Iran: Amnesty International denounces new death sentence

The results of the confrontation between protesters and authorities in Iran – because of the death of Mahsa Amini – continue to generate repercussions, and this Sunday the non-governmental organization Amnesty International denounced the upcoming execution of a man after an “unfair trial” and the death sentence against another involved. Two days after being arrested by the morality police last November – for not wearing the Islamic veil as dictated by the regime – Amini was found dead, and in Iran a wave of protests broke out that so far left more than 300 demonstrators dead due to repression. Last Thursday, Mohsen Shekari, 23, was the first executed by the Iranian authorities for being considered an “enemy of God” after wounding an officer with a knife and “disturbing public order.”  This Sunday, Amnesty International denounced that the Iranian Justice sentenced Sahand Nurmohamad-Zadeh to death for “tearing down road railings and setting fire to garbage cans and tires” in order to “disturb the peace and confront the Islamic State”. Like the previous convict, Sahand was convicted by the court as an “enemy of God.” In addition, the NGO warned that in Iran they are preparing to execute Mahan Sadrat Madani after a “manifestly unfair” trial before a court in Tehran, last November three. The young man, according to Iranian justice, used a knife to injure a person, set fire to a motorcycle and damaged a mobile phone, although he repeatedly denied the accusations.

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