An Iranian court has sentenced to death a police chief in northern Iran accused of killing a man during mass protests in 2022, local media reported on Wednesday.
The local police chief, Jafar Javanmardi, was arrested in December 2022 for killing a protester during mass demonstrations triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody .
Kurd Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian, died in custody in September that year after being arrested on suspicion of violating the country’s strict dress code for women.
Majid Ahmadi, a lawyer for the victim’s family, told the reformist Shargh Daily that Jawan Mardi was “sentenced to death for premeditated murder under the Islamic law of retribution, known as ‘qisas'”.
On November 30, 2022, 27-year-old protester Mehran Samak was hit by a shotgun pellet at a rally in the northern city of Anzali Port and died of his injuries.
Human rights groups outside Iran say Samak was shot and killed by Iranian security forces after he honked his car horn during the Amini protests to celebrate Iran’s loss to the United States at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The defeat knocked Iran out of the football tournament and prompted mixed reactions from supporters and opponents of the government.
Lawyer Ahmadi said at the time that the officer was accused of “violating rules on the use of firearms, resulting in Samak’s death.”
In mid-January, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said the Supreme Court had quashed the death sentence and transferred the case to another court.
Gilan province, where Anzali port is located, was the flashpoint for a nationwide protest movement that has rocked Iran.
During the months-long protests, hundreds of people were killed, including dozens of security force personnel, thousands were arrested and nine men were executed in cases related to the demonstrations.
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