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.

Amnesty International is concerned for Drs Ahmed Danesh and Borsu Bagheri, two Physicians accused of membership of the banned Tudeh (Communist) Party who are imprisoned in Evin Prison in the capital Tehran. There have recently been a number of executions of prisoners prominent within opposition...

This document describes some important recent developments affecting the situation of political prisoners and the use of the death penalty in Cuba and updates some of Amnesty International’s previously expressed concerns in the country.

Amnesty International condemns the political executions carried out in Iran during the last month, which are reportedly still continuing. It is concerned by the continuing ban on family visits to political prisoners in Evin Prison in Tehran and elsewhere which has fuelled speculation that hundreds...