The judiciary of Iran’s oppressive regime has sentenced six political prisoners — Abdolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Vahid Bani-Amirian, Babak Alipour, Ali-Akbar Daneshvar Kar, and Mohammad Taghavi — to death after months of interrogation and torture. These inhumane sentences were issued by Judge Iman Afshari, the notorious head of Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The same court sentenced Mojtaba and Ali Taghavi, brothers of Mohammad Taghavi, to imprisonment and exile merely for being related to him.
- Abdolhassan Montazer (65): A political prisoner from the 1980s, with a degree in architecture. He has been repeatedly arrested in recent years (2018, 2019, and 2024). Detained again in January 2024, he suffers from severe heart, lung, kidney, and arthritis conditions.
- Pouya Ghobadi (32): An electrical engineer arrested in March 2024, previously detained twice.
- Vahid Bani-Amirian (32): A management postgraduate arrested in January 2024, with a history of imprisonment totaling four years since 2017.
- Babak Alipour (33): A law graduate arrested in January 2024, previously imprisoned for four years after a 2018 arrest in Rasht.
- Ali-Akbar Daneshvar Kar (57): A civil engineer arrested in January 2024.
- Mohammad Taghavi (58): A political prisoner from the 1980s and 1990s, imprisoned again in 2020 for three years.
Mojtaba and Ali Taghavi were unjustly sentenced to prison and exile solely for their familial connection to Mohammad Taghavi.
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