Mohammadreza Majidi Asl

Mohammadreza Majidi Asl was arrested along with his wife Bita Hemati and her brother, Amir Hemati on 9 January. He is the first defendant in the case and one of four sentenced to death. 

It is not clear where he is being detained.

Charges: “operational action for the hostile government of the United States and terrorist groups (anti-revolutionary and monarchist)” through “chanting subversive slogans, using explosives, incendiary materials, and cold weapons, injuring hundreds of innocent citizens and security defenders, destroying and setting fire to public property, and throwing cement, concrete blocks, and empty glass bottles from a roof onto the heads of security defenders, which included the specific injury of a stationed Basij member.”

Status: Sentenced to death by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. He was also sentenced to five years' imprisonment on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security”, as well as the confiscation of his assets. On 22 May, it was reported that Mohammadreza's death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court. His case has been sent to a court of equal standing for retrial.