Iran: Criminal Death Sentences and Confiscation of Property for Four Prisoners of the January 2026 Uprising


- The regime’s judiciary cited their fees as “using explosives and weapons,” “harming stationed forces on-site,” “throwing incendiary materials,” and “disrupting national security”
- Call for instant motion to save lots of the lives of political prisoners sentenced to demise
The regime’s judiciary, terrified of the volcano of public anger and in search of to intimidate the public to forestall one other rebellion, has sentenced 4 different prisoners from the January 2026 rebellion to demise and confiscation of their property in a prison and collective verdict.
Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, 34, his spouse Bita Hemmati, Behrouz Zamaninezhad, and Kourosh Zamaninezhad have been arrested throughout the rebellion in Tehran and subjected to torture and interrogation. They have been swiftly sentenced to demise and the confiscation of all their property by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by the executioner Iman Afshari.
The regime’s judiciary listed the fees towards these 4 prisoners as: “using explosives and weapons,” “harming stationed forces on-site,” “throwing objects including bottles, concrete blocks, and incendiary materials from the roofs of buildings,” “destroying public property,” “participating in protest gatherings,” and “chanting protest slogans” consistent with “disrupting national security” and in reference to “hostile groups,” in addition to “sending content with the aim of undermining security.”
The Iranian Resistance as soon as once more calls on the United Nations, related worldwide our bodies, and human rights defenders to take instant motion to save lots of the lives of prisoners sentenced to demise, particularly political prisoners and these detained throughout the rebellion.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
14 April 2026
