Supreme Court Rejects Second Request for Retrial of Death Row Political Prisoner Mehdi Hassani

Exhibition in Berlin Raises Alarm Over Imminent Execution of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani - Iran Freedom

April 23, 2025 – Berlin April 23, 2025 – Berlin — An exhibition held today drew public attention to the alarming human rights situation in Iran, particularly the plight of political prisoners facing execution. Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) organized the event to spotlight ongoing human rights violations in the country. The exhibition focused especially on the cases of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, two p…

Supreme Court Rejects Second Request for Retrial of Death Row Political Prisoner Mehdi Hassani

HRANA News Agency – Amin Adel Ahmadian, attorney at law, has announced that the Supreme Court of Iran has rejected the second request for retrial filed on behalf of Mehdi Hasani (Hassani), a political prisoner sentenced to death. Ahmadian stated that the Supreme Court’s Branch 29 rejected the second retrial request without even requesting the case file from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. He also noted that no judicial body had allowed him…

Families of Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death Gather in Front of Evin Prison

A group of families of political prisoners sentenced to death held a protest in front of Evin Prison during the sixty-fifth week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign. They protested the cutoff of phone calls and the increased pressure on five death-row political prisoners who are being coerced into transferring to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran. Videos posted on social media show a group of family members of political prison…

Five Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death in Evin Prison Deprived of Phone Calls

By order of the authorities at Evin Prison, five political prisoners sentenced to death have been deprived of their right to make phone calls. Five political prisoners sentenced to death—Akbar Daneshvarkar, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghobadi Bistouni, and Vahid Bani Amerian—have, since yesterday, been denied access to phone calls with their families by order of prison authorities. A source close to the family of one of the pris…