Mohammadamin Biglari

Mohammadamin Biglari, aged 19, was arrested on 7 January 2026 in the Nazemabad neighbourhood of Tehran during nationwide anti-government protests that shook the Islamic Republic as it fought a war on multiple fronts. He was accused of attempting to storm and access the armoury of Basij base 185 Namjou. His death sentence was issued by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on 9 February 2026 under the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God) and corruption on earth, just 33 days after his arrest. He was executed at Ghezel Hesar Prison on 5 April 2026.

Amnesty International documented serious due-process violations throughout the case. Biglari was forcibly disappeared for weeks after arrest, denied access to a lawyer during interrogations, and assigned a state-appointed lawyer who failed to represent his interests. The trial lasted only a few hours. He reported beatings, floggings, prolonged solitary confinement, and death threats at gunpoint while in detention. His conviction rested almost entirely on confessions he and his lawyers said were extracted under torture. Two co-defendants from the same group of four remain on death row as of the date of his execution.

His killing was the third execution in 48 hours of protesters connected to the January 2026 uprising, following the hanging of 18-year-old Amirhossein Hatami on 3 April. Human rights organisations warn the regime is using the cover of active war to accelerate a domestic crackdown: at least 11 men faced imminent execution for protest-related charges as of early April 2026, with critics accusing Tehran of exploiting reduced international scrutiny under wartime conditions to suppress political opposition through mass hangings.