Zanyar & Loghman Moradi face execution

Persian2English – After Zanyar and Loghman Moradi’s execution sentences were confirmed by Iran’s Supreme Court, contorted stories of the case and the reason for arrest of these two Kurdish citizens began to be published in state-run media agencies. To counter the false claims, cousins Zanyar and Loghman wrote a letter last month from prison addressed to the public. They laid out their soul demand: “Allow our case to go through a fair judicial process.”

Date of Arrest: August 2, 2009

Prison: Rajai Shahr, Karaj

Charges: [Each]: “Moharebeh (Enmity with God). Charged as a result of an accusation by the Iranian regime that Zanyar and Loghman Moradi were involved in the 2009 assassination of Saadi, the son of a senior clergy member in Kurdistan, the Friday Prayer Imam in Marivan; “Causing sedition and depravity on Earth”.

Sentences: Death penalty. To be hanged in public. Issued on 22 December 2010, branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court- presided by Judge Salavati. They were sentenced to death for “Membership in the Komele Party” and “Involvement in the murder of the Marivan Friday Prayer Imam’s son on the night of 5 July 2009.”

Attorney: Hossein Paidar. Zanyar and Loghman Moradi were deprived rights to their lawyer. neither a lawyer in the preliminary stage.

Amnesty International reports that Zanyar and Loghman Moradi are at IMMINENT DANGER OF EXECUTION since their “death sentences have been sent to the Office for the Implementation of Sentences, a body within the Judiciary, which is the final step before being called for execution.”
Iran Human Rights (IHR) recently released its 2011 annual report on the death penalty in Iran and revealed very disturbing and frightening figures about executions. According to the report, at least 676 people were executed in Iran in 2011. The report also stated that there are no indications that the Iranian regime’s execution machine will slow down in 2012. IHR raised particular concern regarding the case of several political prisoners including Zanyar and Loghman Moradi.

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