Wide protests over death sentence of Iranian labor activist

Dozens of activists have taken to the streets in Milan, Italy, on Saturday to protest the death sentence of Iranian labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi.

The demonstrators, holding pictures of Mohammadi, chanted slogans demanding the abolition of the death penalty in Iran, emphasizing their solidarity with Iranian labor activists and their opposition to capital punishment.

The death sentence for Mohammadi, a female labor activist in Iran, has ignited widespread condemnation. Convicted on fabricated charges of armed rebellion, she has become a symbol of Tehran's harsh crackdown on dissent. The announcement came just a day before Masoud Pezeshkian's victory in the July 5 presidential runoff, who has been presented as a "reformist" politician.

The Campaign to Defend Mohammadi, initiated on Instagram by her family, asserts that the sentence is based on the pretext of her decade-old membership in an independent, public, and legal labor organization, underscoring the verdict's perceived injustice.

Previously, Italian labor organizations such as the Confederazione dei Comitati di Base (Cobas) and the Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) called for the abolition of the death sentence and the release of Mohammadi. They urged the Italian government and European Union institutions to mobilize and demand that the Islamic Republic revoke her conviction.

In a statement, the Italian organizations described the death sentence for Mohammadi as "part of a systematic strategy by security institutions to instill fear and marginalize social movements in Iran's future political developments."

Five French and eight Danish labor unions have issued statements protesting the death sentence of Mohammadi and called for her immediate release.