HRANA– On Sunday, July 27, the Judiciary’s Media Center announced the execution of Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani, two political prisoners accused of baghi (armed rebellion). Their death sentences had previously been upheld by the Supreme Court of Iran.
Mizan described them as “operational members” of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) and claimed they were involved in activities such as “establishing a safe house in Tehran, building and launching mortars, attacking public places, promoting the MEK’s agenda, damaging public property, and transmitting information and images to the group’s overseas contacts.”
Mehdi Hasani’s requests for retrial were rejected multiple times by the Supreme Court — the fourth and final rejection came recently. His third and second retrial requests were also denied earlier in the spring of 2025, with the first rejection occurring on February 23, 2025.
Similarly, Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou’s retrial request was also rejected by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court in February 2025.
On January 26, 2025, Hasani and Ehsani Eslamlou, both sentenced to death, were transferred from Evin Prison to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj under the pretext of medical treatment. Their executions were temporarily halted after their retrial requests were submitted and accepted for review by the Supreme Court.
In late September 2024, both men were tried at Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. They were convicted of charges including baghi, moharebeh (enmity against God), efsad-e-fel-arz (corruption on Earth), collecting classified information, and collusion against national security. The court sentenced them to death, and the verdicts were later upheld by Iran’s highest judicial authority and communicated to their lawyers.
Their membership in the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization was one of the primary bases for the charges.
Mehdi Hasani, aged around 48, was married and the father of two. He was arrested on September 9, 2022, while attempting to leave the country through Zanjan Province and was later transferred to Evin Prison. Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou, 64 years old and a resident of Tehran, was arrested in December 2022 and also taken to Evin Prison.
