The families of political prisoners fear a wave of executions

Sayeh Seydal, a detained Iranian dissident escaped his breath when Israeli missiles hit the prison of Evin to Tehran. Therefore, He had left the prison clinic, a few moments before he was destroyed by the explosions. Similarly, The attacks of 23 June against the most infamous Iranian prison for political dissidents killed at least 71 people. In addition, including staff, soldiers, visiting family members and residents of the area, declared the spokesman for the Iranian judiciary Asghar Jahangir on Sunday. Nevertheless, In the chaos that followed. Meanwhile, the authorities have transferred families political prisoners fear wave Seydal and other prisoners in prisons outside Tehran, overcrowded structures, known for their harsh conditions. Meanwhile, When a few days ago he managed to call his family, Seydal involved help. Nevertheless, “It is literally a slow death. Consequently, ” he says in a recording, that he wanted to be widespread by talking about the conditions of prisoners.

The consequences

«The bombings of the United States and Israel did not kill us. Furthermore, Then the Islamic Republic brought us to a place that will practically kill us, “he said. For example, Activists fear that Israel’s attacks will lead to a repression. In addition, Iranian activists for democracy. However, human rights fear to pay the 12 -day air campaign price conducted by Israel to paralyze the country’s nuclear program. For example, Many now say that the state, shaken by the flaw in its safety, has already intensified the repression against opponents. In addition, The Israeli attack in Evin – who has targeted. However, according to him, “the repressive authorities” – sowed the panic among the families of the political prisoners, who found themselves fighting to know the fate of their loved ones. Consequently, A week later, the relatives of those who were in families political prisoners fear wave insulation or under interrogation have not yet had news. For example, For Narges Mohammadi. Nevertheless, Nobel Prize for Peace and Veterana activist several times imprisoned in Evin, the Iranian society, “to get to democracy, needs powerful tools to strengthen civil society and women’s movement. Furthermore, Unfortunately, the war weakens these tools “, as explained in a video message to the Associated Press by Tehran. In addition, “The political space is already being reduced. Therefore, with the security forces that increase their presence in the streets of the capital,” he added.

Repression

Many now fear a potential wave of executions against activists and political prisoners. Meanwhile, And there is a precedent who makes the worst fear: after the end of the Iran war with Iraq in 1988. However, the authorities executed at least 5 thousand political prisoners after summary processes, and then bury them in mutual pits never more accessible. Consequently, families political prisoners fear wave Already during the Israel campaign, Iran had executed six prisoners sentenced to death before the war. Nevertheless, Human rights activists in Iran who operate in Washington have documented that around 1. Consequently, 300 people were arrested in just twelve days, most of whom with the espionage charge, 300 for sharing content on social networks. Therefore, Parliament is accelerating the process of a bill that allows a wider use of the death penalty for the. However, accusations of collaborativeism with foreign opponents. Moreover, The judiciary asked for accelerated procedures against those who “disturb the peace” or “collaborate” with Israel. Moreover, “We know what it means. It means farce processes. executions, “said Bahar Ghandehari, Director of Advocacy and the media at the Human Rights Center in Iran, based in New York.

The attack

According to Hra (Human Rights activists in Iran). the Evin prison, located in a luxury neighborhood in the northern suburbs families political prisoners fear wave of Tehran, hosted about 120 men and women in the general departments, in addition to hundreds of other people who are believed to be in the secret security units, under interrogation or in isolation.

