U.S. Lawmakers Call for the Abolition of Death Sentences for Six Political Prisoners in Iran

The co-chairs of the "Iran Human Rights and Democracy Working Group" in the U.S. Congress strongly condemned the issuance of death sentences for six political prisoners in Iran by the Islamic Republic's judiciary. In a statement released on Thursday, December 6, Tom McClintock and Steve Cohen described these executions as a serious violation of human rights and urged the Iranian government to swiftly revoke these sentences and uphold justice and human dignity. The statement noted that these individuals were sentenced to death for supporting the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization and for "protests by the people". The two Congress members called for global attention to the situation of these prisoners, named Abolhasan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amirian, Babak Alipour, Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi, emphasizing that their lives are in danger. An informed source in Iran had told the Persian section of Voice of America on Saturday, December 1, that Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court had issued death sentences for six political prisoners in Evin, and two other political prisoners had also been sentenced to imprisonment and exile. The "National Council of Resistance of Iran" issued a statement calling for "immediate action by the Security Council, the High Commissioner, the Human Rights Council, and relevant United Nations bodies, as well as the European Union and its member states" to save the lives of these six individuals. Prince Reza Pahlavi: Both conservatives and reformists are after plundering the nation's wealth. Protests by dozens of Evin prisoners against the death sentences of six political prisoners. The death sentences for six political prisoners were issued on charges of "baghi" based on "judicial knowledge". The National Council of Resistance of Iran called for the rescue of six political prisoners sentenced to death.