Iran issues death sentence linked to January protests — family

By Reuters 24 February 2026, 2:18 pm

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T frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran shows protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

An Iranian revolutionary court has issued a death sentence for a man accused of “enmity against god,” believed to be the first such sentence linked to mass protests in January, a source close to the man’s family told Reuters on Tuesday.

Thousands of people are believed to have been killed in a crackdown on the protests, the worst domestic unrest in Iran since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution. During the unrest, US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that he could order military action if it carries out executions.

Iran’s judiciary had not yet announced the sentence on the man, Mohammad Abbasi.