Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 19, 2025: Manouchehr Fallah and Peyman Farahavar, two political prisoners sentenced to death without due process and fair trial rights, are currently awaiting the Supreme Court decision in Rasht Central Prison.
IHRNGO draws the international community and public’s attention to the case of the two political prisoners who are at potential risk of execution.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Manouchehr Fallah (right photo) and Peyman Farahavar (left photo), two political prisoners held in Rasht (Lakan) Central Prison, are awaiting the Supreme Court’s decisions in their cases.
Manouchehr Fallah, a father of one from Rasht, was arrested in Rasht Airport in June/July 2023. He was charged with moharebeh (enmity against god) for destroying the door of the judicial building with a handmade sound bomb and propaganda against the system for wall writing. He was sentenced to death by Branch 2 of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Darvish Goftari. He also received a year of imprisonment for the propaganda charges which he has already served. His case is under consideration at Branch 6 of the Supreme Court, per his lawyer.
Peyman Farahavar is a 37-year-old father and poet from Gilan who was arrested in Rasht on 17 August 2024. He suffers from chronic illnesses and has been denied medical treatment. He was sentenced to death on charges of baghy (armed rebellion) through collaboration with opposition groups and moharebeh (enmity against god) through destruction of the Rasht seminary door. He also received three months of imprisonment for “propaganda against the system” for wall writing which he has already served. After visiting Peyman in prison on 2 June 2025, his new chosen lawyer said his case was being referred to the Supreme Court.
An informed source told IHRNGO: “Both of them were workers. Manouchehr was a tattoo artist and worked in marketing for a while but was a worker at the time of arrest. Peyman is a poet and was doing seasonal work on a farm. Peyman didn’t have access to a lawyer and only had a court-appointed one at trial.”