An Iranian accounting student has reportedly been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges over a social media post allegedly deemed insulting to the Prophet.
Najmeh Amini, 23, was sentenced last month after spending eight months in the notorious Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, according to reports. She had previously faced charges including insulting Iran’s Supreme Leader and clashing with security forces, Mail Online reported.
Iranian human rights activists have now disclosed that Amini was sentenced to death on a charge known as sab ol-nabi, which refers to insulting the Prophet.
In addition to the death sentence, she was reportedly handed a prison term of 12 years, six months and one day on charges of acting against national security and spreading anti-government propaganda.
Amini was arrested on January 31 after joining hundreds of thousands of Iranians who took to the streets to protest against the country’s government.
Following her sentencing, a leaked audio recording purportedly made inside the prison emerged, in which the young student appealed for public support and called for her case to be reviewed.
“Greetings to the people of Iran. I am Najmeh Amini, 23 years old, speaking from the central prison of Mashhad. I am leaving this message for you on 18 September 2026,” she said in the recording.
She insisted that she was not seeking to become a hero but wanted people to speak out on her behalf.
“I am an innocent girl, a young person with so many hopes and dreams. I have parents who are waiting for me—a family that wakes up every morning fearing my loss,” she reportedly said.
Amini also expressed fears that her story could be reduced to a few lines in a legal document, urging the public not to forget her plight if her message reached the outside world.
She appealed to lawyers, legal experts and human rights activists to examine her case and called on international human rights organisations and relevant United Nations bodies to investigate her situation.
“Remember my name; I may not be able to speak again,” she said, adding that she continued to hope for a free and prosperous Iran before her life was taken.
Her reported sentencing has drawn attention to concerns over human rights, freedom of expression and the treatment of people detained during protests in Iran.
