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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year

Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.

Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court.

A source close to Amini’s family told the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) that Amini was sentenced to death on charges of “sab ol-nabi” (insulting the prophet).

In the second case, Amini was sentenced to 12 years, six months and one day on charges including acting against national security and spreading propaganda against the regime.

Amini was arrested by security forces during January’s nationwide protests, which were suppressed with a deadly crackdown. Thousands were reported killed, while the HRAI news agency, Hrana, said more than 50,000 people were arrested.

In an audio recording released from the prison last month, Amini appealed for international intervention, calling on the UN, lawyers and rights groups to investigate her case.

“I do not want to make a hero out of myself today. I only want one thing: be my voice,” she said.

“I am an innocent young girl with so many hopes and dreams,” Amini said.


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