Iran: Further information on arbitrary arrest/fear for safety/possible prisoners of conscience

Index Number: MDE 13/074/2007
Date Published: 15 June 2007
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa

There are unconfirmed reports that Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi was sentenced to death in Branch 3 of the Special Court for the Clergy (SCC) on 10 June, after an unfair and closed trial, and that six of his followers (Massoud Samavatiyan, Alireza Montazer Sa'eb, Ali Shahrabi Farahani, Habib Qouti, Ahmad Karimiyan and Majid Alasti) were sentenced to death on 13 June.