Iran regime executes father, imprisons daughter for protest participation

NewsNation – Iran regime executes father, imprisons daughter for protest participation

A father who participated in the January protests, which resulted in a massacre of Iranian citizens, was executed Wednesday, according to human rights groups’ reports.

Mohammad Abbasi, who was being held at the Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, was executed this week. He was arrested during the January protests, according to the U.S.-based human rights group the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

Abbasi’s daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, was sentenced to a 25-year prison sentence and is being held at Evin Prison in Tehran.

An Iranian refugee, who spoke to NewsNation under the condition of anonymity for fear of their safety, said, “On Wednesday they (the regime) executed the father of a girl who had gone to participate in the protests together with his daughter. The daughter was sentenced to 25 years in prison.”

The refugee said that the daughter will most likely be subjected to vicious torture and sexual assault while imprisoned.

The Center for Human Rights in Iran stated that Abbasi was “sentenced to death on charges of ‘enmity against God’ in connection with the alleged killing of a police officer by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.”

Another Iranian refugee, the founding leader of the Conservative Party of Iran, Rayan Amiri, expressed his despair over the latest execution of a protester.

“This is a totalitarian regime, a textbook totalitarian regime. They execute people randomly to intimidate, to inflict fear upon society, and through that fear they rule. It is a rule of fear and coercion,” Amiri said.

Refugee claims White House ‘lied’ about Iran executions
Amiri has been critical of President Donald Trump and his administration’s comments about regime change and putting an end to prisoner protests.

“This indicates that the U.S., the Trump White House, has lost the narrative, especially after the president told people to keep fighting, only for them to end up in this situation. Trump said executions decreased, they increased, he lied.”

Trump encouraged protesters on Jan. 13 to keep fighting against the regime.

“Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. MIGA!!!”

Additionally, Trump continually states the U.S. has brought upon a regime change, saying the U.S. has “won the war” earlier this month.

Trump announced Iran stopped the execution of eight Iranians at his request. However, the HRANA still lists a protester, Bita Hemmati as a detained protester sentenced to death, who was among the women the president mentioned.

Iran regime focused on ‘smothering any threat’ including its own people: Retired commander
Retired Lt. Col. Mike Nelson, who has extensive experience with U.S. Central Command, told NewsNation that regime harliners remain in control, despite the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this year.

“This is further confirmation that the hardliners remain in control, the regime is primarily focused on its own survival and smothering any threat of popular uprising, and they do not seem cowed by American statements to stop this,” Nelson said.

NewsNation informed the White House of the father’s execution, and his daughter’s imprisonment as well as stated Iranian refugees that spoke with NewsNation said President Trump said executions were paused when in fact, they are increasing under the regime’s control presently.

The White House offered a similar statement to the one they provided last week when asked about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Iran.

“President Trump will never allow Iran – a nation that brutally kills its own people for merely speaking out against the regime’s oppression, chants ‘Death to America’, and is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror – to obtain a nuclear weapon,” said White House spokesperson Olivia Wales.

Protester executed after alleged forced confession to working with CIA
NewsNation reported earlier this week that an Iranian aerospace engineering master’s student has been executed by hanging by the IRGC, according to human rights groups, on charges of “espionage.”

Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was videotaped by the regime under distress and allegedly gave a forced confession to working with the CIA and Mossad agents. He was arrested two years ago and held in prison until his execution in Ghezel-Hesar Prison near Karaj.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency reported this month, “Executions of prisoners on political and security-related charges have increased alongside the outbreak of military conflict in Iran.”

The sources who spoke with NewsNation say the number of deaths during the January protests is closer to 30,000, but an exact number is difficult to reach.

NetBlocks reported that the internet shutdown controlled by the regime in Iran has reached its 77th day, alienating Iranians from the outside world.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, Iran’s judiciary chief, who was appointed by former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2021, has asked for hastening the process of executions, NewsNation reported in April.

The Iranian refugee said that while the U.S. conflict with Iran continues, the regime’s total control of the Iranian people has remained the same.

“For years, they had been preparing society for Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father (former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), and now he has become the leader without any resistance or difficulty.” They continued, “There is nothing left for us anymore.”

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