Terrified Iranian families believe that while the Western world is preoccupied with Christmas celebrations, a wave of executions in the country is imminent following the recent protests. 9News
city of Isfahan. Its sole claim to prominence is the grand entrance to one of the city's main metro stations.Amir Nasr-Azadani who fear the young man could be executed in the square, where an execution platform has been installed, a witness close to Nasr-Azadani in Iran told CNN.
According to state media, the city's chief justice, Asadullah Jafari, said Nasr-Azadani had been charged with Baghi – or rioting against authorities. Under Iran's penal code, the sentence carries the death penalty. Nasr-Azadani's family was initially unaware of the reason for his arrest, the witness tells CNN, and officials would not share information of his condition. Those close to him were also warned to "keep quiet" about his case if they wanted to see him released sooner, the witness tells CNN.
A released prisoner from the facility where Majid is being kept told the source his arm, leg and nose were broken."This will coincide with a time in which the international community is observing these holy days, and the Islamic Republic regime will take advantage of being removed from the watchful eyes of the world.In a recording from inside a Tehran prison, inmate Sahand Noor Mahammadzade speaks about how he was coerced into confession.
The charge, introduced after the 1979 revolution, is regularly imposed against people who are accused of committing acts against the government. "Judiciary officials have alluded to two charges: Baghi and Moharabe. Soheil could face either of these charges that carry the death penalty," a family member said.
"Please, I beg of you to please lift the execution order from my son's file," his father says in a video shared to social media. Iranian-Kurdish Karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami is facing execution. His parents made a public plea for the order to be lifted.
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