Mehdi Rasouli

مهدی رسولی

25 years old · Mashhad · Razavi Khorasan Province

3 May 2026 Executed

Life

A protester who had said: I have been tortured
Persian original
معترضی که گفته بود: شکنجه شده‌ام

In the words of those close to them

"Mr. Rasouli had questioned the accuracy of these statements, but had told those close to him that following severe beatings and torture he had been forced to accept the charges, and these very forced confessions became the most important evidence against him in the case."— An informed source on Rasouli's case
Persian original
«آقای رسولی صحت این اظهارات را زیر سوال برده بود، اما به نزدیکان خود گفته بود در پی ضرب و شتم شدید و شکنجه، ناچار به قبول کردن اتهامات شده و همین اقاریر اجباری، مهم‌ترین سند علیه او در پرونده شد.»

Mr. Rasouli had questioned the accuracy of these statements, but had told those close to him that following severe beatings and torture he had been forced to accept the charges, and these very forced confessions became the most important evidence against him in the case.— Informed source to HRANA
Persian original
آقای رسولی صحت این اظهارات را زیر سوال برده بود، اما به نزدیکان خود گفته بود در پی ضرب و شتم شدید و شکنجه، ناچار به قبول کردن اتهامات شده و همین اقاریر اجباری، مهم‌ترین سند علیه او در پرونده شد.

The case

They were executed at dawn on 13 Ordibehesht
Persian original
سحرگاه ۱۳ اردیبهشت اعدام شدند
Following severe beatings and torture, he was forced to accept the charges
Persian original
در پی ضرب و شتم شدید و شکنجه، ناچار به قبول کردن اتهامات شده
They had previously been sentenced to death in a case related to the killing of a Basij member (Hamidreza Yousefinejad)
Persian original
پیش‌تر در پرونده‌ای مرتبط با کشته شدن یک بسیجی (حمیدرضا یوسفی‌نژاد) به اعدام محکوم شده بودند
The "Mizan" website, affiliated with the judiciary, claimed that Mehdi Rasouli and Mohammadreza Miri "carried out violent acts" and played a role in the killing of security agents.
Persian original
سایت «میزان» وابسته به قوه قضائیه ادعا کرد، مهدی رسولی و محمدرضا میری «اقدامات خشونت‌آمیزی انجام داده‌اند» و در کشته شدن ماموران امنیتی نقش داشته‌اند.
Charge: Operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups
Persian original
Charge: Operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups

After their death

The security bodies had forced his family and those close to him into silence with the promise that if they stayed silent, his sentence would be changed
Persian original
نهادهای امنیتی با این وعده که در صورت ساکت ماندن، حکم او تغییر خواهد کرد، خانواده و نزدیکانش را به سکوت واداشته بودند

Sources

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

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