The only witness to Zahra Kazemi’s murder, was executed

Iran Press News: According to reports from human rights activists in Iran, Mazen-Javad Al-Maneshi was executed in ward 209 of Evin prison, in September of this year. He was the only witness in the murder of Zahra Kazemi in Evin prison. There is no further information on Al-Maneshi and how he would have witnessed Zahra Kazemi’s torture.

Another report indicates that one of the regime’s nuclear experts who had been arrested and charged with espionage was also executed in ward 209 of Evin, earlier this month.

Also 3 members of the anti-regime group, Jondollah, which was misrepresented in an article by the Guardian as a terrorist organization, were also executed in September this year; the 3 men were publicly hung in the city of Zahedan in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan. They had been previously imprisoned in ward 209 of Evin prison.

In the province of Khuzestan, the attorney general of the province announced that the death sentence of ten prisoners in that province has been confirmed and they will soon be implemented. According to reports, two of those sentenced to death are Abdol-Reza Halichi and Nazem Barihi.

It is important to mention that most of these individuals were deprived of any legal defense in the courts that were held in private.