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Tehran
The Iranian judiciary on Wednesday responded to a wave of online protests against death sentences handed to three young Iranian demonstrators, indicating the sentences might not be final.
The justice authorities released a statement on their website saying that a re-examination of the sentences was possible, though the lawyers of the three men indicted would have to file a petition.
Following the first reports, one of the lawyers told news agency Fars he had filed the required petition.
“The petition has been handed directly to the office of the chief justice,” lawyer Babak Paknia told Fars, adding he hoped it would lead to a revocation of the death sentences.
An earlier report stated that a renewed examination of the death sentences would amount to their de facto revocation. More than 2 million people expressed their opposition to the death sentences using the “no to execution” hashtag over the past 24 hours, according to media reports.
“Don’t make the sad lives of Iranians even more bitter,” he wrote on Instagram, using the hashtags #StopExecutionsInIran and #DoNotExecute. He also posted photographs of the three men who face execution.
He did not say when the men were to be executed.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday also expressed his opposition to the executions.
“Three individuals were sentenced to death in Iran for participating in protests. The execution is expected momentarily. Executing these three people sends a terrible signal to the world and should not be done!” Trump wrote in a tweet.
Trump also issued a tweet on the matter in Farsi.
Once confirmed by the Supreme Court, a death penalty is final and can not be revoked, according to legal experts.
In accordance with the constitution, a death penalty can only be overturned by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in strategic matters.
Tehran
The Iranian judiciary on Wednesday responded to a wave of online protests against death sentences handed to three young Iranian demonstrators, indicating the sentences might not be final.
The justice authorities released a statement on their website saying that a re-examination of the sentences was possible, though the lawyers of the three men indicted would have to file a petition.
Following the first reports, one of the lawyers told news agency Fars he had filed the required petition.
“The petition has been handed directly to the office of the chief justice,” lawyer Babak Paknia told Fars, adding he hoped it would lead to a revocation of the death sentences.
An earlier report stated that a renewed examination of the death sentences would amount to their de facto revocation. More than 2 million people expressed their opposition to the death sentences using the “no to execution” hashtag over the past 24 hours, according to media reports.
“Don’t make the sad lives of Iranians even more bitter,” he wrote on Instagram, using the hashtags #StopExecutionsInIran and #DoNotExecute. He also posted photographs of the three men who face execution.
He did not say when the men were to be executed.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday also expressed his opposition to the executions.
“Three individuals were sentenced to death in Iran for participating in protests. The execution is expected momentarily. Executing these three people sends a terrible signal to the world and should not be done!” Trump wrote in a tweet.
Trump also issued a tweet on the matter in Farsi.
Once confirmed by the Supreme Court, a death penalty is final and can not be revoked, according to legal experts.
In accordance with the constitution, a death penalty can only be overturned by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in strategic matters.
