Mohammad Abdollahi

He is a Kurdish resident of Bukan who was sentenced to execution and is currently in Mahabad's Central Prison. Mohammad Abdollahi was previously charged with "Engaging with government forces" and " Founding or leading an organization aimed to disrupt national security "and sentenced to five years' imprisonment in Shahroud by the Revolutionary Court

• <coverage-outsourcing id='6312'> Mohammad Abdollahi was arrested. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in exile in Shahroud Prison. During his incarceration he was allowed to leave the prison on furlough but failed to return on time. He wrote a letter to the Head of the Judiciary in which he informed him that he had left for Iraqi Kurdistan and started to work there. According to his letter, he acquired a Komala ID card in order to come and go easily. This card was the basis of the death sentence he later received. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6319'> The defendant was arrested in Bab Shayegan, in Mahabad. He was fired at by the police and security forces and sustained a gunshot wound to his shoulder. He also mentioned that "my right elbow, left shin, and teeth were also broken" in a letter to the Head of the Judiciary. He was then transferred to the IRGC and interrogated for 70 days without any medical attention. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='773'> He was transferred from the Revoultionary Guard's Intelligence lock-up in Urmia to Mahabad's Central Prison while he was in bad physical condition. Despite his being injured, his interrogators repeatedly struck him with cables and batons to force a confession. Ultimately his leg was broken in three places in addition to his arm being dislocated. One of his teeth was also broken during these beatings </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6323'> His trials began in the summer of 2010. He was charged with "Enmity against God via membership in the Komala group" and was not allowed an attorney due to the confidential nature of the case. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6329'> According to a report by HRANA two plain-clothes officers visited the defendant in prison and asked him to accept his charges so that they can help him, since he would be convicted and sentenced either way. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6330'> His tenth trial session, presided by Judge Javadikia, was held. According to HRANA, a source close to the defendant claimed that not only was he not allowed an attorney, but the judge referred to him using terms such as "Imbecile, dunce, stupid, and murderer". The judge also was quoted as saying: > There is one session left in your trial. But rest assured that I will execute you either way . </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6331'> The defendant's death sentence was issued and relayed to him in prison. This sentence was later upheld in Appeals Court and the Supreme Court. The defendant penned a letter to Ayatollah Larijani in which he claimed possession of a Komala Group identification card and involvement in an altercation are not proper grounds for a death sentence. In the letter he stressed that "According to the statement published by the province's Intelligence Ministry Office, all of the individuals involved in the incident that I was arrested and tried for, were killed by the police during the incident". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='774'> His death sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court and officially communicated to him by Mahabad Prison's Sentence Enforcement Unit </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6335'> HRANA reported that security forces visited the defendant's family and friends in his home, where they were informed that the defendant is not considered a political prisoner. As such, his family are not allowed to hold funeral proceedings for him or identify him as a political prisoner. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6366'> He began a hunger strike alongside 20 other political prisoners in Urmia Prison in protest of the dissolution of the Political Ward (Ward 12) and the pressure exerted unto the inmates and their families at the hands of the Intelligence Ministry. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6367'> According to Breathing in Confinement, the defendant was summoned to the prison's Intelligence Ministry office on the 26th day of his hunger strike and interrogated about the happenings inside the prison ward. During this interrogation he was threatened to have his death sentence implemented. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6368'> The defendant's physical condition was reported as severe in Urmia Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5838'> It was reported that Urmia Prison officials summoned and informed him that he might be executed soon. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6840'> It was reported that the defendant began a hunger strike from June 1 in protest of his execution sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6991'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, one month into the defendant's hunger strike, the Warden and the Intelligence Ministry Representative in the prison are preventing his transfer to the Medical Unit, keeping him in solitary instead </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6990'> The defendant ended his hunger strike. