Nearly a dozen Iranians could be facing “imminent” execution according to rights groups after the regime carried out its first death penalty on a headscarf protester.
Just days after Iran publicly acknowledged the hanging, Amnesty International on Sunday warned that preparations are under way for the execution of 22-year-old Mahan Sadrat Madani.
In accusations that he has repeatedly denied, Mr Madani was sentenced for allegedly “using a knife to attack an individual, setting on fire a motorcycle and damaging a mobile phone”, according to the human rights group. The court ruled his charges constitute “enmity against God”.
A month after what campaigners called a “grossly unfair trail”, he was moved to a different prison on Saturday, sparking widespread alarm that his execution would be imminent.
Some 11 people have been sentenced to the death penalty since the protests began.