Robert Malley Responds to the Likelihood of Executing Three Protesters in Iran: The Regime Has Learned Nothing from Protests

Robert Malley, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, reacted on Thursday via a tweet to the "imminent execution of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashimi, and Saeed Yaghoubi in Iran." Malley described this action as "an insult to human rights and the basic dignity of all people in Iran" and stated that it shows that "the regime has learned nothing from the protests." He emphasized that the U.S. will continue to stand with the people of Iran. In this thread of tweets, he wrote: "We are closely coordinating with our allies and partners to expose and counter the ongoing human rights violations by the Iranian regime." Hours after the three defendants at risk of execution in the "Isfahan House" case sent a message from inside the Dastgerd prison in Isfahan asking the "people of Iran" to prevent their execution, social media posts showed that a number of citizens gathered in support of them near the Dastgerd prison on Wednesday evening. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashimi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, three protesters at risk of execution, had asked the people of Iran for help in a message from inside the Dastgerd prison. Social media users also responded positively to the request of these three prisoners by trending the hashtag "Don't let them kill us." Additionally, on Thursday morning, Iranian state media announced that the execution of the defendants in the "Isfahan House" case had not yet been carried out. Mohammad Hashemi, a cousin of Majid Kazemi, tweeted on Wednesday: "Families of the Isfahan case have been told that the Supreme National Security Council has ordered this case to be resolved tonight." An informed source told Voice of America on May 24 that officials had informed Majid Kazemi's family that the three detained protesters would be executed within "the next two or three days." During the protests on November 25 in the "Isfahan House" neighborhood, three Basij members named "Mohsen Cheraghi, Mohsen Hamidi, and Mohammad Karimi" were killed. Iranian officials attributed their deaths to a "terrorist act" and arrested six protesters related to it. Concerns about the execution of the defendants in the so-called "Isfahan House" case; even forced confessions are contradictory. Graffiti protesting the death sentence for three prisoners in the "Isfahan House" case. Hamid Rasai called for the judiciary to "execute" Taraneh Alidoosti. The request of the defendants in the "Isfahan House" case from the "people of Iran" did not go unanswered; protesters gathered. The request of three protesters sentenced to death in the "Isfahan House" case from the people: Don't let them kill us. Two human rights organizations called for immediate action from the international community to stop the execution of three imprisoned protesters in Iran. Prince Reza Pahlavi: Let us not allow the "young-killer Zahak" to take more innocent lives. Concerns about the potential execution of three detained protesters in the "Isfahan House" case.