Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Mehrab Abdollazadeh, a political prisoner who was detained during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” (Woman, Life, Freedom) protests, raising fears that his execution could be imminent.
Branch Nine of the Supreme Court confirmed the ruling issued by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh in West Azerbaijan Province in October 2024, which sentenced Abdollazadeh to death on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fil-arz) through alleged “involvement in the premeditated murder” of a Basij member.
A source familiar with the case told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): “On Thursday, 18 December 2025, the judge responsible for the enforcement of sentences at Branch Nine of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of Orumiyeh informed Mehrab Abdollazadeh that Branch Nine of the Supreme Court had upheld his death sentence, asking him to sign a letter requesting pardon and clemency.”
The source expressed concern over the risk of execution in the coming days and added that, in recent years, political prisoners have commonly been asked to submit requests for pardon and clemency to the provincial commission shortly before execution.
The same procedure was followed two weeks earlier in the case of Aghil Keshavarz, a student from Isfahan who was executed on 19 December at Orumiyeh Central Prison.