Waiting to Be Executed in Iran

In this mailing: Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi: Waiting to Be Executed in Iran Shadi Paveh: Iran's "Enemies of God": Zaniar and Loghman Moradi Waiting to Be Executed in Iran A Letter by Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi February 10, 2014 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4166/moradi-execution-iran Translated by Shadi Paveh Print Send Comment RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. Please hurry. Just envision for a moment what it is like for those of us waiting to be executed. Please investigate the increased rate of executions in Iran. Can you not do more to save us? Can you not do more? Dearest Friends at the International Committee Against Execution, We heard that you are holding a conference against executions in Cologne, Germany. We are Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, in Rejai Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj. We would like to thank you for your work and let you know that your work brings those of us awaiting our execution much hope and the warmest feelings. Please hurry. Just envision for a moment what it is like for those of us who are waiting to be executed here at any time, without notice. We are asking you out of desperate despair. I go numb as I imagine the scene on the day they finally come ... I wait for the sound of the heavy boots of my executioner; he is outside my cell… I see his stare…. he walks us slowly to the gallows, step by step... no expression on his face... he puts the rope around our necks ... and then... I cannot to think of what comes after that, my mind freezes. Awaiting execution is torment. Please investigate the increased rate of executions in Iran. I do not want to die so young. It might be too late for us tomorrow. Life is not something that can be returned after it has been taken... is it bad that we really want to live? Please object to these executions even more strongly. Can there be more people working together? Can you do even more, protest more? Can you not do more to save us? Can you not do more? With greatest regards, Zaniar and Loghman Moradi Rajai-Shahr Prison, Karaj, Iran January 17, 2014 (27 Dey, 1392 Persian Calendar) This letter is courtesy of the International Committee Against Execution, and was edited from the original Farsi version for the sake of simplicity. A public hanging in Iran. Appendix: Partial List of Political Prisoners in Iran Source: The Campaign to Free Political Prisoners (CFPPI) Name Age Prison City Sentence Charges Ailment Arrest Date Mohammad-Reza Pourshajri 53 Central Prison Karaj 4 years Acting against national security Insulting Islam Insulting the Supreme Leader Diabetes, kidney stones, heart attack, enlarged prostate 2010 Dr. Sayed Madani Central Prison Bandar Abbas 6 years Acting against national security Civil rights activist Sociology Research Gallbladder stones 2011 Dr. Nader Babai Evin, ward 350 Tehran 74 lashes and 6 years suspended sentence Social and civil activist arrested during the 2009 protests for helping his student Omid Dana. war vet for Iran/Iraq war 2 strokes internal bleeding seizures 2012 Vahid Roohbakhsh Evin, ward 350 Tehran 18 months suspended sentence he was arrested during the 2009 protests on charges of protesting/gathering and propagating propaganda against the regime due to severe beatings during torture he has lost 70% of his hearing and needs a hearing aid 2010 Dr. Haani Yazloo 59 Evin, ward 350 Tehran 6 years propaganda against the regime he was previously arrested and sentenced to 1 year in prison and 15 years in exile He has had 2 open heart surgeries and suffers from extremely high blood pressure. 2012 Pajman Abdodlhossein Zade Evin, ward 350 Tehran Held for 1 year Green movement activist from 2009 and arrested before and this year again Broken arm during arrest 2012 Mehdi Khodai Evin, ward 350 Tehran 7 years human rights activist acting against national security Injured jaw and gums (due to beatings) 2012 Zaniar Moradi Rajai Shahr Karaj Death-hanging enemy of God alleged killing of the son of an Imam Broken spine and unbearable pain as result of routine torture, paralysis 2008 Loghman Moradi Rajai Shahr Karaj Death-hanging enemy of God alleged killing of the son of an Imam Broken spine and unbearable pain as result of routine torture 2008 Yashar Daralshafa Evin Tehran 5.5 years acting against national security insulting the President Problems with spine and disc 2009 Saeed MatinPour 38 Evin Tehran 8 years acting against national security