Lawyers For Restricting Re-Investigation, Iran Resents The Death Toll Of Youth Protesters

The arrests of protesters in Iran. (Wikimedia Commons/Mostafa Tehorani)

JAKARTA - The execution of the death penalty of an Iranian teenager was suspended after his lawyer filed a re-investigation of the alleged case.

Mohammad Boroughani (19) was tried at the Revolutionary Court, Iranian state-owned news agency Mizan said in court affiliated with the court.

He was charged with sowing "corruption on earth" after allegedly setting fire to a government building, as well as attacking a security officer with a knife.

The allegations are often leveled against activists and anti-government protesters, with the threat of the death penalty often 'attending' them.

Iran was accused of failing to follow the legal process in a trial that resulted in the death penalty for protesters taking to the streets after Mahsa Amini's death (22) in a moral police custody last September 16.

The case of the teenager was revealed by international rights groups, who also criticized the lack of transparency in the sentencing process.

Last month, Iranian authorities executed Mohsen Shekari, less than three weeks after his sentence in what Amnesty International called "a very unfair false joke".

"The surprising way Mohsen Shekari's trial was quickly tracked through Iran's justice system, without giving him a chance for a meaningful trial and the appeal process is another illustration of the fact that authorities are using the death penalty as a political repression weapon," said Diana Eltahawy, deputy director of Amnesty for the Mena region. January 12.

"The clear goal is to instill fear among the community, in an effort to give up hope to defend power and end the people's rebellion," he concluded.