“As a result, these executions are surging in number in Iran, used against political prisoners without evidence, defense, or due process by a judiciary that has been weaponized to silence dissent,” Ghaemi said. Political Prisoners at Risk of Imminent ExecutionThere are dozens of political prisoners in Iran already facing death sentences and at serious risk of execution, and many more who have been charged with crimes that can carry the death penalty, whose sentences have not yet been announced. There are also fears of secret executions, as on July 27, political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani were secretly executed at the same facility without any prior notification to their families or lawyers. Mohammadi’s lawyer, Raeisian, criticized the Supreme Court for upholding the sentence despite the legal flaws. Most troubling, the abuses detailed in his letter are emblematic of the severe rights violations political prisoners are routinely subjected to in the Islamic Republic.