Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/IRAN: Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted a protester’s appeal against his death sentence handed down to him on charges of damaging public property during an anti-government protest, and sent his case back for a review, the judiciary said on Saturday.
Appeal against the death sentence
Noor Mohammad Zadeh, 25, was arrested on October 4 and was sentenced to death two months later on charges of “waging war against God” for allegedly trying to break the highway guardrail in Iran and setting a rubbish bin on fire.
The convict rejected the accusations, stating he was forced to confess. The convict went on a hunger strike two weeks ago.
Iran already executed two people involved in unrest that erupted in September after the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police for violating Iran’s strict code of dress for women.
Amnesty International has said that Iranian authorities have sought the death penalty for at least 26 others in what the campaign group has said is a push to intimidate protesters.
Supreme Court Accepted Appeal
Mizan news agency said that the Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of Sahand Noor Mohammad Zadeh, one of the convicts of the recent riots. His case has been sent to the same branch of the Revolutionary Court for review.
