The death sentence of Mohammad Khizranjad, a Sunni Kurdish cleric, was changed to life imprisonment

Meezan news agency affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Judiciary reported that the death sentence of Mamusta Mohammad Khizranjad, a protesting Sunni Kurdish cleric, has been reduced to life imprisonment following the prosecution of a number of Sunni clerics. This Sunni cleric was arrested on November 19, 2022 after speaking at the memorial ceremony of Asad Rahimi, one of the victims of the uprising of women, life, freedom in Bukan and openly criticizing the bloody repression of protesters. After a year of temporary detention, the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia, headed by Judge Reza Najafzadeh, on December 20, 2023, sentenced Mamosta Khizranjad to death for the charge of "corruption in the land" and to 15 years in prison for the charge of "damaging the integrity or independence of the country". And sentenced to one year in prison for the charge of "propaganda against the regime". Kurdistan Human Rights Network published a report on Thursday, June 8, announcing that the sentence of death and imprisonment of this Kurdish cleric was confirmed by Branch 41 of the Supreme Court headed by Judge Ali Razini Aina. Mizan news agency, in a news published on Monday evening, claimed that Khadranjad "expressed remorse and commitment to good behavior, requested amnesty and reduced punishment" and following the pursuit of a number of Sunni scholars, she was granted amnesty and her punishment was The death penalty has been changed to life imprisonment. Mohammad Khizranjad is currently being held in the reception ward 2 of the central prison of Urmia, the ward of undecided prisoners, without observing the principle of separation of crimes. In February 2023, more than 240 Sunni Kurdish clerics, in a letter to the head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, called the death sentence for Khizranjad unjust and rejected all the charges against this cleric, demanding his release. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/06/11/the-death-sentence-of-mohammad-khizranjad-a-sunni-kurdish-cleric-was-changed-to-life-imprisonment/