contacting with foreigners Extreme back pain and numb legs 1997 Ahmad Doneshpour Evin Tehran Death Supporter of the MEK Crohn's and intestinal bleeding 2009 Ayatollah Hossein Boroujerdi 54 Evin Tehran One year in Tehran and 10 years exile Accused of acting against national security, holding lectures and public incitement against the regime and Islamic Constitution Due to torture he is suffering from Parkinson's diseases, heart disease, kidney failure, pulmonary edema, edema of the legs, diabetes, high blood pressure, 90% loss of vision in the right eye and many other ailments 2006 Rasool Badaghi Rajai Shahr Karaj In prison 6 years Teachers Union board member Severe debilitating headaches 2009 Reza Shahabi Evin ward 350 Tehran 4 years prison and 5 years ban on union activities, 70 million Tomans fine Union worker activist member of imprisoned workers union high blood pressure and neck and low back pain 2010 Mohammad Jarahi Tabriz Prison Tabriz 5 years Workers Union member Thyroid gland tumor which has developed to cancer 2011 Mohammad Ali Taheri 54 Evin ward 209 Tehran 7 years prison, 900 million Tomans fine and 64 lashes Apostasy, violating national security establishment of a spiritual center( Erfan-e Halghe) Has been on hunger strike 9 times and has serious infection of the mouth and jaw Hamid Navid Evin ward 350 Tehran Death Lymphatic cancer Ali Alaee Evin Tehran 7 years Collaboration with a hostile enemy government Heart disease and spinal cord pain/injury Mostafa Daneshjoo Evin -- intelligence /security section Tehran in prison without sentencing part of the Dervish Gonabadi group Lung disease, difficulty breathing 2011 Reza Entesary Evin Tehran Webmaster, blogger (blog: Majzobane Noor) Injury to left arm 2011 Assadollah Hadi Evin Tehran 5 years Ex-political prisoner in '80s acting against national security Severe heart disease along with problems with the meniscus of the knee 2009 Asghar Ghattan Evin ward 350 Tehran 5.5 years Ex-political prisoner in 80's connection to MEK organization Kidney and heart problems along with prostate issues 2010 Mohmmad Salemi 64 Evin ward 350 Tehran 3 years Ex-political prisoner in 80's connection to MEK organization enemy of God Heart disease and spinal sciatica and kidney problems 2009 Mohammad Sadigh Kabodavand Evin Tehran 10.5 years establishing a human rights organization and acting against national security Prostate problems 1997 Kamyar Sabeti Evin Tehran 5 years spying Heart disease Sina Azeemi Evin Tehran 5 years spying Problems breathing/lung issues Mohsen Daneshpour 67 Evin Tehran Death acting against national security enemy of God connection to MEK organization Heart and prostate disease 2009 Hassan Faraji Evin ward 350 Tehran 7 years spying Heart disease, spinal cord injury, intestinal disease 2009 Alireza Ahmadi 30 Evin ward 350 Tehran Collaborating with enemy Broken legs during interrogation as a result of being kicked 2012 Tasavor Taghipour Evin ward 350 Tehran 7 years member of human rights organization and thus propaganda against the regime Jaw and gum problems 2012 Mohammad Davari 41 Evin ward 350 Tehran 5 years Acting against national security Knee and lower back joint problems along with mouth and teeth injuries 2009 Amir Khoram 51 Evin Tehran 8 years Member of the Freedom Movement - conspiring against national security Jaw and gum injuries 2009 Amir Eslami Evin ward 350 Tehran No sentence arrested in 2011 Member of Darvish Gonabadi and webmaster, blogger (blog: Majzobane Noor) Severe heart and intestinal pain 2011 Rahman Ghahermanpour Evin ward 350 Tehran 3.5 years spying Spinal cord pain, nose, ear and throat issues 2011 Esmael Barzagari Evin ward 350 Tehran No sentence arrested 2011 Acting against national security Gum and jaw issues 2011 Nader Jani Evin ward 350 Tehran 3.5 years Assembly and collusion against national security Spinal cord, heart lung problems 2012 Saeed Mohammad Ebrahimi Evin ward 350 Tehran 5 years insulting the Supreme Leader Acting against national security involvement in a soft Coup Asthma and intestinal issues plus lower back Joint problem - herniated disc 2010 Hamid Reza Moradi Evin ward 209 Tehran No sentence Member of Darvish Gonabadi acting against national security spreading lies and propaganda Spinal stenosis 2011 Hossein Zarrini Evin ward 350 Tehran 4 years Assembly and collusion against national security epilepsy 2010 Behnam Ebrahim Zade Evin ward 350 Tehran 5 years Workers Union Activist Arthritis in the neck and ear, jaw and kidney pain 2010 Saeed Abedeeni Evin ward 350 Tehran 8 years Establishing and