Manchester, UK – April 24, 2025: The Academics in Exile Association, aligned with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), organized a public bookstall and photo exhibition in Manchester to raise awareness about the worsening human rights situation in Iran—particularly the plight of political prisoners facing execution.

The event strongly condemned the recent death sentences handed down to prisoners affiliated with the PMOI and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all political detainees. The exhibition highlighted the urgent cases of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, two political prisoners reportedly at imminent risk of execution.

Participants used the exhibition to call on the UK government to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC ) as a terrorist organization and to shut down the Iranian regime’s embassy in London, labeling it a center of espionage and terror operations. Members of the Iranian diaspora in Manchester joined the call for international legal action against Iran’s ruling authorities for crimes against humanity.

Posting on X, the Academics in Exile Association shared:

“Amnesty International urges the immediate halt of the executions of Mehdi Hasani & Behrooz Ehsani, two political prisoners in #Iran facing imminent death after an unfair trial and torture. The world must act now to stop these state-sanctioned killings.”

Thread 2-Amnesty International urges the immediate halt of the executions of Mehdi Hasani & Behrooz Ehsani, two political prisoners in #Iran facing imminent death after an unfair trial and torture. The world must act now to stop these state-sanctioned killings.@AmnestyIran pic.twitter.com/0BFaEHq4f8

— Academics In Exile Association (@iranianacademic) April 25, 2025

Additionally, the academics called for justice, tougher sanctions on the regime, and recognition of the Iranian people’s right to self-defense. The exhibition was well-received by a diverse audience in Manchester.