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FREE Gholamreza Khosravi (Iranian Political Prisoner)
Petition published by FARIBA RAD on Jul 22, 2012
44 Signatures 
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Target: IRI Judiciary, EU, Amnesty, Ban Ki-Moon
Region: Iran
Petition Background (Preamble):
Gholamreza Khosravi was arrested in 2006 on charges of donating money to an opposition satellite TV station. In 2007, he was tried in a court in Rafsanjan on charges of espionage and donating money to Mohahedin Khalgh Organization (MKO). He was sentenced to three years in prison plus three years suspended sentence.
The ruling issued by Branch 26 was overturned by the Supreme Court. The case was returned to the same court for retrial, which resulted in a death sentence issued in 2010.
This last verdict was also overturned by the Supreme Court on technicality and was sent back to Branch 26 for retrial which ultimately resulted in a death sentence for the defendant in November of 2011.
On April 21, 2012, the Supreme Court upheld Khosravi’s death sentence and forwarded the case to the Enforcement Division in Evin prison.
In the last few days, Khosravi was summoned by Nasiri, the Assistant Prosecutor in Evin’s Enforcement Division and informed that his death sentence will be carried out on September 10.
Gholamreza Khosravi a former political prisoner in the 80′s was incarcerated for five years at the time, on charges of supporting a banned opposition group.
After about four years of incarceration in solitary confinement, in July of 2011, Khosravi was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin prison, where he currently is imprisoned.
The ruling issued by Branch 26 was overturned by the Supreme Court. The case was returned to the same court for retrial, which resulted in a death sentence issued in 2010.
This last verdict was also overturned by the Supreme Court on technicality and was sent back to Branch 26 for retrial which ultimately resulted in a death sentence for the defendant in November of 2011.
On April 21, 2012, the Supreme Court upheld Khosravi’s death sentence and forwarded the case to the Enforcement Division in Evin prison.
In the last few days, Khosravi was summoned by Nasiri, the Assistant Prosecutor in Evin’s Enforcement Division and informed that his death sentence will be carried out on September 10.
Gholamreza Khosravi a former political prisoner in the 80′s was incarcerated for five years at the time, on charges of supporting a banned opposition group.
After about four years of incarceration in solitary confinement, in July of 2011, Khosravi was transferred to Ward 350 of Evin prison, where he currently is imprisoned.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to release Gholamreza Khosravi.
The FREE Gholamreza Khosravi (Iranian Political Prisoner) petition to IRI Judiciary, EU, Amnesty, Ban Ki-Moon was written by FARIBA RAD and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition. Contact author here.
