24 October 2025 :

OCTOBER 21, 2025 - IRAN. Death Sentence of Abbas Deris (Abbas Daris) Overturned

The death sentence of Abbas Deris, one of the detainees from the November 2019 protests, has been overturned by the Supreme Court of Iran, and his case has been referred to a parallel branch for retrial.

On October 21, attorney Fereshteh Tabanian announced that the Supreme Court’s First Branch had accepted Deris’s request for retrial, thereby overturning his conviction on the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God). His case will now be reviewed again in a branch of equal standing.

Deris, who is currently held in Mahshahr Prison, had previously been sentenced to death by the Mahshahr Revolutionary Court on the charge of moharebeh. That verdict was upheld in July 2023 by the Supreme Court’s 39th Branch. Following the registration of a retrial request with the Supreme Court’s 9th Branch, an order to halt the execution was issued. After several months, the Supreme Court ultimately accepted the retrial, nullifying his death sentence.

In June 2025, the Supreme Court rejected Deris’s appeal in another part of his case, making his 10-year prison sentence final and forwarding it to the Sentence Enforcement Unit. In that part of the case, the Khuzestan Province Criminal Court (Branch One) had sentenced him to 14 years in prison on charges of murder and possession of a firearm. The most severe punishment, i.e., 10 years in prison, was deemed enforceable.

Abbas Deris was arrested on December 8, 2019, along with his brother Mohsen, by agents of the Abolfazl Abbas Base Intelligence Division.

Deris, aged approximately 52, is the father of three children. While he acknowledged taking part in the November 18, 2019 protests in Chamran Town, he has denied any involvement in burning tires or blocking roads.

On his case see alse HoC 05/12/2021, 20/07/2023, 27/10/2024, 09/01/2025.

https://www.en-hrana.org/death-sentence-of-abbas-deris-overturned-by-the-supreme-court/