli, Molla jasem Delnshin, Ayub Jahangiri, Abu Bakr Khezri, Salam Ghasemi, Shahab al-Din Yarmohammadi, Awaz, Rahim, Mohammad Amin, Sinar, Hossein Gholizadeh, Khaled Bayazidi, Madani Emami, Rashid Babakri, Seyed Ebrahim Taheri, Abdullah Amini, Seyed Karim Raj, Ahmad  Khezri, Majid Salduzi, Rahman Rajabi, Seyed Jamal Qoureshi, Khaled Shoghi, Hamzeh Ghaderi, Anwar Javanmardi, Jalil Zivi, Qader Shahamat, Karim Abdullahpour, Kazem Mirzaei, Hassan Solta, Omar Solta, Hossein Turk Zaban, Parviz Turk Zaban, Mansour Arvand,  Salim Sabernia, Mostafa Ghaderi, Ismail Mohammadi, Ali Afshar, Razgar Afshar, Mohammad Abdollahi, Hassan Hekmat Jamil, Hossein Khezri, Habib Golparipoor, Sirvan Nejavi, Behrouz Alkhani, Mohammad Panjvini, Arsalan Chamchmali, Rasoul Bavand, Khezr Mahmoudi, Mehdi  Aziz Fattah, Mahmoud Zolfaghari and Zahir Mostafa.