Two political prisoners hanged in Iran

Iran- Two political prisoners executed early morning on Tuesday 28 December in Evin prison in Iranian capital Tehran . Ali Saremi (m), aged 62, was imprisoned in 1980s, from 1981 to 1984, for supporting the Organisation of Iranian People Mojahedin. He was arrested again in 2005 and convicted to one year prison term after he visited his son in Mojahedin Iraqi base, Ashraf. He was arrested for the third time in September 2009, after he participated in 19th Anniversary of 1988 political massacre held in Khavaran cemetery in southern part of Tehran . Ali Saremi was sentenced to death on various charges, including”membership in Mojahedin Organisation” and "acting against state security".

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