Ehsan Fatahian

Ehsan Fatahian (Persian: احسان فتاحیان; Kurdish: ئیحسان فەتاحیان; b.

1982 in Kermanshah - d. November 11, 2009 in Sanandaj), was a Kurdish activist, who was executed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in Sanandaj Central Prison, after being sentenced to death by the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, for allegedly being a member of the armed wing of Komalah.

[3] He was arrested on July 20, 2008, in the Kurdish city of Kamyiaran by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Omid Memarian, a Human Rights Watch consultant, said: “The execution today is very alarming.

[1] Prisoners at Sanandaj Prison, including Habibollah Latifi, Adnan Hassanpour, Anward Hossein Panahi, Arsalan Evliyayi, Jabril Khoroyi, Ronak Safazadeh and Fatemeh Goftari participated in a hunger strike to support Fatahian.