Senior cleric lobbying to save 20-year-old from execution

GVF -- Reports from Tehran suggest that efforts are already under way in order to prevent the death sentence of Mohammad Amin Valian from being carried out.

Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad is said to have been lobbying for the intervening of senior clerics in order to halt the unjust execution of a twenty-year-old Mohammad Amin Valian. Valian has been sentenced to death by a court in Iran for being a “Moharab” (enemy of God), however the only piece of evidence against him is an image showing the young student holding a stone in his hand!

Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad is a respected cleric among Shiite religious leaders. He is also the brother-in-law of the Larijani brothers, one of whom is the head of the judiciary Sadegh Larijani.

Mohammad Amin Valian’s death sentence was recently confirmed after appeal. The Green Voice of Freedom and other supporters of the Green Movement have since launched a campaign to pressure authorities in Iran to stop this absurd ruling from being carried out.

It should be noted that the death sentence can be carried out at any moment, as was the case with Arash Rahmanipour and Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani who were suddenly put to death without the prior notice of their families.

 During the court procedure of Mohammad Amin Valian, comments made by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi regarding the definition of “Mohareb” were used to in order to convict him. It is hoped that religious leaders will intervene to save the life of Valian.