Mehdi Jafari, also known as “Mehdi Khosravi,” who was detained in connection with the January 2026 protests in Isfahan, has been sentenced to death by a court of first instance. He is a defendant in the case known as “Isfahan’s Shohada Square,” which has been the subject of reports documenting violations of the defendants’ right to a defense.

According to the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners in Iran, Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced Jafari and nine other defendants in the case to death. The committee warned that Jafari is at risk of execution and expressed concern about his fate and the conduct of the proceedings.

Published human rights reports indicate that the trial was held inside Dastgerd Prison before Judges Morteza Barati and Mohammadreza Tavakoli. Defense lawyers were denied access to the case files and sufficient time to review them. One defendant, Ahmadreza Saeedi, also told the court that the interrogating judicial official had tortured him with an electric shock device.

The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has prosecuted 16 people in the “Isfahan’s Shohada Square” case on charges including (Moharebeh) “waging war against God through carrying bladed weapons,” destruction of public property, assembly and collusion, and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic. The death sentences and prison terms were handed down amid reports of torture and violations of the defendants’ right to a defense. Jafari, who is held in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison, was also sentenced to 11 years in prison.

@iranhrdc
#DigitalBlackoutIran
#iran_strikes
#iran_human_rights
#iranmassacre
#mehdi_jafari