Soltan Ali Shirzadi Fakhr was hanged after being convicted of membership in the MKO terrorist group and cooperation with the espionage service of the Zionist regime, following legal procedures and confirmation of the verdict by the Supreme Court of Iran.
Shirzadi Fakhr was as a long-time member of the MKO who had engaged in extensive activities with the terrorist group over many years. Although he had been outside Iran for a prolonged period, he entered the country under the pretext of visiting his family and due to homesickness. However, he was identified upon arrival and placed under surveillance by the Iranian intelligence forces and arrested before carrying out any operation.
Following court proceedings, he was convicted of “waging war” (moharebeh) through armed actions aimed at endangering the lives, property, and dignity of civilians, due to his participation in MKO terrorist group’s military operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as for membership in the group and cooperation with the Israeli regime.
MKO members spent many years in Iraq, where they were hosted and armed by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. They sided with Saddam during the 1980-88 imposed war against Iran and then helped him quell domestic uprisings in various parts of the Arab country.
The hated group is responsible for killing thousands of Iranian civilians and officials after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
More than 17,000 Iranians, many of them civilians, have been killed at the hands of the MKO in different acts of terrorism including bombings in public places, and targeted killings.