Mostafa Salehi

He was arrested in January 2018 nationwide protests. He was accused of "killing" Sajjad Shah Sanai (an IRGC member) during a demonstration in Najafabad, Isfahan, and was executed in the summer of 2020.

<coverage-outsourcing id='31831'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2XRiPKL'> Najafabad Prosecutor Mohammad Reza Tavakoli told Tasnim News Agency: > This person was trained and therefore did not admit to his criminal act, but our investigation proved that he was guilty." The Najafabad prosecutor also accuses Mr. Salehi of "connection with spying services." Although he was charged with "espionage," but the judge sentenced him with "corruption on earth by shooting people and killing an IRGC member. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31803'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4369/'> The First Branch of the General Court of Isfahan, presided over by Judge Morad Najafpour, sentenced Mostafa Salehi to death for "murdering Sajjad Shah Sanaei." He denied the allegations in court </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='24711'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3izTMX3'> The third trial of Mostafa and Amrollah Salehi was held in the Branch one of Criminal Court of Isfahan Province headed by Judge Najafpoor. Mostafa Salehi is accused of leading the protesters of Najafabad in a mass demonstration and, after identifying the oppressive forces, “wore a dark Baloochi outfit, while carrying a hunting shotgun” and killed Sajad Shahsanayi, a member of IRGC’s Basij force, and wounded six other Basijis. According to the Shahsanayi’s family lawyers, he then fled the scene with the help of Amrollah Salehi and hid in a garden for a few days. The family laywer, while asking for Qasas (retributive justice) for Mostafa Salehi and capital punishment for Amrollah Salehi has named recurrent contatcs of Mostafa Salehi with Baloochestan and also a few contatcs with Saudi Arabia as evidence for the crime. He has also claimed that Mostafa Salehi has attmped suicide a few times. Mostafa Salehi has denied the accusations </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31802'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26019/'> He was sent to solitary confinement in Isfahan Central Prison to serve his death sentence </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31830'> <reference source=''> According to IPA, Mostafa Salehi's death sentence was carried out while he had not pleaded guilty to murder at any trial stage. Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, the prosecutor of Najafabad, told Tasnim News Agency that "This person was trained and therefore did not admit to the crime, but our investigation proved that he was guilty." The Najafabad prosecutor also accuses Mr. Salehi of "connection with spying services." Although he was charged with "espionage," but the judge sentenced him with "corruption on earth by shooting people and killing an IRGC member." Isfahan Tv channel introduced this protester as "Evil" and named him "Mustafa Fattel" in a video report. The report states that he "killed a Basiji member and injured six people by shooting." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31991'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5UhqMtBM6c&feature=youtu.be'> The Iranian Government media broadcast the video of the scene's reconstruction. Mr. Salehi spoke only for 6 seconds in this video. In this video, Mr. Salehi has not confessed to the accusation in any way. Only in part, someone asks him, "Did he shoot smoothly?" Mostafa Salehi answered: > Yes, smooth, with a shot. Due to the video's fragmentation, it is not clear Mostafa Salehi talked about what shooting. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31801'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26021/'> He was executed </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31987'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AmnestyIran/status/1291384064570785797?s=20'> Amnesty International issued a statement condemning the execution of Mustafa Salehi </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>