Mohammad Abbasi

Mohammad Abbasi

Mohammad Abbasi is a 55-year-old protester arrested in relation to the December 2025/January 2026 nationwide protests on 10 January 2026. Arrested with two others including his daughter Fatemeh, they are accused of killing a police officer on 7 January 2026 in Malard, Tehran. State media aired the forced confessions of Mohammad and Fatemeh on 20 January. At trial, CCTV footage where the alleged perpetrator is unidentifiable was aired as evidence of Mohammad’s presence at the scene and possession of the knife. He was also not represented by a lawyer, but was asked by the judge to defend himself. His defence was “confessions” to the alleged offence, for which he requested forgiveness. The victim’s parents and wife called for qisas (retribution-in-kind), while the legal representative of FARAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran), requested that the qisas be carried out publicly at the scene of the alleged crime.

Mohammad Abbasi is detained in Ghezelhesar Prison.

Charges: Moharebeh (enmity against God) through aiding and abetting and cooperation with the child-killing Zionist regime, the government of the United States, and hostile groups and their affiliated agents, leading to the killing of a police officer, Colonel Shahin Dehghani Kakavandi, as a result of inflicting multiple stab wounds with a bladed weapon.

Status: Sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by “Death Judge” Salavati on 24 February 2026. Fatemeh Abbasi received a 25-year custodial sentence.