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The Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr prison have written a letter, published by the HRA News Agency, addressed to the president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.
There are currently more than 100 Sunni prisoners of conscience detained in Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj. They are scholars, teachers, and students of religious knowledge, who are imprisoned due to their activities in propagating Sunni Islam. Nearly 30 of them have been sentenced to death.
The full text of the letter is translated into English below [original in Persian at the end of article]
The Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr prison have written a letter, published by the HRA News Agency, addressed to the president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.
There are currently more than 100 Sunni prisoners of conscience detained in Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj. They are scholars, teachers, and students of religious knowledge, who are imprisoned due to their activities in propagating Sunni Islam. Nearly 30 of them have been sentenced to death.
The full text of the letter is translated into English below [original in Persian at the end of article]
In the name of God,
This is a letter from the Sunni political prisoners of conscience in section 10 of Rajai Shahr prison to the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.
The prisoners of Rajai Shahr have written several times to you, and in those letters we have expressed our strong objection to the execution of the Sunni youth in Iran, especially in the Kurdistan province. We have also written to protest against the injustices of the judiciary and the Ministry of Intelligence.
Despite the promises you made before and after the election, of justice for the Sunni people in Iran, based on a change of approach from the new government and the discarding of policies of previous governments, we have unfortunately not seen the slightest change.
Rather, the class inequalities faced by Sunnis is ongoing, and undoubtedly worse than before.
We will mention a few examples:
1. The mass execution of Baloch youth in one day, without the right to a fair trial
2. Giving suspended sentences to Sunni prisoners whose sentences have ended, for example, Sheikh Osman Amin Pour Saghezi who has been on probation for four years since his release from prison, and Rasool Mavot Bokani, who has been on probation for three years since his release.
3. Preventing high-ranking Sunni students from continuing their education merely because of their religious activities. A prominent example is Adel Gholami, who has a P.H.D in mechanical engineering.
4. The closure of Friday prayer services at Sunni mosques, for example, the two mosques in Kermanshah and the two mosques in Mahabbad
5. The torture of six Sunni prisoners who are sentenced to death in Ghezel Hesar prison, in full view of the remaining ordinary prisoners. They were beaten to the extent that some of their bones were broken.
Despite protests from several well-known personalities in Sistan and Baluchistan province, Golestan province, and Kurdistan province, it appears that there has been virtually no attempt to address their concerns, and their requests to hold fair and open trials have gone unanswered.
All of these cases have occurred since you were elected, therefore, we, the Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr prison, remind you about your promises towards the Sunnis, to end the ethnic and religious discrimination.
We hope that you will take note of these points, and hopefully you will take useful, practical and positive measures regarding Sunnis in Iran.
From the Sunni prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
نامه ای اززندانیان عقیدتی وسیاسی اهل سنت سالن ده زندان رجایشهر به ریاست جمهوری ایران دکتر روحانی
این برای چندمین باراست که مازندانیان اهل سنت رجایشهربرای شمانامه مینویسیم ودرآن نامه ها مراتب اعتراض شدید خود رامبنی براعدام جوانان اهل سنت ایران وبالاخص کردستان وهمچنین اعتراض به ظلم وناعدالتی قوه قضاییه ووزارت اطلاعات را بیان داشته ایم
وعلی رغم وعده های عدالت مدارانه شمادرقبل وبعد ازانتخابات نسبت به ملت اهل سنت ایران مبنی برتغییررویکرد دولت جدید وکنارگذاشتن سیاست دولتهای پیشین درقبال اهل سنت متاسفانه شاهد کوچکترین تغییر عملی درآن نبوده ایم بلکه بی عدالتی کماکان دربرخورد باقشراهل سنت ادامه داردوبیگمان شدیدترازقبل شده است که برای نمونه چندمورد آن رابرایتان ذکرمیکنیم:
اعدام دست جمعی جوانان بلوچ دریک روز بدون طی کردن روند درست قضاوت عادلانه
دادن حکم تعلیق به زندانیان اهل سنت که محکومیت انان به پایان رسیده است ماموستاعثمان امین پورسقزی که چهارسال تعلیقی بعدازازادی گرفته است ورسول ماوت بوکانی نیز بعد ازازادی سه سال تعلیقی گرفته است
تحریم دانشجویان رده بالای اهل سنت ازادامه تحصیل صرفا به خاطرفعالیت مذهبی که عادل غلامی فوق لیسانس مکانیک نمونه بارز آن است
تعطیلی نمازجمعه مساجد اهل سنت که درمهاباد دو مسجد ودرکرمانشاه دومسجد نمونه ان است
تعذیب وشکنجه شش زندانی محکوم به اعدام اهل سنت درزندان قزلحصار جلو دید مابقی زندانیان عادی وضرب وشتم ایشان تاحد شکستن استخوانهای چندتن ازایشان
که باوجود اعتراض شخصیتهای شناخته شده سیستان وبلوچستان واستان گلستان وکردستان که به ظاهر مورد تایید شمانیز میباشند عملا تغییری دررسیدگی به حال ایشان تاکنون صورت نگرفته ودرخواست ایشان مبنی بربرگزاری داد گاهی عادل وعلنی بدون جواب مانده است وتمام این موارد بعداز به روی کارامدن شما روی داده است بنابراین مازندانیان عقیدتی اهل سنت رجایشهر شمارا به یاد وعده هایتان درقبال اهل سنت وبرداشتن تبعیض قومی ومذهبی ازایشان متذکر میسازیم وامیدواریم که مفید واقع گردد وگامی عملی ومثبت درمورد اهل سنت ایران بردارید
جمعیت زندانی اهل سنت رجایشهر