Overview
- More than 400 prominent women and eight independent UN human rights experts issued Dec. 23 statements urging Tehran to stop the execution and release the 67-year-old engineer.
- Tabari was sentenced to death on Oct. 25 by the Revolutionary Court of Rasht for baghi, reportedly based on a cloth bearing the slogan “Women, Resistance, Freedom” and an unpublished audio message.
- UN experts detail grave procedural violations, including a warrantless arrest, prolonged solitary confinement, denial of her chosen lawyer, and a videoconference hearing that lasted about 10 minutes.
- Iranian state media has not confirmed the verdict or an execution date, and Tabari is reported to be held in Lakan Prison in Rasht as rights groups warn the risk of execution remains real.
- Advocates tie the case to wider trends, citing Iran’s heavy use of capital punishment including dozens of women executed this year, accusations of her links to the banned PMOI/MEK, and at least 52 others facing death on similar security charges.