Sentenced to death — Retrial or appeal pending
Najmeh Amini
نجمه امینی
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What we know
- Status
- Sentenced to death — Retrial or appeal pending
- Watch category
- Under death sentence
- Age
- 23
- Prison
- Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
- Province
- Razavi Khorasan
- Charges
- Blasphemy
- Last verified
- 18 ottobre 2026
- Independent sources
- 2Rights groups and news media, counted by origin. Social posts are not counted.
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Case timeline
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· Status · recorded by an editorDeath sentence upheld — At imminent risk of executionSentenced to death with charges of blasphemy due to a social media post.
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· Status · recorded by an editorSentenced to death — Retrial or appeal pending
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· Status · recorded by an editorSentenced to death — Retrial or appeal pendingNajmeh Amini, 23, was sentenced to death for "insulting the Prophet" over a social media post by Branch 6 of Khorasan Razavi Criminal Court One (Judge Javad Asian-Yazd). IHRNGO says the sentence is still subject to appeal and has NOT been upheld by the Supreme Court; she is held in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. | Urgency: Critical | 2nd source: HRANA… | Court: Khorasan Razavi Criminal Court One, Branch 6, Judge Javad Asian-Yazd | Charges: Sabb al-nabi (insulting
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· Status · recorded by an editorSentenced to death
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· Status · recorded by an editorSentenced to death — At imminent risk of execution
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· Status · recorded by an editorDeath sentence upheld — At imminent risk of execution
Sources
- HRANA ↗ · 9 ottobre 2026
- Second source ↗
A death sentence is a status, not a permanent fact about a person. Every case has a check date and a source, and the earlier status is kept. An execution is recorded only with two independent rights-group or news sources, or with an editor’s written reason.