Iran overturns death sentence of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi

Iran's highest tribunal overturned the decease condemnation of a pistillate labour rights activistic who was accused of links to an outlawed Kurdish group, section media reported Saturday.

"The Supreme Court ... has overturned the verdict against my client, Ms. Sharifeh Mohammadi," her lawyer Amir Raisian was quoted arsenic saying by the reformist Shargh regular newspaper.

He added that the lawsuit was referred for a re-trial.

In effect to the Supreme Court's annulment of Mohammadi's decease sentence, the run to support Mohammadi released a connection demanding "the implicit acquittal of Sharifeh Mohammadi from each charges and her immediate, unconditional release."

The connection emphasized that the reversal of Mohammadi's decease condemnation was the result of a corporate effort involving labour unions, teachers, commercialized organizations, students, retirees from some Iran and abroad, arsenic good arsenic quality rights groups and media outlets.

The connection underscores that the annulment of Mohammadi's decease condemnation does not erase the oppression, abuse, and the suffering endured by her, her child, her mother, her husband, and her full family.

Mohammadi, 45, was sentenced to decease successful aboriginal July pursuing her apprehension successful December 2023 by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Rasht connected charges of "rebellion," according to rights groups.

She's accused of being a subordinate of the Komala party, an exiled Iraq-based Kurdish separatist radical that Tehran considers a violent organization.

Tehran accused Kurdish groups successful Iraq of fomenting monthslong nationwide wide protests triggered by the September 2022 decease successful custody of Mahsa Amini.

Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died pursuing her apprehension implicit an alleged usurpation of the Islamic Republic's strict formal codification for women.

The connection from Mohammadi's defenders goes connected to assert, "We volition persist, with clarity and determination, successful our combat and organizing efforts for Sharifeh Mohammadi's unconditional release."

Mohammadi's supporters besides enactment that complaints regarding her torture and the usurpation of her cardinal rights — including her rights to relation and state of look — are being actively pursued successful planetary forums.

This study originated from VOA's Persian Service. Some accusation utilized successful this communicative was provided by Agence France-Presse.