By Bosphorus News Geopolitics Desk
Iran executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi, 38, in the southeastern city of Kerman on October 14 after convicting him of armed attacks during the war with the United States and Israel. In a separate case, 23-year-old student Najmeh Amini faces execution over a social media post, although her death sentence remains subject to appeal.
Iran's judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency said Mostafavi was convicted of moharebeh, or "enmity against God." Prosecutors accused him of opening fire on civilians in Kerman on March 24, injuring a man and a young girl, and carrying out further shootings in April.
The judiciary also accused him of supporting exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, maintaining links to Israel and sending footage of anti-government protests to media outlets abroad. Iran's Supreme Court upheld his death sentence on September 28.
Mostafavi was a mountaineer and musician from Bam, according to the Hana Human Rights Organization (HANA). The group reported allegations that he had been beaten during his arrest and forced to confess. Those allegations have not been independently verified.
Student Faces Death Sentence Over Social Media Post
Najmeh Amini, an accounting student held at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, was sentenced to death on September 16 for blasphemy over a social media post.
The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights organization said she was convicted under sabb al-nabi, an offense involving insults to the Prophet Muhammad. The court rejected arguments that she had not deliberately intended to commit the offense. The Supreme Court has not upheld the death sentence.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a separate organization from HANA, documented Amini's detention and prosecution. It reported that she was arrested during the January protests and has remained in custody in Mashhad.
The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that Amini received an additional prison sentence of 12 years, six months and one day in a separate case involving national security and anti-government propaganda charges.
Amnesty International said on October 13 that five people convicted in cases linked to January's protests had been executed between September 30 and October 5. That brought the number of protest-related executions to at least 34, according to the organization.
Amnesty also reported allegations of torture, coerced confessions and restricted access to lawyers in the proceedings.
Sources: Mizan News Agency, Hana Human Rights Organization, Human Rights Activists News Agency, Iran Human Rights, Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Bosphorus News review and reporting.