Overview
- Iranian authorities hanged Amirhossein Hatami, 18, on Thursday at Ghezel Hesar prison after a fast-track trial tied to January protests, according to Iran Human Rights and the judiciary outlet Mizan.
- Four men accused of links to the banned opposition group MEK (People’s Mojahedin of Iran) were executed Monday and Tuesday following transfers from Ghezel Hesar that rights groups say occurred without notice to families or lawyers.
- Amnesty International and Iran Human Rights report torture-tainted confessions, brief hearings that lasted only hours, and blocked access to defense lawyers in these cases.
- Two co-defendants, Vahid Bani-Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer, were moved to undisclosed locations on March 30 and face imminent execution, with activists also naming Mohammad Amin Biglari, Ali Fahim, Abolfazl Salehi Siavashani and Shahin Vahedparast Kolo as next at risk.
- UN experts voiced grave concern and highlighted a weeks-long internet blackout that restricts information flow and, observers warn, lowers the political cost for further executions.