Behrouz Kazemi (left), the son of Jafar Kazemi (right)
Based on reports received from Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, Tehran’s Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said to the family of Jafar Kazemi that the execution order will be carried out for certain.
Jafar Kazemi is 47 years old, married and with two children. He is a lithographer for academic books and illustrations at Amirkabir University. Kazemi was also imprisoned from 1981 to 1990 where he was witness to the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners.
On July 31, 2010, Jafar Kazemi’s family paid an expected visit to the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office in hopes to see Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi (Tehran Prosecutor). An assistant by the name of Alizadeh informed the family that Dolatabadi would not be speaking to them, but he did deliver a message: Jafar Kazemi will definitely be executed.
Jafar Kazemi’s file was sent to branch 31 of the High Council. An individual by the name of Salimi stated, “A verdict against inhumane and criminal executions must be sent to higher authority for confirmation. Recently, the leader from the Council of Experts refrained from reviewing the file, and the verdict of the court was confirmed and remained valid as it was. It was then sent to the Revolutionary Court for the sentence to be processed.”
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Jafar Kazemi’s family also met with Bakhtiari, the Minister of Justice. Bakhtiari stated that he was unable to do anything because a pardon must first be attained from Ali Khamenei, the Iranian Supreme Leader.
On September 18, 2009, Kazemi was arrested by officials from the Ministry of Intelligence. He was taken to ward 209 of Evin prison and spent 74 days in solitary confinement where he was subjected to interrogation and extremely painful psychological and physical torture.
The head interrogator at the Ministry of Intelligence, who goes by the alias Alavi, and others present subjected Kazemi to torture to get him to do a televised interview. Alavi told Kazemi, “We need a few sacrifices for the sake of maintaining order and your name was selected.” Kazemi was then transferred to ward 350.
Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran considers death sentences issued to political prisoners by Ali Khamenei tantamount to a crime against humanity, and requests from the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions to submit the file for Iran’s crimes against humanity to the UN Security Council to decide on the necessary actions that need to be taken.
Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran
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