The confirmation of the death sentence of "Peyman Farah-Avar" drowned out the voice of justice.

The confirmation of the death sentence of "Peyman Farah Avar" is a sign of the continuation of the repression that is burying the voices of protesters for justice.

In a final decision made by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Peyman (Amin) Farah-Avar, a poet and environmental activist from Gilan, was officially confirmed. This verdict was confirmed after the Supreme Court reviewed and examined the case and issued in private, without emphasizing a thorough and public examination of the defendant's rights to defense.

Peyman Farah-Avar, who was arrested in September 1403, was tried after almost eight months in Branch 1 of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, presided over by Ahmad Darvish-Goftar. Peyman was convicted on charges of “rebellion” and “moharebeh”; charges that are commonly used in the Islamic Republic’s judicial processes to suppress protesters and critics. During the trial, Farah-Avar was denied the right to a lawyer of his choice and was not provided with a full defense.

Peyman Farah Awar is the father of a ten-year-old son, and his family is now facing a human and moral catastrophe; a child who should be waiting for his father to return, not in terror of his loss.

According to the findings of the Iranian Human Rights Campaign, the process of repression in Gilan province, especially against poets, writers, civil and environmental activists, has continued in a systematic and intensified manner after the formation of the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement.
In this province, numerous death sentences have been issued against political prisoners and civil society activists have faced heavy prison sentences or executions. This situation shows that repression at a planned level and with judicial means has become a weapon against protest.

Political prisoners are also held in deplorable conditions in Lakan Prison in Rasht. One of the obvious shortcomings of the prison is the lack of adherence to the principle of separation of crimes, meaning that people with political and general charges are usually held in a common section, which threatens their security and rights.

Over the past four decades, the Islamic Republic has repeatedly shown that it does not tolerate dissent in any way, whether in the political, religious, or civil and cultural spheres. What is evident in the case of Peyman Farah-Avar is not an independent and fair judgment, but rather a repetition of the same pattern of repression that has been carried out against political prisoners in numerous cases.

It doesn't matter whether the individual is in power or in the palace; even if the clerics stand up against oppression and speak out, in this system their resistance is sometimes accompanied by punishment. The Islamic Republic prefers to silence the voice of dissent with its judicial and security powers, not through discussion and debate, but through death sentences, imprisonment, and threats.

In this context, the confirmation of the death sentence of Peyman Farah-Avar, who only writes protest poems, carries this bitter message: anyone in Iran who takes a step against the official trend has lost their rhyme, even if their pen is their only means of protest.