"Sharifeh Mohammadi has been in prison since December 2023. The 46-year-old activist and engineer is accused of "armed rebellion against the state" in Iran. 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."
""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. In September 2022, nationwide protests broke out following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody. Amini was allegedly not wearing the mandatory head covering for women correctly."
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a 46-year-old engineer and labor activist, has been detained since December 2023 on charges of "armed rebellion against the state" and now faces execution after multiple death sentences. The Supreme Court upheld a death ruling in August following earlier death sentences in 2024 and early 2025. Mohammadi helped form labor organizations in Rasht and worked on workers' rights, activities the government labels as opposition. Iranian criminal law allows capital punishment for moharebeh, corruption on earth, and rebellion, with broadly worded provisions that can be applied to protest or political activity. Many female lawyers who aided demonstrators have been arrested.
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