Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
World in brief: July 7, 2024
Iranian lawyer Mohsen Borhani speaks during a campaign rally of the reformist candidate for the presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian, in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024

IRAN: An outspoken lawyer who has publicly criticised how the government handled the 2022 protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody has been arrested, state media reported today.

The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said that Mohsen Borhani had already been sentenced, but gave no further details of his case or the length of his prison term.

 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, August 9, 2025
Round-up / 10 August 2025
10 August 2025
Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk attends the first plenary session on of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, on November 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England
World / 9 July 2025
9 July 2025
A volunteer firefighter sprays water with a hose as a wildfire burns in Rafina, east of Athens, Greece, July 3, 2025, with several houses destroyed by the fire in the area
Round-up / 4 July 2025
4 July 2025
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Round-up / 20 June 2025
20 June 2025