The Urmia Revolutionary Court has sentenced Sunni cleric Mohammad Khezr-Nejad to death, based on coerced confessions in which the defendant allegedly admitted to "leading protests and associating with anti-regime groups."
Khezr-Nejad was convicted of "corruption on Earth," "acting against national security" and "propaganda against the Islamic Republic," according to Kurdpa news agency.
He appealed the ruling to the Court of Appeal of West Azerbaijan province.
Khezr-Nejad and his son were brutally arrested in November 2022 after the cleric delivered a speech at the funeral of Asa’ad Rahimi, a protester killed by security forces.
The cleric has faced previous arrests and convictions due to his activism
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