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26:54Now PlayingIranian authorities have sentenced 26-year-old Mohammad Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh to death for blasphemy and allegedly collaborating with Israel, a charge based on confessions reportedly obtained under torture and supported by scant evidence, including "an empty handgun magazine" and "a pepper spray can." Shayesteh, initially held at Evin Prison, was moved to Ghezel Hesar Prison’s solitary confinement ahead of his execution. Human rights groups, including Iran Human Rights (IHR), have condemned the case, with Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stating, “The Islamic Republic is going through the biggest crises of its lifetime and… is resorting to intimidation through the execution of defenseless prisoners.” Shayesteh’s hasty trial by the notorious “Death Judge” Salavati is emblematic of a broader crackdown, as Iran escalates its use of the death penalty, with over 300 executions in the past two months and dozens of political prisoners at risk. Human rights advocates are urging international intervention to halt this alarming trend.
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