A revolutionary court in Tehran has issued a death sentence for an Iranian man accused of "enmity against god," which, if confirmed, would be the first such sentence linked to mass protests in January, a source close to the man's family said.
The source told Reuters on Tuesday that Iran's judiciary had not yet announced the sentence against the man, Mohammad Abbasi, and that Iran's Supreme Court had yet to uphold it.
Abbasi was accused of killing a security officer, an allegation his family denied, the source said.
Rights groups say thousands of people were killed in a crackdown on the protests, the worst domestic unrest in Iran since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
During the unrest, US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that he could order military action if it carried out executions.
The source said the defendant's daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, was handed a 25-year prison sentence over her role in protests.
"The defendants do not have access to the lawyer they wanted, and were given a public defender," the source added.
Iran executes at least 13 prisoners as regime increases use of death penalty
At least 13 prisoners were executed in various prisons across Iran earlier this month after having been convicted by the regime’s courts of drug- and murder-related charges, US-based human rights group Human Rights Activists News Agency reported at the time.
According to the group, the executions took place in the prisons of Khorramabad, Sanandaj, Dezful, Aligudarz, Kermanshah, Yasuj, Nahavand, Zahedan, Hamedan, and Karaj Central Penitentiary.
Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns
Amnesty International has claimed that minors are among 30 people at risk of execution amid expedited trials connected to Iranian protests that took place in January 2026, according to a report published on Friday.
The Amnesty report reveals that among the 30 individuals arrested, eight have been sentenced to death, including one 18-year-old and a 19-year-old.
In a statement addressing the pending executions, Amnesty said, “The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all plans to execute eight individuals sentenced to death after being convicted of committing offences during the January 2026 nationwide protests.”
UN experts demand answers as Iran continues to cloud the truth on violent protest crackdown
Amid reports of secret burial sites and executions, UN human rights experts demanded, on Friday, that Tehran disclose the fates of those detained, disappeared, and killed since the Islamic regime began its brutal crackdown on protesters in January.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mai Sato, confirmed last week that she was among the experts urging the regime’s authorities to reveal the whereabouts of detainees and halt planned executions linked to the demonstrations.
Sato pointed to what she described as a significant discrepancy between the number of casualties acknowledged by the regime – over 3,117 as of last month – and estimates from human rights and grassroots organizations, which in some cases have reached into the tens of thousands.
Danielle Greyman-Kennard and Shoshana Baker contributed to this report.