The six men, all executed for their alleged actions against the regime, were seen standing in a courtyard at the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison as they made their final stand with a song of resistance, The Sunday Times reported.
“Your rival stands before you now, hardened in the flame — I am the faith, I am revolt, with belief I take my stand — I’ve sworn an oath upon my blood, the tyrant’s throne shall shatter,” the men calmly sung.
The video was reportedly filmed in the last week of February, with the men identified as Vahid Baniamerian, Babak Alipour, Abolhassan Montazer, Pouya Ghobadi, Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi.
Ghobadi, 33, was confirmed to be executed on March 31 after he was allegedly tortured by the regime, which accused him of armed rebellion against the state, according to Amnesty International.
Baniamerian, 33, who was accused of the same crime, was featured in another smuggled video in a direct address to then Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.“To the Supreme Leader who wants to execute us to create fear in society. I want to remind you that I and those like me rose from the blood of freedom-loving youth,” he said before being executed on April 4.
Baniamerian and his fellow death row inmates also penned a manifesto calling on others to follow their path of resistance against the Islamic regime in order to free Iran in the future.
“So if fate decrees that you execute us hundreds of thousands of times again, in the hope of the victory of a democratic republic and the freedom and flourishing of this captive homeland, we will stand firm in our rebellious position,” their note read.
Iran has been repeatedly accused of ramping up capital punishment in the wake of the Jan. 8 and 9 demonstrations that left at least 7,000 people, according to human rights groups.
The crackdown saw thousands arrested, with the Islamic republic charging many of the dissidents with waging war against God, a capital punishment in Iran.
At least 30 of the January protesters have been sentenced to death, with hundreds more at risk of being hit with the death penalty, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group.
The executions began occurring at a faster rate than usual after war with the US and Israel began on Feb. 28, with at least 145 hangings conducted since then, IHR added.
Erfan Kiani, of Isfahan, was the latest January protester killed on Saturday after he was forced to confess his role in allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails and attacking officers during the demonstrations, according to the IHR.
President Trump had raised the alarm over Iran’s brutal crackdown on dissent, with the president demanding on multiple occasions that Tehran end the executions. See video, and photos here.
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