Iran: Names of Mass Execution Victims in Iran Still Not Released - NEWS

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

August 5, 2016 

     "Iran is withholding the names of ten of the twenty Sunni prisoners who were executed in Rajaee Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj on August 2, 2016 even though the prosecutor general and the Intelligence Ministry have made statements on the executions.
     The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has confirmed the names of ten of the victims who were hung: Bahman Rahimi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Yavar Rahimi, Arash Sharifi, Kaveh Oveisi, Kaveh Sharifi, Ahmad Nasiri, Behrouz Shahnazari, Taleb Maleki and Shahram Ahmadi.
Some of the other victims, the names of whom have not been confirmed by the authorities but have been verified by Campaign sources include: Omid Mahmoudi, Mohammad Gharibi, Kayvan Momenifard, Varia Ghaderi, Hekmat Araghi, Hamzeh Araghi and Ali Araghi. 
      Despite claims by Prosecutor General Mohammad Javad Montazeri that due process was carried out, family members of the victims and other sources close to the cases have asserted that many of the executed prisoners were blocked from using lawyers of their choice and were quickly prosecuted in secret trials based on charges brought by the security establishment and confessions obtained under torture and threats."

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Also see:

•  "Iran executes 20 Sunni ‘terrorists’ in single day," The Times of Israel, August 4, 2016
• "Rights group condemns Iran hanging of 20 Sunnis," Aljazerra, August 8, 2016