The Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran has upheld the death penalty for Yousef Ahmadi, a Kurdish political prisoner accused of "waging armed rebellion.”
Ahmadi is currently held in Sanandaj prison, in Kurdistan province.
According to reports, three other Sunni Kurdish defendants in the same case — Mohammad Karimi, Baset Karimi and Mohammad Faizi — received prison sentences of 25, 20, and 20 years, respectively, on charges of "assisting in rebellion."
The authorities have intensified their use of the death penalty in the aftermath of the nationwide protests that erupted in September 2022 to crush dissent and terrorize the population.
Two men were executed this week after what Amnesty International called “egregiously unfair” trials marred by torture allegations.
Earlier on January 25, many Iranian activists joined dozens of women political prisoners held in Tehran’s Evin prison in launching a hunger strike to protest executions in the country.
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