Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Peyman Farahavar, Poet and Political Prisoner
24-September-2025
Category: Prisoners
24 September 2025
News group: Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of Peyman (Amin) Farahavar, a poet and political prisoner held in Rasht Prison, has been upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, his lawyer, Ramin Safarnia, announced on social media that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court rejected the appeal and confirmed the verdict. He added that a petition for retrial will be submitted to the country’s highest judicial authority.
Peyman (Amin) Farahavar, a poet from Rasht born in 1988, was arrested in September 2024 by the Ministry of Intelligence. On 1 May 2025, Branch One of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Ahmad Darvish-Goftar, sentenced him to death on charges of “baghi” and “moharebeh through membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK).” Farahavar had previously been arrested for his political activities.
The issuance and implementation of death sentences against political prisoners under charges such as “moharebeh” or “baghi” contravene human rights principles, the right to life, freedom of expression, and fair-trial guarantees, and serve as a tool to suppress political dissent.