{"id":338060,"date":"2025-10-10T08:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338060"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:01:03","slug":"global-outcry-erupts-as-irans-regime-upholds-death-sentence-for-political-prisoner-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/global-outcry-erupts-as-irans-regime-upholds-death-sentence-for-political-prisoner-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Outcry Erupts as Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentence for Political Prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian Political Prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On October 4, 2025, Iran\u2019s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani, a 30-year-old political prisoner and celebrated boxing champion from the city of Mashhad. The ruling places him at imminent risk of execution on the simple charge of affiliation with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). The decision has ignited a wave of international condemnation from human rights organizations, political committees, and lawmakers who are demanding urgent action to save his life.<\/p>\n

A Chorus of International Condemnation<\/h2>\n

The verdict was met with immediate and widespread denunciation. The British Committee for Iran Freedom<\/a> (BCFIF) issued a press release connecting the sentence to the regime\u2019s broader strategy of using capital punishment to quell dissent. The committee noted the alarming rate of executions under regime president Masoud Pezeshkian, warning that the regime is using the death penalty as a “political tool to suppress dissent and crush the growing, pro-democracy protest and resistance movements.” The BCFIF called for concrete international measures, stating, \u201cCondemnation is not enough, concrete action is needed to hold the regime accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an urgent appeal to the United Nations, Antonio Stango, President of the Italian Federation for Human Rights, highlighted the politically motivated nature of the trial. \u201cWe believe that the trial of Javad Vafaei has been conducted with blatant political motivation, and we ask for an immediate action by the U.N. institutions to save his life, as well as those of the other political prisoners who are currently on death row in Iran,\u201d Stango wrote.<\/p>\n

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Scores of people in Iran, including Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, are at risk of execution following grossly unfair trials and convictions on politically-motivated charges by Revolutionary Courts. Iran's authorities must halt all executions now! #\u0646\u0647_\u0628\u0647_\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0645<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/bBOgDIYUWW<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3zgYbdJ98k<\/a><\/p>\n

— Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n