Iran: Sufi bus driver executed at dawn after grossly unfair trial
In response to the execution of Mohammad Salas, a 51-year-old man from Irans largest Sufi order, the Gonabadi Dervish religious minority, Amnesty International said:
Amnesty International condemns, in the strongest terms, todays execution of Mohammad Salas, which was carried out despite serious unfair trial concerns.
The Iranian authorities have a deplorable track record when it comes to the use of the death penalty. This execution is a travesty of justice that is abhorrent and unconscionable. It flies in the face of the huge public outcry in the country and is vengeance, not justice.
Mohammad Salas trial was grossly unfair. He said he was forced under torture to make a confession against himself. This confession, taken from his hospital bed, was broadcast on state television weeks before his trial and used as the only piece of evidence to convict him. He was not allowed access to his chosen lawyer at any point before or during his trial, and his independent lawyers repeated demands to the authorities to allow critical evidence indicating his innocence were dismissed outright.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/06/iran-sufi-bus-driver-executed/