The letter of Chairman of the Left Party of Sweden to Iranian President regarding Yaghub Mehrnehad

To His Excellency

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

Stockholm, the 21^st of February 2008

The Baluchian journalist and chairman of the youth organization Anjomane Sedaye Adalat (The Voice of justice Young People´s Society), Yaghub Mehrnehad, has been arrested because he had organized a meeting in order to call the authorities´ attention to the problem of unemployment and other great social and economic problems in the province of Baluchistan.

In order to create a constructive dialogue with the authorities he invited them to the meeting. Instead of taking part in a dialogue Yaghub Mehrnehad was arrested by the authorities,, tortured and taken to court and sentenced to death in a trial behind closed doors.

The treatment of Yaghub Mehrnehad is from all aspects a crime against Human Rights. It is against all we know about democratic rights and the rules of a juridical society.

We strongly condemn the treatment of Yaghub Mehrnehad and demand that he must be released immediately.

For the Left Party of Sweden

Lars Ohly                                                                       

Member of the Swedish Parliament                                 

Chairman of the Left Party of Sweden                                                                        

Hans Linde

Member of the Standing Committee

for Foreign Affairs of the

Swedish Parliament