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Source: 3 Iranian Protesters Whose Death Sentences Were Vacated Face More
Prison Time as Lawyers Seek to Overcome Bail Hurdles

Michael Lipin

   Three Iranian anti-government protesters who had been sentenced to
   death in Iran but who won the right to a retrial last week face
   indefinitely more time in prison as their lawyers try to secure their
   release on bail in the face of major obstacles, according to a
   knowledgeable source.

   [1]In a Saturday ruling, Iran's Supreme Court said it vacated the death
   sentences handed to the three men and ordered a lower Revolutionary
   Court to retry them on charges related to their involvement in Iran's
   nationwide anti-government protests of November 2019.

   Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi, and Saeid Tamjidi, all in their
   mid-20s, had been sentenced to death in February for alleged vandalism,
   arson, waging war against the state and armed robbery. The trial was
   overseen by Revolutionary Court judge Abolqasem Salavati, [2]whom the
   United States sanctioned last December for delivering "harsh sentences,
   including many death sentences, to scores of political prisoners, human
   rights activists, and peaceful demonstrators." The retrial of the three
   men will be conducted by a different Revolutionary Court judge, the
   Iranian Supreme Court said in its latest ruling.

   The top Iranian court previously had upheld the men's death sentences
   in July, putting them at imminent risk of execution, but suspended the
   ruling days later. The suspension followed an outcry from Iranians who
   posted millions of social media messages with the Persian hashtag
   #DoNotExecute and similar appeals from U.S. President Donald Trump and
   other international figures. The upholding of the death sentences also
   prompted the men's lawyers to immediately appeal to Iranian judiciary
   chief Ebrahim Raisi to order a retrial.

References

   1. https://iranintl.com/en/iran-in-brief/iran-supreme-court-orders-re-investigation-death-row-protesters
   2. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm862

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