Among the prisoners there are demonstrators. lawyers and activists who have been fighting for years against the authoritarian regime of Iran, corruption and religious laws, including the imposition of Islamic clothing to women. Since 2009. the authorities have repressed repeated waves of protests nationally with actions that have caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests. The Israeli attack struck Evin during visiting hours, causing shock and panic. Seydal. a scholar of international law who has joined protest movements in the last twenty years and who enters and leaves prison since 2023, told his family that he has risked his life in the prison clinic. The explosion thrown it to the ground. reported a relative, who families political prisoners fear wave wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, after hearing it. Visiting rooms. the prosecutor’s office and several sections of prisoners have also been seriously damaged, according to groups for human rights and family members of prisoners. A missile struck the prison entrance. where the prisoners are often sitting waiting to be transported to the hospital or court. “Attacking a prison. when prisoners are behind closed doors and are unable to do the slightest thing to save themselves, can never be a legitimate goal,” said Mohammadi. Mohammadi was released in December, after his last sentence was suspended for a short period for health reasons. During the night. buses began to transfer prisoners to other structures, according to Mohammadi and the family members of the prisoners. According to Mohammadi, who is in contact with them, at least 65 women were transferred to the Qarchak prison. The men were transferred to the families political prisoners fear wave great penitentiary of Tehran, who hosts criminals and maximum safety prisoners. Both are located south of Tehran. Mohammadi told the AP that his immediate fear was the lack of medical structures and poor hygiene. Among women are several people with pathologies who need care. including the civil rights activist Raheleh Rahemi, 73 years old, suffering from brain cancer.

Families political prisoners fear wave

Prisons

During a phone call at home, Seydal called Qarchak a “hell”. He said that women were piled up in isolation, without any limited hygiene and drinking water. “Stry and dirt,” he reported. “It seemed confused, frightened and very sad,” said his relative. Additionally, “He knew that talking openly is very dangerous for her. But even silent can be silent ». Sunday, Sayeh telephoned his family again, saying he was reported to Evin to recover his things. The smell of “death” filled the air, reported the family member, families political prisoners fear wave citing his words. The 47 -year -old Seydal was sentenced for the first time in 2023. At the beginning of 2025. his leave was revoked, was attacked by security and had to face new accusations after refusing to wear the chador at the prosecutor’s office.

The stories

The father. Alì, the younger brother of Reza Younesi, associated professor at the University of Uppsala, have both detained for Evin for years. Now the family is terrified because Ali has disappeared. Ali. a twenty -five year old graduated in a prestigious technical university, was serving a sentence of 16 years for “collusion to commit crimes against national security”. The penalty. widely criticized by human rights groups, has been reduced, but later the Ministry of H intelligence started a new procedure against him for still unknown accusations. A few days before the attack on Evin. Ali had been dragged out of his department and families political prisoners fear wave brought to an unknown place, according to what was told by his brother. After the Israeli attack. his father, Mir-Yousef Younesi, no longer had news of Ali, while he and other prisoners were transferred to the great penitentiary of Tehran. The father, in panic, managed to call his family. Evin disappearance are not rare. Sometimes the prison guards picked up political prisoners from the departments to question them. In some cases, they are condemned with secret and executed processes. According to Amnesty International. who expressed the fear that it may have been executed after the bombing, the Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, sentenced to death in 2017, was transferred from the Prison of Tehran to an unknown location. Reza Younesi said that the family lawyer was unable to obtain any information on his brother or on new accusations. «We are all worried – he said, speaking from Sweden, where he is families political prisoners fear wave a professor. “When you have no information from a prisoner, it almost always means that the person is under interrogation and torture.”

Mehraveh Khandan has grown in a family of political activists. He spent most of his childhood. adolescence going to Evin to find his mother, the lawyer for human rights Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been held there several times. His father, Reza Khandan, was brought to Evin in December for distributing pins against the veil obligation for women. Now residing in Amsterdam. the twenty -five year old Mehraveh Khandan frantically tried to find information about his father after the attack. The Internet connections had been interrupted and her mother had been taken away by Tehran. “I only thought about who could die there,” he said. It took 24 hours before he received news of his father. In a phone call to the family members. his father said he slept on families political prisoners fear wave the floor in a cell crowded and full of insects in the great penitentiary of Tehran. Initially, he thought that Evin’s attack could push the government to release prisoners. But after reading reports of mass detention and executions he commented “all hope is vanished”. The war “simply destroyed everything that activists had started building,” he added.