Meisam Lotfi (میثم لطÙÛŒ) was reportedly executed for being a gang-member. He is in fact a student activist. Shahrzad News, a reputable independent website, talked to his mother, before he was executed.
It was 1am when they woke up with a knock on their door. The 25-year-old son tried to escape from the Police, but was shot at with 17 bullets, two of which hit his leg. He was then sentenced to execution. Before we managed to find and publish his pictures he was executed.
Meisam spent six month in the infamous Evin Prison after the July 1999 student riots. His sister was also attacked by the Police and received 40 stitches. Meisam had spent 55 days in solitary confinement after he was accused of setting tires on fire during the protests which followed the fundamentalists’ raid to the dormitory of University of Tehran.
For more pictures published anonymously at the night he was arrested see here.
Update: A Persian blog claims Fazel Ramezani (Ùاضل رمضانی) and Haajat Morad Mohammad (Øاجت مراد Ù…Øمدی) were among the executed men. The blog claims they were political activists.
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This is so sad.
Comment by serendip — July 24, 2007 @ 11:29 am
Kamagir:
This is shameful. This poor lad was hanged just because of his ideas and hanged as a gang-member. The photos are horrible. This is not only police brutality, it’s just being cowards.
Thanks for posting this. Poor Iranians. :(
Comment by Vorzheva — July 24, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
I don’t know about you, but I believe in God and that we’ll all stand before Him and be judged one day. Only He can right the wrongs that humans commit. To me it’s comforting to belief that there will be justice, if not here, then in the next life.
The evil in this world is incomprehensible.
Comment by nachtwache — July 24, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
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I was reading the Shahnameh a couple of days ago and saw these passages. Which seemed to described Iran under the rule of Supreme Leader and his men. Here is one of the passages translated in English. The good news is that Zahak’s reign came to end but not after many of Iran’s youth were killed! Does it sound familiar?
Here is the passage.
So the beloved of Ahriman (the Devil), Zahak the Serpent, sat upon the throne of Iran, the kingdom of Light. And he continued to pile evil upon evil till the measure thereof was full to overflowing, and all the land cried out against him. But Zahak and his councillors, the Deevs (Evil Giants), shut ear unto this cry, and Zahak reigned thus for the space of a thousand years, and vice stalked in daylight, but virtue was hidden. And despair filled all hearts, for it was as though mankind must perish to still the appetite of those snakes sprung from Evil, for daily were two men slaughtered to satisfy their desire. Neither had Zahak mercy upon any man. And darkness was spread over the land because of his wickedness.
Comment by Ahwazi — July 24, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
Ahwazi: Great passage. Zahak, of course, being the Islamic savages who imposed their religion on the rest of Iranians.
Comment by serendip — July 24, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Serendip, thanks. Even though the savages imposed this on us, today we Iranians (wherever we are) have the choice to return towards the teaching of our forefathers, who taught us truthfullness, honesty, courage, puruse and love of arts and sciences, respect for the land (thus Iranian love for their gardens), freedom to worship what you choose,interact and respect people of all lands (read how Cyprus the Great interact with people of other nationality) and much, much more. These qualities are the elements that made Iran the Kingdom of Light.
Kamangir jaan, sorry for the long write ups…..Bebakhshid!
Kamangir: It is an honor for me that you write down you opinion here. Please keep doing it. Chakerim! :)
Comment by Ahwazi — July 24, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
And we are still struggling to get the Western media to broadcast something on Pourya:
http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/2007/07/pouyas-escape.html
Western media! Wake up they are killing our sons and daughters. You have photos, you have film footage, you have real persons, what more do you want to make the news??
Comment by potkin azarmehr — July 24, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS???? How can we negotiate with people who kill activists? Those who hate the us should read this story.
Comment by mindy abraham — July 24, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
Thank you Ahwazi. Kehili ziba neveshtid. merci
Comment by serendip — July 24, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
Asante Sana,
As an African Mohammedan (follower of Mohammed) who prefers that term than the broader “Muslim” used so indiscriminately nowadays, I am saddened by the insanity performed by radicals. Yes Mohammed was flawed in his teachings, but Allah remains perfect and it is up to us to each seek the truth.
Killing for Allah makes as much sense as fornicating for chastity.
ZMA
Comment by Zamhani Musharif Ali — July 24, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
Well done Arash for exposing this to the world. For now we are all silent wintnesses to the crimes of the Islamic Republic, but the time will come a when every Akhound and Mollah will be cleaned out of Iran, and even the rule of Islam will come to an end. The people of Iran are not the animals that the valayat e fagih have turned us into. In time we will revolt against this, in time all Arabism wil be uprooted from Iran, in time Iran will be free again.
Comment by Rostam Farrokhzad — July 25, 2007 @ 9:44 am
Has there been any more news on the execution? Is it pending (per Gooya’s yesterday news) or already happened and confirmed? The post on Shahrzad is a bit vague…
Comment by bikhaanemoon — July 25, 2007 @ 11:37 am
Bikhanemoon
According to ISNA 16 (12+4) people have been executed within past 5 days and there are 17 ppl awaiting in death row whom have been sentenced to death already and executions could be carried out any minute.
Comment by Motori — July 25, 2007 @ 11:52 am
RF:
Na sharghi, Na gharbi, Na Tazi!
Comment by serendip — July 25, 2007 @ 12:39 pm
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**** WRONG!! ***
First Sharhrzad News says Meisam Lotfi (Maysam Lotfi) was executed. Later, it says that his mother visited him in jail on August 1, which is after the date he was supposedly executed!
See this link:
http://www.shahrzadnews.org/article.php5?id=501
Apparently, Shahrzad News can’t keep simple logic straight. First it reports that this person was executed, and THEN it reports that he is alive and might be executed any time. I think Shahrzad News has a reliability problem.
Comment by Mehrdad Jahandust — August 5, 2007 @ 11:07 am
Dear Kamangir,
The so called Islamic regime of Ayutullah who hijacked Islam to keep in power .Democratic and republican loving and respecting people are enemy to regime.
They using force tourcher, imprisment only to save them self and enjoy rule over people.
Its duty of Turks ,Kurd,Ahwazi ,Baloch and oppressed person to stand up with arms against the cruel and brutal regime and destroy artificial Mullaz made Islamic fort.
Because this regime cruelty and state terrorism can only be abolish by People arm movement.
Bahad Baloch
Comment by Bahad Baloch — July 10, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
Dear Kamangir,
The so called Islamic regime of Ayutullah who hijacked Islam to keep in power .Democratic and republican loving and respecting people are enemy to regime.
They using force tourcher, imprisment only to save them self and enjoy rule over people.
Its duty of Turks ,Kurd,Ahwazi ,Baloch and oppressed person to stand up with arms against the cruel and brutal regime and destroy artificial Mullaz made Islamic fort.
Because this regime cruelty and state terrorism can only be abolish by People arm movement.
Comment by Bahad Baloch — July 10, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
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