Iran Has Jailed This Mom For 13 Years For Speaking Out About Security Forces Killing Her Son
Mahsa Yazdani’s 20-year-old son was killed in September 2022 at a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini.
Iran has jailed this mom for 13 years for speaking out about security forces killing her son.
Mahsa Yazdani’s 20-year-old son was killed in September 2022 at a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini.
A medical report found that her son, Mohammad Javad Zahedi, died after he was shot several times at close range in the back and head by shotgun pellets.
After his death, Yazdani publicly called for justice for her son and condemned the Iranian government’s brutal crackdown on protesters.
She was arrested in August 2023 and charged with “blasphemy, incitement, insulting the supreme leader and spreading anti-regime propaganda”.
Yazdani was found guilty and sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday Nov. 3, without the possibility of parole in the first 5 years.
