Iran court orders retrial for protester on death row
Iran's Supreme Court has ordered a retrial for a young Iranian sentenced to death for his part in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said yesterday.
Mahan Sadrat was one of nearly a dozen Iranians sentenced to death after being convicted of capital offences during the protests that erupted following Amini's death in custody on September 16.
The 22-year-old Iranian Kurd had been arrested in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's dress code for women.
"The accused's request for a retrial was found to be in accordance with the law... and so the case was referred to the court for retrial," the judiciary's Mizan Online news website reported.
Sadrat, who is in his early 20s, had been found guilty of "moharebeh" -- or "enmity against God" -- an Islamic sharia law offence that can carry the death penalty in Iran.
His conviction was based on allegations he had drawn a knife, causing fear and insecurity, state news agency IRNA said earlier this month.
At a court hearing on November 3, Sadrat pleaded not guilty to the knife charge, but admitted setting a motorbike on fire, the news agency added.
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