The Islamic Republic's authorities executed political prisoner Pedram Madani on Wednesday on charges of spying for Israel, according to the judiciary’s Mizan News Agency.
Madani was executed just one day after his mother released a video pleading for his life, citing legal flaws in the case and calling for a judicial review.
“After identification, arrest, and judicial proceedings against Pedram Madani, who was spying in favor of the Zionist regime, and following the complete process of criminal procedure and the final confirmation and upholding of the verdict by the Supreme Court, he was brought to justice and executed,” Mizan reported.
He was arrested in 2020 on espionage charges.
Although Iran’s Supreme Court overturned his death sentence three times, lower courts repeatedly reinstated the execution order.
According to his mother, Madani had access only to a court-appointed lawyer throughout the legal process.
She described “extensive ambiguities in the judicial process” and urged officials to “allow her son to return to life.”
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization reported that Madani was transferred from Evin Prison to Qezelhesar Prison prior to his execution.
His family was summoned for a “final meeting.”
The execution went ahead despite protests from his family and reports of procedural violations in the case.
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