Overview
- Iran hanged Ali Fahim, 23, in a protest case after the Supreme Court approved his verdict, with the judiciary calling him an enemy agent and rights monitors calling the proceedings grossly unfair.
- Following Saturday's hangings of two members of the exiled MEK group and Sunday's executions of two protesters tied to a Basij base attack, advocates warned more defendants from the same cases face imminent death.
- The judiciary says those executed were convicted of MEK membership or violent acts, while Amnesty International and Iran Human Rights report coerced confessions, denial of lawyers, and rapid Revolutionary Court trials overseen by a judge sanctioned by the United States.
- Iran Human Rights says authorities have executed 10 people it classifies as political prisoners in the past eight days, including six accused MEK members and four linked to the January unrest, with several co-defendants still at risk after transfers to pre-execution units.
- The MEK is an exiled opposition group Iran designates as terrorist, and its allied NCRI is urging a special UN session, as the war with the United States and Israel and tighter censorship reduce visibility into detention sites and raise the cost for families seeking last visits or legal help.