A 33-year-old blogger was detained by the Iranian regime in March and has now been sentenced to death by an Iranian Court on security-related charges, including insulting the Supreme Leader and collaborating with hostile governments.
The court’s ruling also includes prison time, property confiscation, and a ban on government services following a period of solitary confinement and interrogation.
This case is part of a broader trend identified by human rights groups, which report an increase in death sentences and executions targeting political dissidents and protesters in Iran throughout 2026.
Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas who has been detained since March, has been sentenced to death, according to information obtained by Iran International.
Branch 3 of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court convicted her on charges including insulting Iran’s supreme leader, media and propaganda activity against national security, intelligence and security activity on behalf of hostile governments, and taking and sending photographs to Persian-language media abroad, according to the information.
The court also sentenced her to between two and five years in prison, barred her from some government services and ordered the confiscation of property. Her lawyer was notified of the death sentence on 23 August.
Ebrahimi Shamsabadi was held in solitary confinement for 20 days and faced severe pressure during interrogation, according to information obtained by Iran International. Her family was not told where she was being held or about her condition during that period.
The sentence was issued by Judge Khajeh-Hassani, who was previously praised by judiciary officials as an exemplary judge for, among other things, issuing a high number of rulings and what they described as diligence in his work.
The case comes amid a series of death sentences against protesters and political detainees in Iran.
Earlier this month, US-based rights outlet HRANA reported that Ali Zarei Doozdarresi, a protester who lost sight in one eye after being shot during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, had been sentenced to death after returning to Iran from Germany.
Iran International also reported in August that Leila Abolhassani, a 43-year-old mother of two detained during the January protests in Shahin Shahr, had been sentenced to death on charges of “waging war against God.” Her case was sent to the Supreme Court following an appeal.
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