The Iranian judiciary has been accused of executing Kurdish porters, including “Moharibe” (hatred of God) and “Efsad Phil-Arz” (corruption on Earth).
The BBC reported on Friday that Iran’s judiciary ordered the execution of three Kurdish porters on the day the ceasefire between Israel and Iran was announced.
According to the report, the three were arrested two years ago for working with Mossad, allegedly smuggling equipment used in the assassination of Iranian officials.
The judiciary will continue to arrest dozens of Afghan refugees, Kurdish porters and Iranian citizens, including Moharebeh (hostility to God) and Efsad-e Fel-arz (corruption), both of which can result in the death penalty.
“If someone is a little introverted, will they stand up and go to a place where they know they will be arrested? He is innocent,” one of the executed people claimed.
The daughter of an executed porter asked for the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq to assist in bringing his father’s body home.
His family reportedly said they did not believe their relatives were executed until they saw his body.
A Kurdish alcohol smuggler led a group of horses with alcohol boxes to smuggle from Iraq’s Kurdistan border area to Iran on May 8, 2017; illustrative. (Credit: Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
However, KRG told the BBC they have not received a formal request to assist in the return of the body.
Kurdish porters often work on the border between KRG and Iran, transporting usually pre-packaged goods. According to the BBC, porters won’t open packages because Iranian buyers will only accept unopened items.
“Even if the Islamic Republic’s claim is correct, these porters are transporting equipment for Mossad, Mossad will never tell them that it was assassinated. Mossad can hide explosives in a Pager, so it can certainly hide it in a cigarette or perfume box,” the BBC quoted officials from KRG Security Security Security said.
The official added: “We have no evidence that the equipment has been smuggled from Kurdistan to Iran.
The three Kurds are allegedly transporting equipment Mossad used to assassinate nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Human rights groups oppose Iran’s execution
Human rights groups fear executions are a form of “terrorizing Iran’s population” rather than punishing any actual perpetrators of any crime after the Israeli air strike in June.
The BBC quoted Iranian Human Rights Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, citing Iranian human rights director, that the three Kurds “had not conducted a fair trial and were executed based on confessions extracted from torture”.
The militants also condemned the execution as “hurry and injustice.”
