Only hours to save Iranian unionist Farzad Kamangar
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Farzad Kamangar is an Iranian teacher, unionist and human rights activist, charged by the Revolutionary Court of Iran with being a terrorist (through alleged links to the PKK) and sentenced to death on no convincing evidence.
The international teachers’ union federation, Education International, has learned that Farzad has been taken from his political prisoner’s cell in Evin prison (where he has been tortured and denied medical treatment) today in preparation for execution by hanging. He may be executed in the next few hours - it is already afternoon in Iran. (more…)






