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A 26-year-old protester faces “imminent” execution in Iran after he was arrested in connection with anti-regime demonstrations, a human rights group has said.
Erfan Soltani, from the city of Fardis to the west of tehran, will be executed on wednesday, according to Norway-based rights group Hengaw.
The Kurdish group that documents human rights abuse in Iran said Mr Soltani’s family had been informed about the death sentence, even though they had been “deliberately kept uninformed” about the judicial process.
Hengaw said Mr Soltani had been arrested in connection with protests in the city of Karaj and faced the ”imminent execution of a death sentence following a rapid and opaque judicial process”.
“The rushed and non-obvious handling of this case has heightened concerns over the use of the death penalty as a tool to suppress public protests,” Hengaw said on Monday.
The reports come as Donald Trump urged demonstrators to “keep protesting” and promised “help is on its way” in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.
“Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price,” Mr Trump said.
“I have cancelled all meetings with iranian Officials until the senseless killings of protesters STOPS.
“HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging protesters to continue
The figure included 1,850 protesters, 135 government-affiliated individuals, nine people aged under 18 and nine non-protester civilians, the group said.
Iranian authorities blocked internet and telephone connections on 9 January as the protests intensified.
As speculation mounted that the US might take action in Iran, vice president