running a church from his home Bleeding from stomach and bladder 2012 Farzad Rohi Evin Tehran 3.5 years Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam Sinusitis 2010 Assadollah Assadi Evin ward 350 Tehran 10 years Collaborating with enemy Lung problems/disease 2010 Gholamreza Hosseini Evin ward 209 Tehran 10 years Collaborating with enemy The destruction of the hip joint, and leg – gum issues 2010 Majid Assadi Evin ward 350 Tehran 4 years Assembly and collusion against national security Anxiety and severe headaches 2008 Nader Karbassi 58 Evin Tehran No sentence Communicating with opposition groups Joint problem - herniated disc 2011 Mohammad Banazade Amir-Kheezi 68 Evin ward 209 Tehran 5 years Communicating with MEK organization History of surgery and has severe bone pain 2010 Mushallah Hatteri 61 Rajai Shahr Karaj 15 years Ex-political prisoner in the 80s protesting in 2009 demonstrations Has had heart surgery and suffers from brain hemorrhage 2009 Riazollah Sobhani 68 Rajai Shahr Karaj 4 years Professor of online Baha'i school, member of the Baha'i faith History of heart surgery. arthritis in hands and feet 2011 Jamal Khanjani 80 Evin Tehran 20 years Member of the Baha'i faith Accused of spying for Israel Old age 2008 Mohammad Saifzadeh 66 Evin ward 350 Tehran 8 years Establishing human rights organization and acting against the regime Stroke, numbness of hands and feet. Severe chest pains 2011 Farhad Sadaghi 67 Rajai Shahr Karaj 4 years Professor of online Baha'i school and member of Baha'i faith Kidney stones, gall bladder stones and cataracts 2011 Kayvan Samimi 65 Rajai Shahr Karaj 6 years Questioning the 2009 election results and calling the results fraudulent Severe heart disease - joint problems - need for internal operations 2009 Sharokh Tanef 64 Rajai Shahr Karaj 4 years Being a member of the Baha'i faith Joint pain 2008 Karim Ma'rof Aziz 70 Rajai Shahr Karaj Life in prison spying Diabetes - old age 1995 Behrooz Azizi Tavakoli 62 Rajai Shahr Karaj 20 years Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel Coronary Heart – Arthritis and herniated disc 1997 Fariba Kamal Abadi (female) Evin Tehran 20 years Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel Osteoporosis 2007 Mahvash Shahriyari (female) Evin Tehran 20 years Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel Osteoporosis and depression 2008 Hassan Fatali Ashtiani 64 Rajai Shahr Karaj 15 years Communication with MEK organization Joint pain 2007 Kamran Mortezai 61 Rajai Shahr Karaj 5 years Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel Severe back and knee pain 2011 Amonollah Mostaghim Rajai Shahr Karaj 5 years Member of Baha'i faith And a teacher of the faith online Diabetic, heart disease and history of open heart surgery 2010 Favad Moghadam 62 Rajai Shahr Karaj 5 years Member of Baha'i faith And a teacher of the faith online Swelling of the arteries and herniated disc 2011 Adelle Naemi 61 Rajai Shahr Karaj 11 years Member of Baha'i faith Spying for Israel Heart disease, diabetic and past gall bladder and intestine surgery 2011 Neymat Rashidi 21 Evin Tehran No sentence Member of the minority group of Kurdistan communications with opposition groups Pain from injuries caused by torture 2011 Ali Ma'ezi 59 Central prison Karaj One year in prison - suspended Enemy of God and supporter of MEK organization bladder cancer 2011 Reza Joshan 27 2.5 years in prison and 3 years exile Enemy of God Vision and heart problems and increased blood platelet count 2010 Mijagh Bozdannejad 27 Rajai Shahr Karaj 13 years Communication with MEK And paying tribute to those executed in 1988 depression 2007 Mohammad Ali Mansouri 53 Rajai Shahr Karaj 18 years Communication with MEK 2007 Saeed Maasoori 48 Gohardasht Karaj Life Communication with MEK Heart disease painful gums,, back pain 2000 Shahram Radmehr Rajai Shahr Karaj 9 years Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam Behnoud Gholizadeh Rajai Shahr Karaj 9 years Propaganda against the regime and insulting Islam Sedigheh Moradi 54 9 years Motahareh Bahrami 60 Evin Tehran 10 years Enemy of god and connection with MEK 2009 Kobra Bannazadeh Amirkhizi 62 Evin Tehran 5 years Enemy of god and connection with MEK Peyman KasNezhad Evin Tehran 3 years Connection with Israel Davoud Asadi 78 Kianoush Sabouri Omid Shahmoradi Sanandaji Evin Tehran 3 years Acting against national security 2011 Mahdi Sajedifar 35 Evin Tehran Connection with foreign government 2011 Amir Moladoust Morteza Rahim Tayefeh Majid Mohammadi Moien Evin Tehran 4 years Connection with foreign