On Sunday, May 5, 2024, Mahmoud Mehrabi, a 35-year-old political prisoner from Mobarakeh city, who is currently held in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, has been sentenced to execution by Branch 5 of the Revolutionary Court in Isfahan on charges of “corruption on earth.” This verdict has been issued after more than 15 months of uncertainty.
Babak Eslami Farsani, one of Mr. Mehrabi’s defense lawyers, wrote on his X page, “My client, Mahmoud Mehrabi, has been sentenced to execution by the immediate verdict of Branch 5 of the Revolutionary Court in Isfahan on charges of corruption on earth. The notification of the verdict was issued without any attachments, which my colleague became aware of by attending the branch and studying the case. Hopefully, the serious flaws in the verdict will be addressed and taken into consideration by the Supreme Court of the country.”
Before this, the second investigation branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of Mobarakeh in Isfahan province has issued an indictment against Mr. Mahmoud Mehrabi with 187 charges, including, “corruption on earth through widespread publication of lies on Instagram, propaganda against the state, inciting the military and law enforcement forces to refuse to carry out their duties, inciting people to war and killing, and insulting Khomeini.
The charge of corruption on earth has been issued against Mahmoud Mehrabi without sufficient reasons. The IRGC Intelligence has embarked on wide-scale efforts to fabricate a case against Mahmoud Mehrabi. Some 50 private plaintiffs from among the city’s government officials have been included in the file!!Although Mahmoud Mehrabi is just a protester in cyberspace, the intelligence services are planning to file a serious case against this political prisoner.
Mahmoud Mehrabi is a graduate of electrical engineering and was employed in the Isfahan Mobarakeh urban train project. After exposing financial and ethical corruption by city officials in 2017, he was arrested. During his detention, Mahmoud Mehrabi was subjected to physical and psychological torture.
On February 1, 2023, during the nationwide protests, Mahmoud Mehrabi was arrested by security forces in Isfahan. On March 16, he was released from Isfahan Central Prison after posting bail. However, he was re-arrested and returned to prison by security forces shortly afterward.
