27-year-old Iranian subjected to three mock executions in the prison: Report
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Raven Ruma
- . December 6, 2022
- . Update: December 6, 2022 8:33 pm
A 27-year-old Iranian man, identified as Sahand Noormohammadzadeh, has been subjected to three mock executions in the prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran over accusations of blocking traffic and setting a bin on fire.
The man is one of six people sentenced to death in the country for participating in anti-regime protests. As per a BBC Persian report, he has been found guilty of “enmity against god.” He has already been subject to mock executions three times. A mock execution means psychological torture, whereby a person is made to feel that their execution is taking place but it is not carried out.
Last month, a Revolutionary Court found Noormohammadzadeh guilty. The prosecutors showed the court a video, in which a man in a mask burned a garbage can on the road. However, his lawyers claimed that there was no evidence that the masked man was Noormohammadzadeh.
According to reports, the prosecution may be based on a letter of apology accepting these charges. According to the BBC, interrogators falsely informed Noormohammadzadeh that his mother had suffered a heart attack and she might die. They asked him to sign a letter if he wanted to speak to her before she died. According to the lawyer, that letter amounted to an admission of these charges.
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Following the conviction of the six people on death row, Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organisation, warned that at least 21 people are at risk of being sentenced to death in “sham trials” over anti-government protests.
As per Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA), over 470 protestors were killed for participating in protests. Earlier, there were reports of torture and ill-treatment of the protesters in jail. Reportedly, more than 18,000 are also currently under arrest.
Protests erupted in the country after the death of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody.
