Iran upholds death sentence of political prisoner Mansour Jamali amid surge in executions

Hengaw — Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of political prisoner Mansour Jamali, raising concerns over a recent surge in executions, according to information obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.

Jamali, 56, a Turkish prisoner from Urmia and father of two, is currently held in Choubindar Prison in Qazvin. Authorities formally notified him of the ruling on Monday, March 30, 2026.

He was previously sentenced to death by the Qazvin Revolutionary Court on charges of “waging war against God (moharebeh) through membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.”

Jamali was denied basic rights during his detention, including access to a lawyer.

He was arrested in October 2023 in Buin Zahra, a city in Qazvin province, and remains in custody at Choubindar Prison.

The ruling comes amid a wave of executions of political prisoners. On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, authorities carried out the secret executions of Pouya Ghobadi Bistouni and Babak Alipour at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj without prior notice to their families or lawyers.

A day earlier, two other political prisoners, Akbar Daneshvarkar, 60, and Seyed Mohammad Taghi Sangdehi, 59, were also executed in the same prison under similar conditions.

All four had been sentenced to death on similar charges related to membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.