government 2012 Afshin Karampour MohammadHossein Yousefpour Evin Tehran 5.5 years Propaganda against the regime and apostasy 2009 Abdollah Momeni 36 Evin Tehran Propaganda against the regime and apostasy 2009 Alireza Ousivand Karimi Omid Kokabee 31 Evin Tehran 10 years communicating with a hostile government kidney problems some stomach issues 2011 Zeynab Jalalian 33 Dizel-Abad Kermanshah Life enmity against God (moharebeh) losing eye sight 2007 Hossein ronaghi 28 Evin Tehran 15 years Acting against national security Kidny disease, stomach bleeding, several hunger strikes in prison 2009 Sakhi Rigi Karoon Ahvaz 20 years Acting against national security, Webmaster, blogger, Jondollah supporter Issue with his Thyroid gland Ebrahim Rigi Karoon Ahvaz 11 years Acting against national security and Jondollah supporter Bladder, Kidney and urine tract Esmael Vafavi Karoon Ahvaa 25 years Acting against national security and Jondollah supporter Seizures, severe headache and deformed in the region of the scalp due to lashing Syed Zia Navabi Karoon Ahvaa 10 years Acting against national security, Support for right of education Gum and tooth infection Majid Doori Karoon Ahvaa 6 years Acting against national security, Support for Right ofEducation Gum and tooth infection Yousef Fotuhi Karoon Ahvaa 9 years Connection with PEJAK Suspicious painful lump between his shoulder Kazem Khosh Namak Karoon Ahvaa 10 years Collaborating with enemy Extreme weakness of vision Related Topics:  Iran Iran's "Enemies of God": Zaniar and Loghman Moradi by Shadi Paveh February 10, 2014 at 4:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4165/iran-zaniar-loghman-moradi Print Send Comment RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. They both await public execution at any time, most likely from a crane, commonly used for hangings in Iran to ensure the slowest and most painful suffocation. The method does not use a trap door, but instead the accused is hoisted up slowly so that death will not be instantaneous. Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, cousins, were arrested in 2009 on charges of "enmity to God and corruptors on earth," and a year later they were sentenced to death by Judge Salevati, known as Tehran's "Hanging Judge." Both were twenty years old at the time of their arrest. Zaniar Moradi on the left and Loghman Moradi on the right. Zaniar Moradi had gone with his cousin to Iraq to visit his father, a member of a banned Kurdish opposition group, only to find the trip arbitrarily linked, with no evidence, to the murder of the son of member of Iran's senior clergy, as well, allegedly, to work with a British intelligence agency and opposition groups -- activities all punishable by death in the Islamic Republic. In a letter dated February 7, 2012 from the dreaded Rajai-Shahr Prison, they wrote that they had "been subjected to unspeakable forms of torture for thirty months; kept in solitary confinement and had no access to family or lawyers." They said that due to repeated physical, psychological and sexual torture, they were finally forced to confess to the murder. In the same letter; the cousins simply ask for a fair trial -- an impossibility in the courts of the Islamic Republic, where trials routinely last only a few minutes, with no evidence, no lawyers and no jury. The accused can be sentenced to hang publicly at any time, most likely from a crane, commonly used for hangings there to ensure the slowest and most painful suffocation. The method does not use a trap door, but instead the accused is hoisted up slowly so that death will not be instantaneous. A hanging in Iran. A hanging in Iran. A hanging in Iran. According to reports received by HRANA News Agency, Zaniar Moradi is now paralyzed as a result of the torture he suffered, and can only move by crawling or with the help of other prisoners. He is also apparently in excruciating pain from a spinal infection and serious testicular damage, both sustained during torture. He is denied medication. As stated by HRANA News Agency's latest report on January 8, 2014, Mr. Mardani, the warden of the prison, has stated: "We do not pay any costs for inmates who are sentenced to death." Aside from lack of painkillers or basic medical care, prison officials have offered no aid for his paralysis. Both men risk further punishment by writing letters to various human rights organizations and United Nations representatives -- to no avail. Both await execution at any time. Related Topics:  Iran  |  Shadi Paveh

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