Iran's regime continues irregular death sentencing as it hunts for 'Israeli collaborators'

Iran's Islamic regime is continuing its pattern of issuing death sentences through irregular proceedings that human rights groups and lawyers say violate detainees' legal rights. This week saw the execution of Gholamreza Khani Shekarab, accused of being a "Mossad's operational ringleader abroad." The judiciary's Mizan Online website claimed Mossad lured Shekarab, using him to assassinate an Iranian rabbi to frame Iran for antisemitic acts.

Another execution, Mojtaba Kian, occurred on Sunday. He was accused of cooperating with "networks affiliated with Israel and the United States" and allegedly sent information on facilities producing parts for defense industries. Kian was arrested less than 50 days before his execution.

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the Zionist regime does not hesitate to even sacrifice Jews to advance its nefarious goals and accuse Iran of antisemitic acts.

In a separate case, four "Women, Life, Freedom" protesters received death sentences. Human rights organizations have condemned the "Ekbatan case" trial as a sham. The protesters were held responsible for the death of a 21-year-old Basij agent during demonstrations in 2022. Authorities admitted they could not confirm who inflicted the fatal head trauma.

The sentences were issued by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, known as the "Judge of death," who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2019 for delivering harsh sentences to political prisoners and activists. The legal counsel for one of the sentenced protesters stated he was not informed of the ruling's content or justification, and that the charge of "moharebeh" (enmity against God) had been dropped and amended.

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Milad has been sentenced to death on the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God), despite the fact that the charge of moharebeh had essentially been dropped from the case and amended to efsad-fil-arz.