Iran Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence of January Protest Detainee

Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Leila Abolhasani, arrested during the January 2026 protests. The reversal is a rare judicial intervention in politically charged cases, though the legal basis and potential retrial remain unclear. This may signal a slight softening in the judiciary's approach to protest-related prosecutions, but broader repression is likely unchanged.

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