Najmeh Amini sentenced to death in Iran over socia...

Summary

• A court in Iran has sentenced Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, to death for blasphemy over an online post, rights groups say.
• According to the group Iran Human Rights, authorities hold Amini in Mashhad Central Prison, also called Vakilabad.
• Rights groups raise the alarmMahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, who directs Iran Human Rights, called the case “an extremely alarming development.”He noted that Iran executed two men for blasphemy in 2023.

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A court in Iran has sentenced Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, to death for blasphemy over an online post, rights groups say.

According to the group Iran Human Rights, authorities hold Amini in Mashhad Central Prison, also called Vakilabad. A court found her guilty of insulting the Prophet in her post.

She also got a separate jail term of more than 12 years on national security and propaganda charges. One report said she spent about eight months in custody before the verdict.

However, the death sentence is not final yet. Najmeh Amini can still challenge it at Iran’s Supreme Court.

Inside the trial of Najmeh Amini

A local newspaper confirmed the case on October 7, naming her only by her initials. It did not say when the court issued its verdict. It said police detained her in Mashhad in February, after cyber police tracked her online posts.