Osman Mostafapour

Osman Mostafapour

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='887'> He was arrested by IRGC security forces with five other individuals near the Asangaran Village by Urmia . Two of these individuals, Hossein Satovat and Mohammad Saleh Shahini, were shot and killed by IRGC forces in the place of arrest. Mostafa Pour was held in solitary confinement in the Urmia Intelligence Ministry and IRGC office for six months and was subjected to severe mental and physical torture. During this period he was not allowed to communicate with his family and his family were completely unaware of his conditions </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='888'> He was transferred to solitary confinement in Urmia Prison and was allowed a visit with his family after one month in those cells </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='889'> He was sentenced to execution on the charge of " Cooperation with a Kurdish political party" alongside Molla Jasem Delneshin and Ayoub Jahangiri in Urmia's Revolutionary Court. The court prevented the lawyer chosen by his family from being present in this session and he was appointed an attorney by the court. Molla Jasem Delneshin and Ayoub Jahangiri were executed in 1992 and 1993, respectively. There is no information on the methods of their executions or the location of their graves. The fourth individual of this group was also sentenced to death in court but ultimately had his sentence reduced to eight years. He was released after serving his eight year sentence in Urmia Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='890'> He spent two years in solitary confinement in Urmia Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='891'> His death sentence was overturned and 10 years in prison relayed to him. Mostafa Pour was then transferred from Urmia Prison to Tabriz Prison's Political Ward. He was in this prison from 1993-1995 </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='892'> He was transferred from Tabriz Prison to Urmia Prison again </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='893'> After serving nine months of his sentence and with only a few months left till it's completion, he was tried in Urmia's Revolutionary Court yet again on charges of " Membership in the PDKI" and sentenced to an additional 15 year's imprisonment. He was deprived of his right to an attorney. His 15 year sentence was relayed to him verbally in Urmia Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='894'> He was summoned by Urmia Prison guards and transferred to this city's Intelligence Ministry office. He was returned to Urma's Central Prison after a period of time </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='895'> Mostafa Pour and a number of prisoners in prisons across the country began a hunger strike in protest of the death penalty and in memorandum of Habibollah Golpari Pour, Reza Esmaili, and Shirkar Moarefi, Kurdish political prisoners who were executed in 2013. Mostafa Pour and two other prisoners, Ahmad Tamoui and Ali Ahmad Soleiman, were transferred to solitary confinement as a result of this protest </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23436'> His lawyer was arrested for a short time </coverage-outsourcing>