According to reports from Ahwaz, on Sunday, November 7, 2026, the Iranian judiciary continued its wave of heavy sentences against protesters by sentencing 21-year-old Mohammad Mahdi Parsa from Qaleh Tal, Khuzestan, to death and lengthy imprisonment.
This ruling was issued on November 1, 2026, by the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz, presided over by Judge Ehsan Adibi Mehr, and has been communicated to the prisoner.
According to the case file, Mohammad Mahdi Parsa was arrested following protests on the evening of January 7, 2025, and charged with the destruction of a state bank in Ahwaz.
A source close to Parsa’s family has emphasized that he was deprived of the right to access a designated lawyer and to defend himself freely throughout the interrogation and judicial proceedings.
Born in 2005, Mohammad Mahdi Parsa was detained on January 21, 2025 (just days after the protests began) and is currently imprisoned in Sheiban Prison in Ahwaz.
Previously, the Karoon Human Rights Organization reported on August 21 that over 600 political and ideological prisoners are held under difficult conditions in Sheiban Prison, many of whom are deprived of their most basic legal rights, including access to a lawyer and medical treatment.
The issuance of death sentences against detained youth reflects the judiciary’s desperation in the face of public protests and the instrumental use of capital punishment to instill fear in society.
