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The imminent execution of an Iran Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.Their appeal follows serious concerns that Heidar Ghorb did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention.He was arrested in October 2016 in connection with the alleged killing of three men affiliated to Basij paramilitary forces and no information was provided to Ghorb's family on his whereabouts until three months later.In a statement, the rights experts said that they were "seriously concerned" that the 48-year old's confession was forced as a result of torture and ill-treatment.They also expressed concerns that he had been denied access to a lawyer during the investigation, and that later his attorney did not have full access to his case file during the trial."Allegations of torture and confessions extracted under duress are extremely concerning, as is the fact that these allegations did not lead to any investigation and appear not to have been considered by the Court during his trial", the experts said.In October 2019, a Criminal Court convicted Ghorb of aiding and abetting murder, attempted kidnapping and assisting the perpetrators of the attack to escape.He was sentenced to 118 years and six months in prison.The following January, a Revolutionary Court in Kurdistan Province convicted him of an armed rebellion against the State, called baghi, and sentenced him to death - despite the court's acknowledgement in the verdict that Ghorb was never armed.Iran's Criminal Code stipulates that to establish the crime of baghi, the defendant must be a member of an armed group and personally resort to arms.During his trial, Ghorb denied all charges, stating that he was not a member of a Kurdish political orgzation and never had a weapon when the victims were killed, the rights experts noted.In August 2020, Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence and rejected Ghorb's requests for a judicial review in September 2020 and again in August 2021.His sentence may be carried out at any time.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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