Important: Click here to read this clarification about some of our previous statements regarding 'Moharabeh'.
This is our Sunni brother Barzan Nasrollah Zadeh, awaiting execution, Iran.
He was shot and arrested by Iranian Intelligence agents whilst on his way home from school in 2010.
He suffered a serious bullet-wound to his abdomen. Despite the severity of his injuries, he was only admitted to the local hospital for one hour, before being transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj.
Due to the deliberate medical negligence by the Iranian authorities, Barzan suffered permanent, life-long damage. The extent of his injuries were so severe that he lost his entire spleen.
Barzan was only 17 years old at the time of his arrest. Although he was suffering from serious injuries, he was tortured mercilessly whilst in detention. He was held in solitary confinement for 18 months.
Due to his young age, the interrogators also psychologically tormented him by forcing him to watch the torture of other detainees in the Intelligence Agency.
Under intense physical and psychological pressure, he was forced to make a forced video 'confession', where he 'admitted' that he had been in contact with Salafi groups.
It was for this 'crime' that he and two other men, Farshid Nasseri and Timor Naderi Zadeh, were sentenced to death for 'Moharabeh' (enmity against the state).
Barzan was still in education when he was arrested, and although he was young, he was active in teaching people about Sunni Islam.
Those who actively propagate Sunni teachings in the Shia-dominated Iran face persecution and imprisonment. Many prominent Sunni activists and scholars have been imprisoned and, especially those who criticize the regime, many have been executed.
This is our Sunni brother Barzan Nasrollah Zadeh, awaiting execution, Iran.
He was shot and arrested by Iranian Intelligence agents whilst on his way home from school in 2010.
He suffered a serious bullet-wound to his abdomen. Despite the severity of his injuries, he was only admitted to the local hospital for one hour, before being transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj.
Due to the deliberate medical negligence by the Iranian authorities, Barzan suffered permanent, life-long damage. The extent of his injuries were so severe that he lost his entire spleen.
Barzan was only 17 years old at the time of his arrest. Although he was suffering from serious injuries, he was tortured mercilessly whilst in detention. He was held in solitary confinement for 18 months.
Due to his young age, the interrogators also psychologically tormented him by forcing him to watch the torture of other detainees in the Intelligence Agency.
Under intense physical and psychological pressure, he was forced to make a forced video 'confession', where he 'admitted' that he had been in contact with Salafi groups.
It was for this 'crime' that he and two other men, Farshid Nasseri and Timor Naderi Zadeh, were sentenced to death for 'Moharabeh' (enmity against the state).
Barzan was still in education when he was arrested, and although he was young, he was active in teaching people about Sunni Islam.
Those who actively propagate Sunni teachings in the Shia-dominated Iran face persecution and imprisonment. Many prominent Sunni activists and scholars have been imprisoned and, especially those who criticize the regime, many have been executed.