Iranian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy social media post

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 09:44 · Archive

A 23-year-old Iranian accounting student has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social media post.

Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy following a social media post. She was arrested on 31 January during nationwide protests against Iran's government and has been held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad for eight months.

Amini received the death sentence on charges of 'sab ol-nabi', meaning insulting the prophet. In a separate case, she was sentenced to 12 years, six months and one day on charges including acting against national security and spreading anti-regime propaganda. Both sentences were handed down by revolutionary and criminal courts.

In an audio recording released from prison and attributed to Amini, she appealed for international help. 'I am not trying to make a hero out of myself today; I only ask one thing: be my voice. I am an innocent girl, a young person with so many hopes and dreams,' she said. Human rights groups have raised alarm over the growing number of executions in Iran, reporting at least 600 this year as part of an increasing pattern to suppress dissent.

How it is being reported

• Iranian woman, 23, is sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social media post that 'insulted the prophet'An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social media post that insulted the prophet.Daily Mail · 14 Oct, 09:29
• Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media postRights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post. Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court. Continue reading...The Guardian · 14 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Najmeh Amini · Iran · Mashhad · Vakilabad prison · Human Rights Activists in Iran

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