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iranintl – Iranian authorities have not returned the body of 18-year-old protester Amirhossein Hatami to his family four days after his execution on Thursday, Iran International has learned.
Informed sources said officials withheld the body after Hatami’s name appeared on a website linked to the Mojahedin-e Khalgh organization (MEK), an allegation his family denies.
Hatami was among defendants in a case related to a fire at a Basij base in eastern Tehran.
Several others in the same case, including Mohammadamin Biglari, Shahin Vahedparast, Abolfazl Salehi Siavashani and Ali Fahim, were also sentenced to death.
Vahedparast and Biglari were executed on Sunday, while Fahim’s execution was announced on Monday.
According to some reports, Vahedparast’s body has also not been returned to his family.
Vahedparast’s wife was reportedly four months pregnant at the time of his execution, and relatives said he had hoped to open a restaurant with her.
Informed sources told Iran International that Hatami was an industrial design student at the University of Tehran and was fluent in three languages.
A source familiar with the case said the incident on January 8 involved seven defendants, none of whom had a role in starting the fire. The source said they entered the Basij base along with around 50 others after the fire had already begun.
Minutes later, another fire broke out and many people managed to flee, but seven individuals, including Hatami, were unable to escape, the source said.
They went to the rooftop but were detained by Basij forces and severely beaten, according to the source.
Judicial authorities accused the detainees of attempting to access an armory.
After interrogations that involved severe psychological pressure, they were transferred to Ghezel Hesar prison, the source said.
The defendants were denied in-person visits during detention and were only allowed phone calls.
Their trial was held by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, and they were denied access to a lawyer of their choice. Death sentences were issued on February 7.
Iran International sources said the confessions in the case were obtained under coercion and that the judicial process led to executions without full awareness of the defendants and their families.
