The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the execution of six Kurdish men on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran. Two of them have been transferred to solitary confinement yesterday sparking fears they are at imminent risk of execution Amnesty International said.


The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the execution of six Kurdish men on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran. Two of them have been transferred to solitary confinement today sparking fears they are at imminent risk of execution Amnesty International said.

Hamed Ahmadi and Sedigh Mohammadi are among six Sunni Muslim men from Iran’s Kurdish minority who were sentenced to death after being convicted of vaguely-worded offences including “enmity against God” and “corruption on earth”.

“The news of the transfer of two Iranian men to solitary confinement indicate the worst for the men. It is known as the execution waiting room for inmates sentenced to death,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.