Amid widespread home and worldwide backlash to the executions of Mohammad Qabadlou and Farhad Salimi, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic introduced on Tuesday, Bahman 3, that the dying sentence of Mahan Sadrat Marni, a younger protester, had been overturned and adjusted to 16 years in jail and exile.
According to the Meezan information company, affiliated with the judiciary, the protester, arrested in Tehran, acquired a brand new verdict sentencing him to 16 years of imprisonment and exile in Kalibar jail in East Azerbaijan province, which will be enforced for 10 years if accepted.
Mizan reported that Mahan Sadrat Morni was given a 10-year exile in Kalibar jail in East Azerbaijan for the cost of “warfare,” 5 years for “gathering and collusion in opposition to the safety of the nation,” and one yr for “propaganda exercise in opposition to the regime.” Additionally, he was sentenced to a yr in jail.
According to the Dodban Legal Education and Counseling Center web site, the judicial system of the Islamic Republic has accused Mahan Sadrat Marni, born in 1378, of “holding a knife and preventing with an agent.”
However, Dodban quoted Mahan’s father as stating that the protester repeatedly asserted in courtroom that he didn’t have a knife.
The Supreme Court of the nation accepted the request to renew the proceedings within the case of Mahan Sadrat civil affairs on December 30, 1401.
The voiding of the dying sentence for this protester by the Supreme Court and the return of his case to the courtroom is noteworthy, particularly in mild of Mohammad Qabadlo’s execution, a prisoner protester with bipolar dysfunction, throughout the same course of regardless of widespread opposition from civil activists and human rights establishments on Tuesday, Bahman 3.
To date, the judicial system of the Iranian authorities has executed 9 protesters: Mohsen Shekari, Majidreza Rahnavard, Mohammad Mahdi Karmi, Mohammad Hosseini, Saeed Yaqoubi, Saleh Mirhashmi, Majid Kazemi, Milad Zohravand, and Mohammad Qabadlou.
Amnesty International has said that the authorities in Iran use the dying penalty as a way to suppress protestors, opponents, and minorities.
Recently, Abram Pili, the US Deputy Special Representative for Iran Affairs, condemned the execution of Iranian residents following “unjust trials and arbitrary arrests” as an indication of the “cruelty” of the Iranian authorities, emphasizing that the United States strongly condemns using dying penalty to deal with human rights points in Iran.