IRAN - Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari sentenced to death

September 18, 2026 - IRAN. Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari sentenced to death over January protests

Based on information received by Hengaw, Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari, a 22-year-old Gilak man from Choubar, Gilan Province, a political prisoner arrested during the January protests in Tehran, has been sentenced to death.

He had previously been charged by Branch 33 of Tehran’s Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, known as the Shahid Moghaddas Security Prosecutor’s Office, with “assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security,” “disrupting public order and peace through participation in protests,” “attempted intentional murder by attempting to run over officers,” and “resisting government forces.”

Mojallal Choubari was arrested during a protest gathering in Tehran on January 2, 2026. Following interrogation, he was transferred to Gezel-Hesar Prison in Karaj, where he is still detained. The branch that issued the death sentence and the legal basis for the ruling have not yet been disclosed.