Execution Order for Abbas Daris Halted

Fereshteh Tabanian, the lawyer for Abbas Daris, a political prisoner sentenced to death in Mahshahr prison, announced the suspension of her client's execution order. She tweeted: "The request for retrial for my client Abbas Daris has been registered in the Ninth Chamber of the Supreme Court. The order to halt the execution has been sent to the First Execution Branch in Mahshahr." Abbas Daris was one of the protesters in Mahshahr during the November 2019 protests, and as an informed source told Voice of America in the fall of 2021, the judiciary sentenced him to death on charges of "Moharebeh" (waging war against God) through "disruption of order and participation in the murder of a member of the special forces of the police." The death sentence was issued despite Fereshteh Tabanian stating to Shargh newspaper that the family of "Reza Seydi," the officer killed during the November 2019 protests, has officially declared that they have no complaint against Abbas Daris. The Persian section of Voice of America reported in Azar 1400 (December 2021) details about the arrest of Abbas Daris and his brother, Mohsen Daris, as well as the issuance of the death sentence for him. According to this source, when the death sentence was communicated to Abbas Daris in prison and subsequently to his wife during court proceedings, Mr. Daris's wife suffered a stroke and passed away due to the shock of hearing the "death sentence." In recent days, social media users have shown widespread reactions to the confirmation of the death sentence for Abbas Daris and have called for its suspension. These reactions continue. The release of a video of Abbas Daris playing music has drawn attention, and the killing of the police officer has no correlation with the "Moharebeh" charge against Abbas Daris. In cases like Abbas Daris's, security considerations are often prioritized. Abbas Daris's children have called for global support to revoke their father's death sentence. Abbas Daris's mother stated: "My son is innocent; have mercy on his three orphaned children." The request for retrial for Abbas Daris continues; the family of the killed officer has no complaints. An informed source told Voice of America: Abbas Daris, a protester from the November 2019 protests in Mahshahr, has been sentenced to death.