Iran details integration of two executed last week

The office of the public prosecutor at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on Monday published details about two people who were executed last week on charges of being a mohareb — an enemy of God.

According to a statement released by the office, Arash Rahmani-Pour was arrested before the June 12 presidential election for being a member of Kingdom Assembly of Iran, an obscure monarchist group that seeks to re-establish the Pahlavi reign in the country.

Rahmani-Pour, during his preliminary interrogation rounds, admitted to being a member of Tondar, an offshoot of Kingdom Assembly of Iran, as well as having plans to strike the Tehran Bazaar, the statement said.

He also confessed to making explosives to strike his targets but added that he was unable to carry out his plans due to the presence of Basij forces in the areas, it said.

Rahmani-Pour, who was executed on Thursday, told his interrogators that through his connections with the pro-monarchy group, he had been convinced that the Pahlavi regime should be reinstated in Iran. He then said that he had gathered more than 100 kilograms (220 lb) of chemicals to make explosives, the statement added.

In addition to his charges, amongst which he was blamed for the deadly bombing of a religious compound in Shiraz, he was accused of conducting an anti-revolutionary campaign.

According to the statement, the other man executed Thursday was Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, who was also associated with Kingdom Assembly of Iran.

“Ali-Zamani had illegally entered Iraq’s Kurdistan, where he applied for asylum. There, he met with Forood Fouladvand [the leader of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran],” read the statement.

It added that Ali-Zamani had received trainings regarding “nuclear terrorism” as well as making dirty bombs.

He had also, the statement added, revealed information about Basij members who live in Islamshahr — located in southwest of Tehran — to his contact in the pro-monarchy group.

The court found Rahmani-Pour and Ali-Zamani guilty and sentenced both to death for being a mohareb. The two appealed the ruling but the court of appeals upheld the decision, the statement added.