Amjad Amini, the father of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, who died in morality police custody in 2022, has revealed that Iran’s judiciary has charged him with “propaganda against the regime” after his protest against the death sentence handed to Pakhshan Azizi.
Amini shared on his Instagram that, after being summoned to the prosecutor’s office on 18 January, he was initially accused of “spreading falsehoods”. Just two days later, a further charge of “propaganda against the system [state]”, was added, resulting in two separate cases being filed against him—one in the Criminal Court and another in the Revolutionary Court of Saqqez.
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Amini explained that the charges arose from a photo he posted on Instagram concerning Azizi’s death sentence. Reflecting on the grief he and his wife have endured since Jina’s death, he wrote:
“In this troubled country, there is no hope for third-class citizens. There is no lawyer, no judge, no judiciary—because the intelligence agency acts as the plaintiff, prosecutor, and judge.”
On 11 January 2025, Amini voiced his profound outrage on Instagram following the confirmation of Pakhshan Azizi’s death sentence:
“The deeply distressing news of the unjust and merciless confirmation of the death sentence for the innocent Iranian Kurdish woman, Ms. Pakhshan Azizi, a devoted and empathetic social worker, is so egregiously cruel that it strikes at the very core of human decency, leaving one stunned by the appalling extent of such brutality and inhumanity.”
Protests continue to erupt across Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) in response to the death sentences of Warisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi. Reports suggest that nearly 20 individuals have been arrested, with others summoned by the Intelligence Directorate in Kurdish cities.
Concerns over the possible executions of Warisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi, two Kurdish women political prisoners, have intensified.
Amini, who has consistently used Instagram to voice his opposition, had previously marked the anniversary of his daughter’s death and expressed his outrage at the imprisonment of journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, as well as the death sentence imposed on rapper Tomaj Salehi.
