{"id":1766,"date":"2026-01-14T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hassenchalghoumi.com\/iran-imam-chalghoumi-calls-for-the-rescue-of-erfan-soltani-a-26-year-old-protester-sentenced-to-death\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:51:51","slug":"iran-imam-chalghoumi-calls-for-the-rescue-of-erfan-soltani-a-26-year-old-protester-sentenced-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hassenchalghoumi.com\/en\/iran-imam-chalghoumi-calls-for-the-rescue-of-erfan-soltani-a-26-year-old-protester-sentenced-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Imam Chalghoumi calls for the rescue of Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old protester sentenced to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Iran has been shaken since <strong>the<\/strong> end of December by a vast popular mobilization against the mullahs&#8217; regime, a 26-year-old demonstrator, <strong>Erfan Soltani, is about to be executed by the Islamic regime,<\/strong> triggering an international outcry and calls for intervention from foreign leaders.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erfan Soltani, from Fardis in the province of Alborz near Tehran, was arrested on 8 January during an anti-government demonstration. According to several human rights organizations, he has not had access to a lawyer or a fair trial, and his family was recently told that his death sentence was due to be carried out as early as 14 January. Reports indicate that he was allowed to see his family only minutes before the planned execution, and that he was denied access to any judicial information.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A terrible repression<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Iran, the repression is extremely violent against demonstrators: thousands of people have been arrested and hundreds, if not several thousand, killed during the demonstrations that have set the country ablaze in the face of the economic crisis and the authoritarianism of the regime. The Iranian authorities have also implemented an internet blackout, making it difficult to access independent information from inside the country. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NGOs, including Iran Human Rights, have warned that Soltani&#8217;s case could be the first in a series of executions of protesters, as a result of recourse to the Revolutionary Courts to swiftly punish any dissent.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imam Chalghoumi&#8217;s appeal: <em>&#8220;To save Erfan is to save the honor of humanity.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this dramatic climate, Imam <strong>Hassan Chalghoumi<\/strong> launched an urgent appeal, broadcast on social networks, directly addressing world leaders and the collective conscience:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00ab\u202fApr\u00e8s des milliers de morts en Iran et l\u2019arrestation de milliers de manifestants, aujourd\u2019hui, le r\u00e9gime diabolique des mollahs s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 ex\u00e9cuter l\u2019un d\u2019entre eux : Erfan Soltani (\u2067\u202b#<\/em>\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0627\u0646<em>_<\/em>\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646\u06cc<em>\u202c\u2069), arr\u00eat\u00e9 puis condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 mort.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Erfan is not an isolated case.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is the first in a series of executions announced.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>J\u2019en appelle \u00e0 la conscience de l\u2019humanit\u00e9, aux chefs d\u2019\u00c9tat et dirigeants libres du monde : Emmanuel Macron, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, Ursula von der Leyen ou Keir Starmer\u202c\u2069 \u2026 Can we all remain spectators of this horror?<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To save Erfan is to save the honor of humanity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Saving Erfan means saying no to the crime that defiles all of humanity.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International mobilization<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizations such as Amnesty International have called on Iran to immediately halt all executions, including that of Erfan Soltani. Western governments have expressed concern about the potential for the use of the death penalty to stifle the protest movement. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the country, despite the extreme risks, protests continue, and the situation remains extremely volatile, with calls from various international actors to protect the rights of protesters and end human rights violations in the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Iran has been shaken since the end of December by a vast popular mobilization against the mullahs&#8217; regime, a 26-year-old demonstrator, Erfan Soltani, is about to be executed by the Islamic regime, triggering an international outcry and calls for intervention from foreign leaders. 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