{"id":76543,"date":"2025-07-23T08:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=76543"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:47:14","slug":"rally-in-ottawa-condemns-executions-demands-release-of-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-communities\/2025\/07\/rally-in-ottawa-condemns-executions-demands-release-of-political-prisoners\/76543\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally in Ottawa Condemns Executions, Demands Release of Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_76548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76548\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76548\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ottawa-Canada-%E2%80%93-July-19-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"554\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa, Canada \u2013 July 19, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"589\"><strong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"222\">Ottawa, Canada \u2013 July 19, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held a rally to condemn the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/07\/isj-urges-eu-leaders-to-act-against-imminent-executions-of-15-iranian-political-prisoners\/76374\/\" rel=\"\">wave of death sentences<\/a> and intensified repression targeting political prisoners by Iran\u2019s regime. Organizers demanded the immediate cancellation of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/01\/iranian-political-prisoners-behrouz-ehsani-and-mehdi-hassani-face-imminent-execution-global-attention-urgently-needed\/69687\/\" rel=\"\">death sentences<\/a> and the unconditional release of all political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Rally in Ottawa Condemns Executions, Demands Release of Political Prisoners - July 19, 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DsrxdToyKhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"885\">Participants denounced the regime\u2019s recent threats to transfer <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/07\/saeed-masouris-resistance-irans-crackdown-on-political-prisoners-exposed\/76314\/\" rel=\"\">Saeed Masouri<\/a>\u2014one of Iran\u2019s longest-imprisoned political prisoners\u2014to the notorious Zahedan Prison. They described this threat as a clear signal of danger to his life and part of the regime\u2019s broader strategy of intimidation and isolation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"885\">Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/07\/21\/iran-urgent-action-stop-repeat-1988massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mullahs\u2019 regime sentenced<\/a> three political activists\u2014Farshad Etemadi-Far, Masoud Jamei, and Alireza Mardasi\u2014to death after enduring two years of brutal torture. They were charged with \u201cmoharebeh\u201d (waging war on God) solely for their support of the PMOI. Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s so-called Supreme Court rejected a fourth appeal for a judicial review concerning two other death-row political prisoners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde13\/9081\/2025\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Behrouz Ehsani<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/07\/14\/supreme-court-rejects-mehdi-hassanis-retrial-request-for-fourth-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehdi Hassani<\/a>, effectively paving the path for their imminent executions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forcible displacement of political prisoners by Iranian regime is a prelude to their mass executions and disappearance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2Appeasement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2Appeasement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMKqnRW334\">pic.twitter.com\/MMKqnRW334<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Democratic Association (IDA) Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@IDA_Canada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDA_Canada\/status\/1946749671512146395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1181\">Protesters also condemned the broader policy of forcibly displacing political prisoners, warning that such actions are often a precursor to mass executions and enforced disappearances. Drawing parallels to the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of political prisoners in Iran, they declared: \u201cA crime is in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1458\">The demonstrators called for the immediate release of all political prisoners and urged the international community to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its crimes. They appealed for the prosecution of regime leaders in international courts for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"2126\">Organizers also emphasized the <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" rel=\"\">PMOI<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u2019s vision for a free, democratic, and secular Iran\u2014rejecting both the current theocratic regime and any return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"2126\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76557\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ottawa-July-19-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" 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