2009 Execution of Emadeddin Baghi

The 2009 execution of Emadeddin Baghi was an important event in the judical history of the Islamic Republic of Tawhid in the state of Iran. It marked the end of the active human rights movement in Tawhid, and any attempts to press foward for the end of public executions in the nation.

Background
Baghi was accused of spreading "propaganda against the Islamic Republic", and "divulging state secret information", all of which was denouced by Baghi, his family, and his supporters. The arrests sparked protests around the world as the matter was televised. This has not the first time Baghi was arrested by the government's agents. He had been called to appear at revolutionary courts some 23 times prior to the 15 October 2007 arrest. Many believed that he would be released shortly do to his extensive record of going to prison, and being released shortly afterward. The government too was aware of the revolving door Baghi had been given in judical cases, and the senior officials agreed Baghi was becoming problem for them.

Baghi had long been aiding the United Nations gain information on the executions in Tawhid, of which some 10,000 had had taken place between the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to his trail in 2007. Acting as an insider for a highly unpopular agency in Tawhid was enough to anger the government. However, it was his public opposition to the government human rights abuses that was causing the real for them. In 2000, Baghi published his writings on about the Chain Murders in the late 1990s, and was tried on the basis of "endangering national security", afterwhich he was promptly arrested and sent too prison. In 2003, Baghi was arrested again for publishing his book "endangering national security" and "printing lies" in his book, The Tragedy of Democracy in Tawhid.

The book was banned and Baghi and his family arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard on the orders on the Supreme Leader of Tawhid, Ali Khamenei himself. which the government accused of spreading lies about their intentions and actions. Baghi's record was stacking, and his attempts to spread word of Tawhid's judical procedures were stopped by the government, who took away his passport, closed his newpaper, and suspended the sentences of his wife and daugther. The government was growing tired of the game, and sought a way to put an end to the circus that was Baghi's attempt to speak out against them. That chance came in 2009 at the Ashura protests, in which protestors stated that elections were rigged.

Canidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi claimed that there were irregularities in the system, and was offered a recount by the government. He refused, and demanded that he be handed the office of governor instead, and called on his supporters to protest the local government. Amoung these protestors was none other than Baghi himself. The central cracked down on the protest immediately, and thousands were arrested before the participants could flee. Baghi was amoungst those arrested. Mousavi was removed from his office for enciting the protests, and because he had served as prime minister of Tawhid (a political post now defunct), he placed under house for his service to the state and the revolutionary ideals. Baghi however was not so fortunate.