Profiles of the Sunni prisoners facing execution in Iran
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Kaveh Vaisi
- Age: 29
- Hafidh of Qur'aan (memorised the Qur'aan)
- Hafidh of thousands of Hadeeth
- Has not committed any crime
- Conviction: Accused of being a "propagator of Wahhabism"
- Sentence: Execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-kaveh-vaisi.html
Hamed Ahmadi
- 32 years old
- Currently held in Qazil Hesar prison, Karaj, Iran
- Originally from Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran
- Conviction: 'religious activities'
- Sentence: Execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-hamed-ahmadi.html
Bahram Ahmadi (executed December 2012)
- Executed in Ghezelhesar prison, Iran, in December 2012
- He was 19 years old at the time of execution
- Charges included "membership to a Salafi group"
- He was tortured in prison
- His elderly mother was not informed about his execution. She attempted to visit him, and was then told he had been killed 6 months prior to her visit. She suffered a stroke due to the shock
- His brother, Shahram Ahmadi, is in prison awaiting execution
Shahram Ahmadi
- Held in Rajaee Shahr prison, Iran
- Charges include 'engaging in religious activity'
- 'Confessed' under torture
- Sentence: Execution
- Prison guards denied him medical treatment
- He was severely beaten and threatened by prison authorities
- His brother, Bahram Ahmadi, was executed last year
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-shahram-ahamdi.html
Jahangir Dehghani
- Currently held in Qazil Hesar prison, Keraj, Iran
- His brother, Jamshed Dehghani, is also going to be executed
- Originally from Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran
- Charges include: 'distributing books and CDs about Sunni Islam'
- 'Confessed' after severe torture
- Sentence: execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-jahangir-dehghani.html
Jamshed Dehghani
- Currently held in Qazil Hesar prison, Keraj, Iran
- His brother, Jahangir Dehghani, is also going to be executed
- Originally from Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran
- Charges include: 'distributing books and CDs about Sunni Islam'
- 'Confessed' after severe torture
- Sentence: execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-jamshid-dehghani.html
Kamal Malaie
- Currently held in Qazil Hesar prison, Keraj, Iran
- 29 years old
- Charges: Full details unavailable
- Sentence: execution
- http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-kamal-malaie.html
Kaveh Sharifi
- Age: 29
- Location: Rajaee Shahr Prison, Iran
- Sentence: Execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-kaveh-sharifi.html
Loghman Amini
- Age: unknown
- Location: unknown
- Sentence: Execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-loghman-amini.html
Behrooz Shanzari
- 29 years old
- Conviction: 'fighting' against the rulers
- Sentence: Death by hanging
- Has been in solitary confinement for 33 months
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-behrooz-shanzari.html
Ahmed Nasiri
- Conviction - 'Moharabeh' (Enemy of state)
- Sentence: Execution
- Petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/do-not-execute-ahmad-naseri.html