According to human rights activists, at least seven Kurds have been executed in Iran. At the central prison in the northwestern city of Urmia, seven prisoners were executed early Friday morning, according to the Oslo-based human rights organization Hengaw, which has good contacts in the region. There was initially no confirmation from the Iranian judiciary.
According to the report, among those executed was a political prisoner. Mohijeddin Ebrahimi was sentenced to death in 2018 for his membership in the Kurdish Democratic Party (PDKI) for high treason. The Islamic Republic considers the party a terrorist organization and acts violently against its members. The human rights organization Amnesty International condemned the execution. According to Hengaw, the majority of those executed had been convicted of drug-related crimes.
Capital punishment as a “tool of oppression” of minorities
According to Amnesty, about 100 people were executed in Iran in January and February. The organization accuses the authorities in Iran of also using the death penalty as an “oppression tool” against ethnic minorities. Human rights activists have for years criticized Iran’s use of the death penalty, which is usually carried out by hanging and used primarily for drug-related crimes.
Source: Krone
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