Appeal against a death sentence in Iran

Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the appeal of a protester who had been sentenced to death. According to their information service Misan, the judicial authorities said today that there were deficiencies in the investigation of Saman Saidi Jasin’s case. In a second case, the verdict was confirmed.

Initially, the authorities said that two cases had been appealed and that the cases once morest Jasin and Mohammad Kobadlu would be returned to the courts that made the verdicts. Now Misan announced that the court had corrected its own statements: Jasin’s appeal had been accepted. “Mohammad Kobadlu’s appeal was not accepted, the verdict was upheld.”

Two people have already been executed this month in connection with nationwide protests once morest the country’s leadership that erupted in September. Mohsen Shekari, 23, was accused of blocking a main road and stabbing a member of the Basij paramilitary militia in September. Majid Reza Rahnaward, also 23, was accused of stabbing two Basij members. Both were hanged.