Amnesty International has received the names of a further 30 political prisoners as being in imminent danger of execution. All were arrested in 1980 or 1981, and many are believed to be prisoners of conscience. Some were convicted of distributing leaflets, others of disturbing the peace at...

Amnesty International has learned that 25 political prisoners are reported to be in imminent danger of execution. Most are already serving prison sentences, ranging from life to as little as two or three years in a number of cases. All are members or supporters of a banned leftist opposition group....

Amnesty International has learned that two members of the banned leftist opposition group, Ali Akbar Shalgoolney and Adel Talebi, are feared to be in imminent danger of execution in Iran. Both are serving life sentences in Evin Prison, Tehran, and are alleged to have been retried and sentenced to...

Amnesty International has received a report that the executions of Hamzeh Mahjoub, held in Roodsar Prison, and Massoud Alla’I Khastou, held in Evin Prison in Tehran, earlier reported to be imminent, have now taken place.

Amnesty International is concerned at the reported unacknowledged detention of the five people named in this Urgent Action on 28 and 29 October 1988 and fears that they may have subsequently “disappeared”.

Amnesty International has received the names of a further 22 political prisoners, all allegedly supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, who are reported to be in imminent danger of execution. Some may already have been executed. They are: Jamshid Riazi, Masoud Hashemi, Javad...

Amnesty International has received a report that Hamzeh Mahjoub, held in Roodsar Prison, and Massoud Alla’I Khastou, held in Evin Prison in Tehran, are in imminent danger of execution. Massoud Alla’i Khastou was arrested in 1981, aged 17, and sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment reportedly for being...

Amnesty International is concerned by a report that it has received that a supporter of the Kurdish opposition group, Komola, is in prison in Saghez in north western Iran, that he may be suffering torture, and that he is at risk of execution. Fereidoun Faroughi was arrested at the end of September...

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Amnesty International has on previous occasions expressed its concern about reports of political executions taking place in Iran. Further confirmation that a new wave of political executions has taken place in recent months emerged in a statement by Ayatollah Montazeri, Ayatollah Khomeini’s...

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Amnesty International has received reports of the detention on 13 September 1988 of the people named in this Action in the context of demonstrations advocating an increase in the budget for the UES. It is not known if their detentions have been acknowledged nor where they are being held.