Iranian mother says her son sentenced to death, appeals for help
Video of woman appealing for help to save her son who she says has been sentenced to death at the first session of a trial. Video credit: Video obtained by Reuters
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1. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MOTHER OF MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE, MASOUMEH AHMADI, SAYING:
“Please support us before it’s too late. Mohammad Ghobadlou my son is only 22 years old. And even though he is ill and has a nervous system disease, they have removed his lawyers. The court has fired his lawyers. They don’t allow his lawyers to enter the courts. They are treating my child unfairly. They have interrogated him without an attorney present. And in that very first session of the court, they have sentenced him to death. Is this Islamic justice? In what court do they issue an execution sentence in the first session? And they want to execute the sentence equally quickly. Please, please, help and support us.”
STORY: An Iranian mother said her 22-year-old son has been handed a death sentence at an initial court hearing in Iran and his lawyers were removed by the court, a video released on Monday (October 31) showed.
The woman, named Masoumeh Ahmadi by media reports, asked for help and support, saying that the authorities wanted to carry out the death sentence given to Mohammad Ghobadlou “quickly.”
The widely followed Twitter account that shared the video, 1500tasvir, said he had been tried by Iran’s "rioters' tribunal". Reuters was not able to verify the account.
Iran has seen weeks of protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody.
Iranian leaders have called the protests a plot against the Islamic Republic by enemies including the United States, vowing tough action against protesters they have described as "rioters".
The country’s hardline judiciary will hold public trials of about 1,000 people indicted over unrest in Tehran, a semi-official news agency said on Monday.
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