IRAN: RISK OF IMMINENT PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTIONS AFTER UNFAIR TRIALS

To Mr Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei,

I am concerned about the ongoing wave of arbitrary executions of individuals convicted of charges connected to the January 2026 uprising, including at least two people who were children at the time of the alleged offenses. Those at risk of execution were convicted in grossly unfair torture-tainted trials by Revolutionary Courts, including for vaguely worded charges of “waging war against God” and “corruption on earth”. Some were prosecuted under the Espionage Law, which criminalizes protected activities such as peaceful protest. At least 34 individuals arrested in connection with the January 2026 protests were arbitrarily executed.

Amnesty International has documented severe violations of the right to a fair trial in capital cases linked to the January 2026 protests. Amnesty International also documented the systematic use of torture and other ill-treatment in these cases including beatings, the use of electric shocks, and prolonged solitary confinement. The organization reviewed multiple propaganda videos portraying defendants making forced “confessions”, while they were forcibly disappeared and questioned without lawyers present. These were used as evidence to secure convictions. The imposition of the death penalty after unfair trials is a violation of the right to life.

I urge you to immediately halt all planned executions, quash all death sentences, and establish an official moratorium on all executions with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty. Pending this, take steps to bring national legislation in line with international law and standards, including by removing the death penalty for vaguely worded offenses, drug related offenses, other offenses not involving intentional killing, and repealing mandatory death sentences. I also urge you to allow international monitors access to detention facilities.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]