The Iranian regime’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a Kurdish political prisoner held in Lakan Prison, Rasht.
According to her defense attorney, Amir Raisian, the ruling comes despite the fact that the same legal flaws which previously led to the annulment of her sentence remain unresolved.
Raisian stated, “Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, which had earlier overturned the verdict issued by the Revolutionary Court due to numerous deficiencies, has now upheld the death sentence despite the persistence of those very flaws.”
Sharifeh Mohammadi has twice been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Rasht—first by Branch 1, and later by Branch 2. In October 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the initial ruling, citing a lack of evidence linking her to any armed operations, failure to prove membership in an “armed rebellion” group, and serious inconsistencies in the intelligence reports provided by security forces.
Sharifeh Mohammadi was previously subjected to severe psychological and physical pressure during interrogations at the Intelligence Department of Sanandaj, aimed at extracting forced confessions.
Security forces arrested Mohammadi at her home on December 5, 2023. She was later returned to Lakan Prison in Rasht after a brief transfer to Sanandaj Prison. A source close to her family has asserted that Sharifeh Mohammadi was only a member of a labor rights organization until 2013 and had no connection to the Komala Party, the group she is accused of affiliating with.
