Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners; Iran Human Rights Calls for Cancellation of Nada Al-Nashif's Trip

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); January 29, 2024: State media have reported the executions of Kurdish political prisoners , Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, and Hajir Faramarzi in Ghezelhesar Prison despite repeated domestic and international calls to stop their death penalty.

Iran Human Rights strongly condemns the execution of these four individuals and calls on the international community to end their silence on the wave of executions in Iran. The organisation also urges Nada Al-Nashif, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, to cancel her upcoming visit to Iran and explicitly state that the reason is to protest these executions.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Iran Human Rights, said: "The execution of these four prisoners was based on confessions under torture and without a fair trial, and is considered extrajudicial killing. Khamenei and the corrupt judiciary of the Islamic Republic must be held accountable for these murders."

He added: "The international community must show a practical response to the Islamic Republic's rampant and daily executions. The least reaction of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the executions should be the cancellation of Nada Al-Nashif's deputy commissioner's trip to Iran."

Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations, is scheduled to visit Iran from February 2 to 5.