HRANA News Agency – The prisoners who have been convicted on charges of Muharebeh under the old law, have the possibility of a retrial, commutation of their sentences or being released, with regard to the changes on these kinds of charges in the IPC. At the moment, dozens of prisoners, including at least twenty-four male prisoners in Iran prisons have been sentenced to death on charge Muharebeh. The current below is the sixth list of the series of “Prisoners accused of Muharebeh” about these 24 imprisoned men.
According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), there are at least twenty four male death row prisoners who have been charged with Muharebeh, in different ways, are being held in Iran prisons. These prisoners can apply for a judicial review, due to the changes in the Islamic Penal Code in 2013.
Based on the new Penal Code, adopted in 2013, definition of charges of “Muharebeh”, “Corruption on earth” and “Rebellion” have changed under Articles 279 to 288 of the law compared to the previous law. According to Paragraph B of Article 10 of the Penal Code Act of 2013, the judges of enforcement are required to request the sentence amendment based on the new law from the court which had issued the verdict.
The current list includes 24 death row prisoners who have been charged with Muharebeh:
Zanyar Moradi
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: July 25, 2008
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Loghman Moradi
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: August 4, 2008
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Houshang Rezaei
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: June 19, 2010
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Ahmad Danesh Pour Moghadam
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with an opposition party (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran)
Date of arrest: September 27, 2009
Location: Evin prison
Mohsen Danesh Pour Moghadam
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with an opposition party (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran)
Date of arrest: September 27, 2009
Location: Evin prison
Hosein Osmani
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: March 3, 2014
Location: Urmia prison
Diako Rasoulzadeh
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: February 25, 2014
Location: Urmia prison
Saber Sheikh Abdullah
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: March 15, 2014
Location: Urmia prison
Habibullah Latifi
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: October 23, 2007
Location: Sanandaj prison
Mostafa Salimi
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: April 6, 2003
Location: Saghez prison
Saman Nasim
Charges: Muharebeh through cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party
Date of arrest: 2011
Location: Urmia prison
Reza Obeidzadeh Rafipour
Charges: Muharebeh through acting against national security
Date of arrest: 2012
Location: Ahwaz prison
Barzan Nasrullahzadeh
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: May 29, 2010
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Kaveh Rasimi
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: June 11, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Farshid Naseri
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: November 21, 2010
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Khosro Besharat
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Seyed Ghasem Abesteh
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Ayoub Karimi
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Davood Abdullahi
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Kamran Sheikheh
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Farhad Salimi
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Anvar Khezri
Charges: Muharebeh through acting against national security
Date of arrest: December 7, 2009
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Abdulrahman Sangani
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: January 10, 2010
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
Note: His father’s name is “Heidar”
Seyed Jamal Seyed Mosavi
Charges: Muharebeh through membership in religious groups
Date of arrest: 2008
Location: Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj
