Iranian Regime Sentences 23-Year-Old Woman to Death for Social Media Post, Sparking Human Rights Outcry
Human rights groups say the 23-year-old accounting student was convicted in two courts and faces a separate 12-year, six-month prison term.
- Iranian authorities sentenced 23-year-old accounting student Najmeh Amini to death for alleged blasphemy over social media posts, with her held at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad pending Supreme Court review.
- A Revolutionary Court also imposed a 12-year, six-month, and one-day prison sentence against Amini for anti-regime propaganda charges, as Iranian law classifies insulting the Prophet Muhammad as a capital offense.
- During her trial, Amini claimed she published the post while hallucinating from psychedelic mushrooms, but the presiding judge rejected her defense, questioning why she targeted sensitive topics if acting unintentionally.
- IHRNGO Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam warned that authorities are testing international 'tolerance' for executions, cautioning that failing to respond firmly could embolden Tehran to impose the death penalty more widely.
- More than 600 executions have occurred in Iran this year amid a broader crackdown on dissent, prompting Amnesty International deputy regional director Diana Eltahawy to call for urgent diplomatic pressure to halt planned executions.
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Iran has increased the number of executions, and the death sentence of a 23-year-old accounting student indicates that things could get even worse.
The Iranian regime is reportedly increasing the number of death sentences in an attempt to suppress dissent, human rights groups warn. Among those sentenced to death was 23-year-old Najmeh Amini, who violated blasphemy laws by posting on social media. The post allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The Islamic penal code defines […] The post Girl sentenced to death in Iran for posting on social media first appeared on Nova24TV.
According to the Iranian regime, the young woman allegedly violently insulted the country's imams on social media. ...
Najmeh Amini is only 23 years old. She studies accounting and lives with her family in Mashhad, northeast of Iran. For a post published on social media, and deemed "blasphemy" by the authorities, she has been sentenced to death. "I don't want to be heroine, I just want my voice to be heard," she said in a message leaked from the Vakilabad prison, where she has been held since January. Read: Najmeh Amini, 23 years old, sentenced to death in Iran …
Human rights groups have warned of the increasing use of the death penalty by the Tehran regime to suppress dissent. More than 600 executions have been carried out since the beginning of the year.
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