{"id":5142,"date":"2016-08-02T22:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T03:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2016-08-02T22:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T03:49:53","slug":"youre-too-late-families-not-allowed-to-say-goodbye-before-mass-execution-in-iran-the-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/5142\/","title":{"rendered":"‘You’re too late’ \u2013families not allowed to say goodbye before mass execution in Iran \u2013 The Express"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 20 inmates were killed in a mass execution\"20168223108365414481_Iran-mass-execution-of-Sunni-prisoners\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The following is a report published by Britain’s Express about the brutal massacre of Sunni prisoners in Iran today:<\/p>\n

The Express<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘You’re too late’ Heartbreak of families who miss final goodbye before mass execution<\/strong><\/p>\n

FAMILIES preparing to say a final farewell ahead of a mass execution were told they were too late and their loved ones were already dead by prison officials.<\/p>\n

By KATIE MANSFIELD<\/p>\n

PUBLISHED: 20:45, Tue, Aug 2, 2016 | UPDATED: 20:54, Tue, Aug 2, 2016<\/p>\n

Relatives of prisoners were told this morning to visit one last time but when they arrived they were told the inmates had already been hanged.<\/p>\n

Instead of saying goodbye, the families were told to go to the morgue to collect the bodies.<\/p>\n

The mass execution took place at Gohardasht Prison in Iran this morning, with at least 20 Sunni inmates hanged.<\/p>\n

Gohardasht Prison has declared a state of emergency and it’s believed the execution was brought forward in order to avoid protests.<\/p>\n

The mass execution has been slammed by the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), who are fighting for more human rights in the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

Shahin Gobadi, of the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “There’s a long precedent by the regime in first executing prisoners and then informing their families.<\/p>\n

“One explanation for this is that the regime is afraid of a public backlash and protests outside the prison by the families to halt the executions.<\/p>\n

“It is particularly cruel as none of the mothers and fathers managed to say goodbye to their loved ones.”<\/p>\n

Some of the bodies were hastily buried in the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery.<\/p>\n

The prisoners had been moved by security forces hours earlier with reports of inmates hands and feet being chained and their mouths taped shut and heads covered with bags.<\/p>\n

It’s believed they were moved to an undisclosed location ahead of the mass execution.<\/p>\n

Prison authorities cut off the building’s phone lines and put inmates not on death row on lockdown during the killings.<\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, said the execution was “an appalling crime against humanity.”<\/p>\n

The hangings come during the 28th anniversary of the 1988 executions which thousands of prisoners executed in a series of state-sanctioned killings over a five month period.<\/p>\n

Shahram Ahmadi is among the Sunni prisoners executed.<\/p>\n

\"Iran-611321\"<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/695946\/Iran-mass-execution-prison-heartbreak-families-miss-goodbye-officials-say-too-late<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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