Four Political Prisoners Describe the Execution of Reza Rasayi as 'The Vengeance of Executioners' on the Eve of the Anniversary of the 'Shahrivar Uprising'

In response to the execution of Reza Rasayi, a protester from the nationwide protests of 2022, four political prisoners released a letter describing his execution as 'the vengeance of executioners' on the eve of the anniversary of the 'Shahrivar Uprising' and expressed their condolences to his family. According to the HRANA news agency, Saeed Masouri, Luqman Aminpour, Sepehr Imam Jom'e, and Meysam Dehbanzadeh, who are imprisoned in Qazalhasar prison in Karaj, wrote in part of their letter addressed to Reza Rasayi's mother: 'We, your unseen children, have also been threatened with execution by the executioners many times, and perhaps we did not have the fortune and merit to become eternal like your beloved child.' These political prisoners referred to the execution of Reza Rasayi as a wound 'on the hearts of every Iranian' on the anniversary of the 'Shahrivar Uprising' and emphasized that 'if the execution and killing of our loved ones intimidate you and us, it mourns us but never intimidates or submits us.' In the continuation of the letter, Saeed Masouri, Luqman Aminpour, Sepehr Imam Jom'e, and Meysam Dehbanzadeh, dismissing the 'weapon of execution,' emphasized that 'our fearlessness from the fire of death is the only way to save other people and youth.' They addressed Reza Rasayi's mother, saying, 'When we too are unafraid and face the fire like your son, this weapon of execution will also become ineffective. Executions no longer produce fear but bring Reza and satisfaction with the loudest message.' In the early hours of Tuesday, August 7, 2024, the execution order for Reza Rasayi, a 34-year-old political prisoner from the city of Sahneh in Kermanshah province, was secretly carried out without the family's knowledge in the central prison (Dizelabad) of Kermanshah. The execution of Reza Rasayi was carried out without a visit from his family, and government agencies warned the Rasayi family hours after the execution that they 'would not be allowed to bury him in his hometown of Sahneh.' Fatemeh Heydari, sister of Javad Heydari, who died during the nationwide protests of 2022, informed on social media that only Reza Rasayi's mother, sister, and brother were allowed by the agents to attend his funeral. Recent statistics show that the number of executions in Iran has increased unprecedentedly following the appointment of Masoud Pezeshkian as the successor to Ebrahim Raisi; human rights organizations have called for decisive action from the international community. A mass execution of 23 prisoners in Qazalhasar and Sabzevar prisons; 240 executions in just the past 5 months. The increase in executions in Iran over the past two months; human rights organizations have called for decisive action from the international community. Exclusive: Details of the suppression of women prisoners' protests in Vakilabad; informed sources: Protesters were 'tied to a cross' on the bed. Women prisoners in Evin protested against the execution of Reza Rasayi; prisoners chanted 'Death to the executioner government.' The European Union reacted to the execution of Reza Rasayi: The Islamic Republic must immediately end the execution of protesters.