Executed Iranian prisoners detail abuse, torture ahead of their killing
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- In 2023, Bakerzadeh was abducted by plain-clothed IRGC agents, questioned about a tourism collaborator named Hashem, and later accused of espionage for Israel despite no concrete evidence linking Hashem to Israeli intelligence.
- Bakerzadeh claimed the IRGC reframed charges against him from "acting against national security" to "espionage for Israel" and subjected him to severe psychological torture during solitary confinement.
- Mehrab Abdollahzadeh was executed for alleged involvement in the killing of a security officer during the 2022 protests, a charge he denied, claiming he was tortured into confessing and framed as a scapegoat by the IRGC.
- Abdollahzadeh’s family and lawyers faced intimidation, and despite appeals, his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court; his family was denied access to his body and barred from holding memorial ceremonies.
- The KHRN and observers suggest the regime is executing prisoners involved in security cases as a tactic to intimidate the public and discourage protests or connections with Israel and the US.
