"She now faces execution again. Already sentenced to death twice in 2024 and early 2025, this August the Supreme Court once again upheld the ruling. Her commitment to workers' rights brought her to the attention of the authorities. She was a member of a committee for the formation of labor organizations in the northern Iranian coastal city of Rasht on the Caspian Sea, where she worked and lived with her family, including her 13-year-old son."
"Under Iranian criminal law, three offenses are punishable by death: war against God (moharebeh), corruption on earth, and rebellion (baghi), lawyer Marzieh Mohebi told DW. "The relevant articles of the law are so vaguely worded that judges can apply them to almost any form of protest or political activity." Mohebi has been living in exile in France for two years. In Iran, she built a network of female lawyers who represented women imprisoned without charges or in difficult circumstances."
Sharifeh Mohammadi has been detained since December 2023 on accusations of armed rebellion against the state. She received death sentences twice in 2024 and early 2025, and the Supreme Court upheld the ruling in August. Her labor organizing in Rasht brought her under scrutiny; she lived there with her family, including a 13-year-old son. Iranian law punishes moharebeh, corruption on earth, and baghi with death. The law's wording allows judges to apply those charges to many forms of protest or political activity. Many female lawyers were arrested during suppression of nationwide protests following Jina Mahsa Amini’s death.
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