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Iranian student sentenced to death over social media post

Published : Thursday, 15 October, 2026 at 10:28 AM

Observer Online Report

A 23-year-old Iranian accounting student has been sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a social media post, prompting human rights groups to warn of growing use of capital punishment in Iran.

Najmeh Amini, who is being held at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, also received a 12-year-and-six-month prison sentence in a separate case on charges including acting against national security and spreading propaganda against the government.

According to a source close to her family, Amini was charged with blasphemy after Iran’s Cyber Police monitored her online activity. The contents of her posts have not been publicly disclosed. Her death sentence is not final and can be appealed to Iran’s Supreme Court.

Amini was arrested during nationwide protests in January. In an audio recording attributed to her, she appealed to the United Nations, lawyers and human rights organisations to investigate her case and intervene.

Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based organisation, reported that more than 600 executions had been carried out in Iran this year. Rights groups warn that the death penalty is increasingly being used to intimidate people and suppress dissent.

Under Iran’s Islamic penal code, insulting the Prophet Muhammad is punishable by death, although the law provides certain exemptions depending on the circumstances.

- MaT

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