Iran to execute first female anti-regime protester Bita Hemmati (Image: X)
The Islamic Republic of Iran is poised to execute Bita Hemmati, who is set to become the first female protester to be hanged in connection with the recent anti-regime uprising.
Hemmati is amongst an estimated 1,600 individuals sentenced to death by the regime over the past year. The protests, which broke out across the nation in January, have been brutally crushed by government forces.
Following a hasty trial, Hemmati, her 34 year old husband Mohammadreza Majid Asl, and two other men, Behrouz and Kourosh Zamaninezhad, were all handed death sentences.
A source close to the prisoners’ families, according to HRANA, said: “Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl and Bita Hemmati are a couple living in Tehran, and Amir Hemmati is a relative of the two. Kourosh Zamaninejad and Behrouz Zamaninejad were living in the same residential building, and their arrests took place simultaneously.”
Iranian judge Iman Afshari alleged the individuals “injured forces at the scene” and the use of “explosive materials and unspecified weapons” at protests on January 8th and 9th.
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The opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) revealed in a Tuesday press release that the regime levelled a wide range of charges against her. These allegations include wielding weapons and explosives, hurling concrete blocks, taking part in protest gatherings, and undermining national security.
The four detainees were charged with “operational action for the hostile government of the United States and hostile groups”, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. They were also charged with “assembly and collusion against national security.
“The Iranian Resistance once again calls on the United Nations, relevant international bodies, and human rights defenders to take immediate action to save the lives of prisoners sentenced to death, especially political prisoners and those detained during the uprising,” the NCRI said in a statement.
Amir Hemmati, a relative of another defendant, was handed a separate sentence of nearly six years’ imprisonment. His conviction related to “assembly and collusion against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.”
Two protesters dressed as prisoners, with painted blood on (Image: Getty)
All members of the group were arrested in Tehran, the city which witnessed the most widespread national demonstrations against the Iranian government.
At present, no execution date has been scheduled. A wide-ranging government crackdown ensued following the anti-regime demonstrations in Iran, which were initially sparked by strikes from shopkeepers and market traders in Tehran in late December.
Within just two days, the unrest had rapidly escalated across the capital before snowballing into a nationwide wave of opposition, with students and other groups joining the movement by January.
The crackdown resulted in the reported deaths or injuries of thousands of protesters, while tens of thousands more were arrested or detained.