Teacher sentenced to death in Iran
Posted on July 20, 2008
A 33 year-old Kurdish teacher and trade unionist has been tortured and sentenced to death by the Iranian Supreme Court:
Kamangar was arrested in Tehran in July 2006 and since then has been held in various detention centres in Kurdistan, Kermanshah and Tehran. He was charged with Moharebeh, which literally means “enmity against God,” and with membership in the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). He was sentenced to death by the Iranian Revolutionary Court on 25 February on the basis of “absolutely zero evidence,” according to his lawyer, who said that the trial lasted only a few minutes, took place in secret and failed to meet even the minimum standards of fairness.
