Iran upholds death sentence for man over damage to courthouse door

Iran’s Supreme Court has reaffirmed the death sentence against Manouchehr Fallah, an inmate held at Lakan Prison in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province in northern Iran.

The court also referred his case to the city’s criminal enforcement unit, raising concerns that the sentence could be carried out at any time, without a set date, after the Supreme Court overturned its previous decision and accepted a retrial request, according to Al Arabiya.

Following the referral to the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht, a new death sentence was issued against Fallah, which the Supreme Court has now upheld. The case relates to damage caused to the door of the Justice Court building in Rasht in 2023, with estimated damages amounting to 15 million Iranian tomans.