Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

North America Business Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:56:09 GMT High confidence — 76/100

Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.
Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad.
She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court.

Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.
Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad.
She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court.

Sources: Guardian