Exclusive; A Prisoner: Karami and Hosseini Shouted 'Our Lives are Sacrificed for Iran' Before Execution

Two days after new details emerged about the torture of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, a former prisoner spoke in an interview with the Persian section of Voice of America on Sunday, September 5, citing soldiers present at the execution site, stating that the two shouted in their final moments, 'Our lives are sacrificed for Iran.' According to him, who himself was imprisoned for about 10 months, Mohammad Mehdi and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were taken directly to the Ministry of Intelligence section of Rajai Shahr prison after government forces raided their homes and arrested them, where they remained for 30 to 40 days. He added that the detainees were subjected to 'chick' torture, where their hands and feet were bound from behind and they were beaten with kicks and sticks. According to this former prisoner, who claims to have been a cellmate of Karami and Hosseini, another form of torture involved placing gasoline in front of them to inhale, but pouring soda on them while lighting a lighter next to them and kicking them in the face while they were bound in the 'chick' position. He further stated that the torture was so severe that the prisoners could not sleep due to pain, and they were given pills to solve the sleep issue. He mentioned that once, Mohammad Mehdi Karami was beaten so badly that he was returned to his cell unconscious. He added that after the death sentence was issued and sent to the Supreme Court, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini's lawyer told him that he had been granted clemency. This former prisoner continued his exclusive conversation with Voice of America, stating that on January 6, around 1:30 PM, the prison intelligence took Mohammad Mehdi Karami's card. He said that around 2:30 PM, a tall person named Mr. Abbasi, the prison director, came and said, 'Ten of you write your names and come to my office to help those who have a way out.' He added that the first ten went and returned. Among the second group of ten were Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, who were separated from the group along with another person. The third person was taken into a cell, but Mohammad Mehdi and Seyed Mohammad were not taken into the cell and were given food, being told that their clemency papers had arrived, but they were executed afterward. The Committee for Following Up on the Status of Detainees also reported on Friday, September 2, new details regarding the defendants in the case of the killing of Rouhollah Ajamian, stating that around dawn on the execution day of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, they were told that they had been granted clemency. The committee also reported that 'prisoners who were in solitary confinement that night' recounted that Mr. Hosseini 'prostrated in gratitude out of happiness,' and the others thought that the execution had been canceled, but the next morning when the administrative staff came and took them back to the ward, they realized that the execution order for Mohammad Mehdi and Seyed Mohammad had been carried out. The report also stated that the torture of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini was more severe than that of others; for example, while 'chick torture' for others lasted 20 minutes, it lasted 50 minutes for Seyed Mohammad. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Alborz province, presided over by Judge Seyed Mousa Asfahani, on December 5 of last year in a joint case related to the killing of a Basij member named Rouhollah Ajamian, on charges of 'corruption on earth.' 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