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network an informed source spoke of visitors from two groups from the Urmia Court and Mahabad Intelligence Ministry office visiting the defendant and assuring him that he is not at risk of being executed, since if the government intended to execute him they would do it two years ago, after confirming his sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8024'> The defendant's cousin and daughter requested his sentence be halted in an interview with the Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Activists in Iran </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7989'> His family visited with him in the Urmia Central Prison's Visitor Hall. They were informed that the defendant would be executed the following day. According to "Kurdistan Human Rights Network" a number of political prisoners were also allowed to see him for a short period of time. He told his friends that he'd been awaiting his execution while being tortured over the years and that he was about to be saved from his situation </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8015'> According to a report by HRANA, an altercation occurred between the defendant's and other inmates' families and prison guards in front of Urmia Prison, resulting in the arrest of a few of the family members. The prison informed the families that if they give interviews to the media they would not receive their loved one's body </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7978'> According to "Kurdistan Human Rights Network", he was taken to solitary confinement before being executed alongside a number of other inmates charged with drug-related crimes. According to this report "two prison officials came to Ward 12's yard in Urmia Prison and forced Mohammad Abdollahi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, into solitary without any explanation". His family was also prompted to come visit him for a final time from Mahabad </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8019'> His attorney informed the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that sending this case back to Branch 27 of the Supreme Court was in violation of Clause 476 of Criminal Procedure </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8012'> HRANA and Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that the defendant's body had not been delivered to his family. According to these reports security forces informed his family that they're not allowed to hold a ceremony for him in a mosque and that they can only mourn him at home, or face the consequences of defying these orders </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8010'> His attorney, Mostafa Ahmadian, stated in an interview with HRANA that the case has many issues such as the fact that the defendant was never armed, his "enmity against God" charge was exonerated, and the fact that a prosecutor issued an order for him not to be followed, an order which was illegally undermined by the judge. Mr. Ahmadian stressed that even though the sentence should have been reviewed in another court, it was reviewed in the issuing court. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8009'> The defendant was executed </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8079'> HRANA reported that despite a Western Azerbaijan official's claims, at least four executions have occurred in this prison. HRANA reported that many of the inmates transferred to be executed were returned to the ward, but at least four of them didn't. Considering that the defendant's body was not delivered to his family, and despite the fact that the court informed his family that he was executed, it is still not possible to confirm his execution. These circumstances are similar to what political prisoners Saman Nasim and Younes Aghayan were subjected to in the same facility. Five months after Saman and Younes' transfer to solitary alongside other inmates on death row, it became apparent that these two individuals were not executed, while their family and supporters thought they'd been executed five months prior </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8122'> According to "Kurdistan Human Rights Network", Mohammad Amin Abdollahi published a note thanking the widespread support of his brother's memorial ceremony and wrote "Such camaraderie and empathy from people showed that Mohammad was not only a member of our family, but the son of a nation that sacrifices its life en route to freedom and democracy" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8167'> Tavakol Heidari, Head of the Western Azerbaijan Province Judiciary, confirmed the execution of the defendant. He stated Mr. Abdollahi "was a member of the Komala terrorist group and was sentenced to execution on the charges of enmity with god and the use of a firearm which led to the martyrdom of three police officers and injuries to two other officers" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8158'> HRANA published a report describing the last day of the defendant's life. This report indicates that the prison's Warden, Mr.Bayramizadeh, visited the yard, where he spoke with two political prisoners and the defendant before telling the defendant: > Follow me Mohammad, I want to speak with you , as he led him down a hallway. HRANA reports that the defendant sent funny notes to other inmates from solitary confinement: > He had become popular in the prison for sending short, funny notes to his friends . He sent one of his ward-mates a note that read: > It's a shame, I would have beat you at backgammon tonight . Saman Nasim received a note from him: > Don't be jealous Saman, your turn will come also , and a non-political prisoner received one that read: > Mr...it's a shame that I'm being executed, I would have liked to see you die in the ward . Osman Mostafapour received the last note from the defendant: > Osman, I really wanted to see if you could free the pigeon that's stuck in the gym's ceiling </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8252'> 22 human rights organizations called for the formation of a truth-finding committee to investigate the executions of political prisoners, including Mohammad Abdollahi </coverage-outsourcing>