Authorities Confirm Seyed Jamal Mosavi’s Execution to His Family

HRANA News Agency – Eventually and after a few days, Seyed Jamal Mosavi’s family was informed that their son had been executed in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on August 23, and was buried in an unknown location. Mr. Mosavi had been transferred to an unknown location since August 16, he was seen on August 22 for the last time.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on August 27, 2017, following the continuous efforts of the concerned family of Seyed Jamal Mosavi, the authorities of Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj informed them that he had been executed on August 23 and his body had been handed over to security forces for burial.

Seyed Jamal Seyed Mosavi was transferred to out of his ward under the pretext of being sent to a hospital without a request or a specific medical background on August 16.

Seyed Mosavi family visited him for short time in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on Monday, while he was in critical condition when the head of the prison claimed that the prisoner has been transferred to the hospital for respiratory problems and asthma.

The prisoner was returned to his former ward for hours, while his hands and feet were gashed and bleeding due to being kept in solitary confinement with bracelets, pounding and chains for a week on Tuesday, August 22.

The prisoner was reported to be transferred to out of jail in the short period of time that he was transferred to solitary confinement for execution and he was waiting to be executed in the same place during this time.

Only hours later, he was again transferred to an unknown location from his ward under the pretext of visiting the head of the prison by the prison guards.

There was no information about his fate since August 22, when the prisoner was seen for last time.

His family told HRANA’s reporter that prison authorities finally informed them that he had been executed in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on August 23 and that his body had been delivered to security forces for burial.

His burial place has not yet been disclosed to his family, however, some sources in contact with HRANA announced that he was buried in “Behesht Sakineh” in Karaj.

It should be explained that Mr. Seyed Mosavi was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to death on charge of “Moharebeh” through the communication with Salafist groups in 2009.

The example of Moharebeh for this prisoner was based on friendship with a person named Shoursh Mehdi Khani, who had been arrested before and accused of armed actions.

According to Seyed Jamal Mosavi, “there was no evidence of any involvement in Mehdi Khani’s activities at any stage of the proceedings. There is even no confession.”

HRANA had reported in connection with Shoursh Mehdi Khani that the prisoner was sentenced to death on charge of Moharebeh by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, headed by Judge Baba’i, and his verdict was confirmed by the Fourth Appeal Court of Kurdistan Province.

He was scheduled to be executed on March 5, but the execution was postponed for unknown reasons and he was eventually executed in Sanandaj prison on Thursday, July 30, 2009.

Seyed Jamal Seyed Mosavi from Sanandaj  was exiled from Sanandaj Prison to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

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