Iran: four young Kurds executed for collaboration with the Israeli Mossad

2024-01-29T07:18:35.682Z

Highlights: The four men, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad Faramarzi and Mohsen Mazloum, were arrested in July 2022. They are members of the Iranian separatist Kurdish party Komala and had been trained in an African country by the Israeli Mossad to blow up a factory belonging to the Defense Ministry. At the end of December, Iran had already executed four people found guilty of collaborating with Israel. Iran accuses Kurdish parties of being supported by Israel and the United States to carry out armed operations in the country.

Four young Iranian Kurds, found guilty of collaborating with the Israeli Mossad to carry out sabotage operations, were hanged this Monday morning, January 29, in a nearby prison...

Iran: four young Kurds executed for collaboration with the Israeli Mossad

Four young Iranian Kurds, found guilty of collaborating with the Israeli Mossad to carry out sabotage operations, were hanged this Monday morning, January 29, in a prison near Tehran.

(illustration) Four young Iranian Kurds were executed this Monday morning, January 29, 2024, by hanging, in Iran for collaboration with the Israeli Mossad. © AP

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The four men, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad Faramarzi and Mohsen Mazloum, were arrested in July 2022, around nineteen months ago, reports our correspondent in Tehran,

Siavosh Ghazi.

According to the Intelligence Ministry, they are members of the Iranian separatist Kurdish party Komala and had been trained in an African country by the Israeli Mossad to blow up a factory belonging to the Defense Ministry in the city of Isfahan.

At the end of December, Iran had already executed four people found guilty of collaborating with Israel.

Also read: Iran executes four people for “collaboration” with Israel

Israel has carried out several operations in recent years against nuclear installations and even Iranian scientists.

Iranian television broadcast a long program showing them admitting the accusations. Their families have rejected these accusations and increased calls to prevent these executions. Just like human rights organizations, notably Amnesty International.

Forcibly disappeared Kurdish dissidents Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad (Hazhir) Faramarzi & Mohsen Mazloum, are at grave risk of secret execution, after sham unfair trial. Iran's authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute them & quash their death sentences. pic.twitter.com/2VP1EPc6mW

— Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) January 18, 2024

Iran accuses Kurdish parties of being supported by Israel and the United States to carry out armed operations in the country. During the protest movement which shook Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested by the moral police for poor respect for the veil, the Kurdish regions experienced numerous violent demonstrations.

Also read: Iranian strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan: “It could be a warning against the United States”

Iran: four young Kurds executed for collaboration with the Israeli Mossad

Iran: four young Kurds executed for collaboration with the Israeli Mossad

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