The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentence of Reza Rasaei, a detainee from last year’s nationwide protests, as reported by the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Rasaei, 34, belongs to the marginalized Kurdish and Yarsan communities in Iran and was previously sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court on false charges related to the killing of an IRGC agent.
A family member of Mr. Rasaei informed HRANA that the protester’s death sentence was recently confirmed by the “17th branch of the country’s highest judicial authority headed by Judge Barani.”
Amnesty International issued a warning after his trial and noted that during interrogations Rasaei was subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, including electric shocks and severe beatings to coerce him into making self-incriminating “confessions”.
Australian lawmaker Keith Wolahan as well as Iranian-American dissident activist Masih Alinejad took to social media to warn of his imminent execution over the weekend.
According to the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran in December, more than half of the people killed during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests were from Baluchi and Kurdish provinces.
As the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict continues, Iran has executed at least 229 people for various convictions since October 7, as reported by The Telegraph, including women and minors.
On Sunday, the Iranian High Court confirmed the death sentence of another protester, Mojahed Kourkour.