Hadi Abbasian, a 38-year-old resident of Shirvan in North Khorasan province, has been sentenced to death by the Bojnurd Revolutionary Court. According to Iran International, the death sentence of this protester from the Dey uprising was communicated to him in Shirvan prison on 5 October 2026.
According to information received by Iran International, Abbasian was arrested on 13 May 2026 in the Farhangshahr area of Shirvan. His case was opened in the second investigation branch of the Shirvan Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office and then sent to the Bojnurd Revolutionary Court for sentencing. The charges that led to the death sentence and the court's evidence have not yet been made public.
Torture and denial of a lawyer
According to Iran International's source, he was tortured on the first day of his detention and, because of his deteriorating physical condition, was taken to hospital before being transferred to Shirvan prison. His family has not been allowed to visit him since his arrest, and the security bodies have prevented him from hiring a lawyer of his own choosing to defend him.
According to the outlet, during the Dey uprising Abbasian had published videos calling on people to join the protests. The Islamic Republic's judiciary has so far not commented on the sentence.
After nearly five months in detention, without access to a lawyer of his choice or visits from his family, Hadi Abbasian has been sentenced to death.
A wave of death sentences for Dey uprising protesters
The sentence is reported one day after the Islamic Republic, at dawn on Monday 5 October, executed Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi, two protesters in the "Alikhani Square" case in Isfahan. According to Iran Human Rights, the number of recorded executions in the first nine months of 2026 has reached at least 604, 33 of them protesters.
The Bojnurd Revolutionary Court has previously handed down heavy sentences to people detained during the Dey uprising in North Khorasan, including Mani Partani, who was sentenced to eight years in prison. Human rights organisations have repeatedly warned that death sentences against protesters are issued in revolutionary courts without the minimum standards of a fair trial and on the basis of forced confessions.
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