Milad Zohrevand ( Persian: میلاد زهره‌وند; 2002 - 2023) was an Iranian who was arrested in Malayer during the Mahsa Amini protests and executed on November 22, 2023. ^[1] He was an asphalt worker and his child was born while he was in detention. ^[2] According to the government-affiliated media, he was sentenced to death on the charge of murdering a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named "Ali Nazari" during the 40th mourning of Mahsa Amini. ^[3] Zahravand was executed on November 23, 2023, without prior notice. ^{[4] [5]}

Arrest

On October 24, 2022, 40th mourning day of the death of Mahsa Amini, the students of Malayer University protested based on the call that had been announced in advance. ^{[6] [7]} According to his relatives, Zahravand was not among the protesters, but on that day he was present at the place where a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named "Ali Nazari" was killed. ^{[8] [9]} He was with several other members of his family near the premises of the 12 Malayer police station when a clash with the security forces took place. According to one of his relatives, "Milad was shot in the hand and was seriously injured. This IRGC member was also killed there." ^[10]

The Ansar al-Hussein Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Hamedan Province introduced Ali Nazari as a member of the intelligence-security staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Malayer. ^{[11] [12]}

His death sentence was confirmed on November 23, 2023 by the Supreme Court of Iran. ^[13]

Execution

Zohrevand was executed on November 23, 2023 without prior notice in the central prison of Hamedan. ^{[14] [15] [16]} The German Foreign Ministry and Amnesty International condemned the execution. ^{[17] [18]}

See also

• Mahsa Amini protests

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