IRAN ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE LINKED TO JANUARY UNREST, SOURCE SAYS

Asharq Al Awsat

A revolutionary court in Tehran has issued a death sentence for an Iranian man accused of "enmity against God", which if confirmed would be the first such sentence linked to mass protests in January, a source close to the man's family said.

The ‌source told Reuters ‌on Tuesday that ‌Iran's ⁠judiciary had not yet ⁠announced the sentence against the man, Mohammad Abbasi, and that Iran's Supreme Court was yet to uphold it.

Abbasi was accused of killing a security officer, ⁠an allegation his family denied, the ‌source ‌said.

Rights groups say thousands of people were ‌killed in a crackdown on ‌the protests, the worst domestic unrest in Iran since the era of its 1979 revolution.

During the unrest, ‌US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that he could order ⁠military ⁠action if it carried out executions.

The source said the defendant's daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, was handed a 25-year prison sentence over her role in protests.

"The defendants do not have access to the lawyer they wanted, and were given a public defender," the source added.

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2026-02-24T17:15:38Z