{"id":1255,"date":"2010-05-10T13:27:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T13:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2010-05-10T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T13:27:08","slug":"teacher-farzad-kamagar-executed-along-with-four-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1255","title":{"rendered":"Iranian regime executes five political prisoners including teacher Farzad Kamangar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tFive political prisoners were executed on May 9 2010 in Evin prison in Tehran. Farzad Kamangar, Ali Haydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam- Houli and Mehdi Eslamian were members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) . They were charged with <\/span>membership of a Kurdish “anti-revolutionary” and\u00a0 “moharebe” or waging war against God. <\/span><\/span>Vicky Thompson, Welfare Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union posted this on her blog<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/em>\"Farzad's<\/em>
Farzad's mother holds up his picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIs it possible to carry the heavy burden of being a teacher and be responsible for spreading the seeds of knowledge and still be silent? Is it possible to see the lumps in the throats of the students and witness their thin and malnourished faces and keep quiet?<\/p>\n

Is it possible to be in the year of no justice and fairness and fail to teach the H for Hope and E for Equality, even if such teachings land you in Evin prison or result in your death?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

– Farzad Kamangar, executed 09\/05\/10, aged just 32.<\/p>\n

Kamangar, a Kurdish teacher activist, was executed today<\/strong><\/a> alongside four other political prisoners. Kamangar was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to death by hanging in February 2008 after a trial lasting 5 minutes. He had been tortured and had attempted suicide while in prison. When his family last visited him, he was unable even to walk. Kamangar was sentenced to death for the alleged \u201ccrimes\u201d of endangering national security and enmity against god. Once again, this brings shame on those on the left who are \u2013 or have been \u2013 apologists for the Iranian state and its barbaric catalogue of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

Kamangar was executed alongside Ali Haydarian, Farhad Vakili,\u00a0 Shirin Alam-Houli and Mehdi Eslamian. They were all members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), described by the Islamic Republic of Iran as \u201ccounter-revolutionary\u201d.\u00a0 It appears that the executions are intended to quell support for anti-regime protests in Iran. Nonetheless, the families and supporters of those killed will be protesting outside Tehran University tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMr Judge and Interrogator: when you were interrogating me, I couldn\u2019t speak your language and couldn\u2019t understand you. I learned Farsi in the past two years in the women\u2019s section of the prison from my friends. But you interrogated me, tried me and sentenced me in your own language even though I couldn\u2019t understand it and couldn\u2019t defend myself. The torture that you subjected me to has become my nightmare.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

– Shirin Alam-Houli, executed 09\/05\/10, aged just 28<\/p>\n

Letters of protest can be sent to info@leader.ir<\/a>, info@judiciary.ir<\/a>, iran@un.int<\/a>, office@justice.ir<\/a> and\u00a0 eastgulf@amnesty.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

To torture a prisoner is to torture humanity- letter from Farzad Kamangar 2007 here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The angels who laugh on Monday \u2013 letter from Farzad Kamangar March 2010 here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a hostage \u2013 letter from Shirin Alam-Houli, written one week ago here<\/em><\/a><\/strong> <\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five political prisoners were executed on May 9 2010 in Evin prison in Tehran. Farzad Kamangar, Ali Haydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam- Houli and Mehdi Eslamian were members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) . They were charged with membership of a Kurdish “anti-revolutionary” … <\/p>\n

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