Execution of Eight Prisoners on Alleged 2017 Isis Attacks in Tehran

According to IRNA news agency, on the morning of Saturday, July 7, eight prisoners who were convicted over the Isis attacks in Tehran were executed. None of the official reports mention the execution site, however, since the prisoners were held at ward 209 of Evin prison, it is most possible that their execution was carried out at Evin Prison.

The prisoners named as Soleiman Mozafari, Esmail Sufi, Rahman Behrouz, Seyyed Majed Mortezai, Sirous Azizi, Ayyoub Esmaili, Khosro Ramezani and Osman Behrouz.

The prisoners were arrested after the 2017 terrorist attacks on Tehran's parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. However, according to several reports, some of those executed were not directly involved in the attacks and were sentenced to death on the charge of having information about the operation and, in some cases, providing the attackers with logistic support.

There is no information regarding the process of the interrogation, hearing, and trial of those prisoners. It is also not clear if the defendants had any lawyers or public defenders.

Iran Human Rights condemns the execution of those citizens. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson for IHR, said, “Execution is an inhumane form of punishment which is imposed by the authorities as a way of spreading fear among the people and it will only result in promoting more violence.”