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Iran Court Sentences Leila Abolhasani to Death for Moharebeh

8/31/2026

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Judge Vahid Hemmatnejad sentenced Leila Abolhasani to death for moharebeh.
She, a 43-year-old from Shahin Shahr, was arrested on January 8 2026.
Authorities allege she set fire to an Ofogh Kourosh supermarket, though relatives say she only filmed it.
The Fifth Chamber of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court convicted her of moharebeh in late May.
She cannot choose a lawyer because Note to Article 48 bars it, and her appeal awaits Supreme Court.

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Judge Vahid Hemmatnejad sentenced Leila Abolhasani to death for moharebeh.
She, a 43-year-old from Shahin Shahr, was arrested on January 8 2026.
Authorities allege she set fire to an Ofogh Kourosh supermarket, though relatives say she only filmed it.
The Fifth Chamber of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court convicted her of moharebeh in late May.
She cannot choose a lawyer because Note to Article 48 bars it, and her appeal awaits Supreme Court.