Nasrin Sotoudeh: These trials are blatant acts of murder
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent lawyer and Iranian prisoner who is currently on medical leave, wrote on her Facebook account that Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini were both executed in blatant violation of the law.
Ms. Sotoudeh, who is a lawyer and human rights activist, described the trials that led to the death sentences of these two executed protesters as invalid in this brief note and wrote that the hasty execution of the judiciary’s rulings does not absolve the judges and government lawyers.
Ms. Sotoudeh, who was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2021, wrote that these trials are blatant acts of murder and that due to strong legal reasons, all death sentences should be immediately revoked.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini were executed in the early hours of Saturday morning in Iran. They had been sentenced to death following show trials.