The Supreme Court of Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued for political prisoner Soheil Arabi, the judiciary has announced. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the spokesman for the judiciary, reported on Tuesday December 2 that there is no discussion of granting Arabi a pardon; however, a request to review his file has been granted. On […]
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Illegal Addition of New Charges Makes Death Sentence for Soheil Arabi More Likely
New Charges Seem Aimed at Avoiding Commutation of Sentence In an arbitrary and illegal act, new charges that carry a death sentence and which do not allow a pardon were added and the death sentence of Facebook user Soheil Arabi was confirmed by the Supreme Court in Iran. “In a surprising act, the charge […]
Death Sentence Upheld For Iranian Internet Activist
Iranian opposition websites are reporting that an appeal court in Iran has confirmed the death sentence for an Internet activist who allegedly insulted Prophet Muhammad. Soheil Arabi was reportedly arrested last year by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps over his posts on Facebook, where he is said to have been active under different names. […]
Prisoners stand up for condemned Sunnis
Prisoners have thwarted attempts by officials at Rejai Shahr Prison in Karaj to transfer 26 condemned Sunnis to Ghezel Hessar Prison. A political prisoner informed the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA): “The officials first announced that Kaveh Veisi and Mokhtar Rahimi were to be transferred. We resisted them, and they said they have […]
Senior cleric pleads case of Sunni Muslims on death row
Senior Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader urging him to stop the execution of “26 Sunni men in Karaj’s Rejai Shahr Prison” who’ve been sentenced to death. Mowlavi Abdolhamid’s website reports that in a letter dated September 19, 2013, the Friday Mass Imam of Zahedan addresses Ayatollah Khamenei, writing: “In […]