Two rights groups report death sentence for Amirhassan Akbari Monfared

On July 23, 2026, HRANA and the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights separately reported that Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced Amirhassan Akbari Monfared to death. Both reports say he is held in Evin Prison and that the stated charge is “baghi” through alleged membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. HumanInChain treats that accusation as an allegation in the case, not as an independently established fact.

HRANA said the ruling had been served two days before its report. Hengaw gave July 20, 2026, as the service date. HumanInChain did not find a publicly accessible court judgment or an independent official judiciary announcement in the sources reviewed, so the status and details of the sentence remain attributed to the two reporting organizations.

The reviewed viral graphic names “Amirhossein Akbari Monfared” and gives an age of 24. The primary reports identify the sentenced prisoner as Amirhassan Akbari Monfared; HRANA describes Amirhossein as his brother. Published ages also conflict across outlets. HumanInChain therefore omits age from the headline and main account until a reliable document resolves it.

A reported death sentence does not mean an execution has taken place. The case requires continued monitoring, access to counsel and fair-trial safeguards, and prompt publication of any appeal or Supreme Court development. HumanInChain will add any credible correction or new document to this record.

Image credit: Documentary photograph published by HRANA. The face was not generated, replaced or reconstructed; the source image was only cropped and resized within a HumanInChain graphic.