Iranian human rights defender, Sharifeh Mohammadi, is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court sentenced her to death again in February 2025. She was convicted of “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi) solely for her peaceful human rights activities, including supporting women’s and workers’ rights. In October 2024, the Supreme Court had overturned her conviction and death sentence issued in June 2024 and ordered further proceedings in a lower court. A grossly unfair retrial took place in December 2024; her allegations of torture and other ill-treatment were never investigated.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: June 30, 2025
Dear Mr. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei,
Human rights defender, Sharifeh Mohammadi, 45, is at risk of execution in Lakan prison, Rasht, Gilan province, after Branch Two of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht sentenced her to death for “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi) in a grossly unfair trial.
In 2023, Sharifeh Mohammadi was subjected to an arbitrary arrest by agents of the Ministry of intelligence who interrogated her about her human rights activism.
I urge you to immediately halt any plans to execute Sharifeh Mohammadi, quash her conviction and death sentence, and release her immediately and unconditionally, as she is held solely for her peaceful human rights activism. Pending her release, provide her with adequate healthcare and regular visits from family and lawyers; protect her from further torture and other ill-treatment; and order an independent, effective, and impartial investigation into her torture allegations, bringing anyone suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in fair trials and without resort to the death penalty.
Yours sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
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