The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) expresses deep concern for the life of political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani, after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld his death sentence over the weekend.

Members of Parliament met today to mark the third anniversary of Iran’s 2022 nationwide uprising. Lawyers, politicians, members of the Anglo-Iranian community, and representatives of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) also took part in the meeting held in the Parliament.

Speakers highlighted several defining trends since 2022. Daily protests and strikes have continued across Iran, despite the regime’s brutal crackdown and record executions.

The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) is deeply concerned by the Iranian authorities’ ongoing efforts to destroy evidence of their atrocities, which UN experts have identified as crimes against humanity, committed with genocidal intent.

The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) is alarmed over reports of Iranian authorities transferring another five political prisoners to Qezelhessar Prison on Friday, which is notorious for being an execution site. The five political prisoners identified by campaigners as Vahid Bani Amerian, 33, Babak Alipour, 34, Shahrokh Daneshvarkar, 58, Mohammad Taghavi, 59, and Pouya Ghobadi, 33, were sentenced to death on charges of membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) following unfair trials.