"His life is in grave danger, the execution of his death sentence could occur at any moment, said Shahin Gobadi, of the foreign affairs committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of opposition movements. One has to keep in mind that in the past six years, the regime has used extensive torture and has tried hard to force him to renounce the MEK."
"Amnesty International has repeatedly held that this charge does not meet the principles of legality and clarity as required by international law and standards. Our research has consistently shown that revolutionary courts lack independence and impose harsh sentences following grossly unfair trials. People tried before such cour"
Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, from Mashhad was arrested in 2020 for participating in 2019 nationwide protests and accused of supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK). He has spent five years in prison, subjected to torture and solitary confinement. His request for a retrial was rejected on 15 December and his case was forwarded to the department for the implementation of sentences in Mashhad after an unexpected visit from his mother. He was convicted of 'corruption on Earth' and sentenced to death for a third time in September 2024; the supreme court upheld the death sentence on 4 October. Amnesty International and other campaigners call for the execution to be halted and the conviction quashed, citing lack of legal clarity and grossly unfair trials in revolutionary courts.
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