Morteza Barati
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Positions according to sources
- Presiding Judge of Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Courts of Isfahan
Cases in which sources name this person
- علیرضا سپاهی — death sentence on four counts
Arrested at his home with his mother on 10 January 2026 (born 1380); one of at least a dozen defendants in the Isfahan "Alikhani Square" case (four policemen allegedly killed 8 Jan); HRANA: CCTV and other evidence show he was not at the scene, Judge Morteza Barati sentenced him to death on four counts; co-defendants say they were tortured to implicate him; attorney lacked access to case file, hearings by videoconference; scheduled public hanging on 28 July halted after a heart attack (HRANA: stroke); on 2 Sept Supreme Court Branch 39 accepted retrial but Branch 2 Isfahan Revolutionary Court (parallel branch) dismissed it without hearing; transferred to pre-execution solitary 12 Sept; religious marriage (aghd) to imprisoned partner Mahshad Keshani announced by lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi on Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
- علیرضا سپاهی — death sentence on four counts
Arrested at his home with his mother on 10 January 2026 (born 1380); one of at least a dozen defendants in the Isfahan "Alikhani Square" case (four policemen allegedly killed 8 Jan); HRANA: CCTV and other evidence show he was not at the scene, Judge Morteza Barati sentenced him to death on four counts; co-defendants say they were tortured to implicate him; attorney lacked access to case file, hearings by videoconference; scheduled public hanging on 28 July halted after a heart attack (HRANA: stroke); on 2 Sept Supreme Court Branch 39 accepted retrial but Branch 2 Isfahan Revolutionary Court (parallel branch) dismissed it without hearing; transferred to pre-execution solitary 12 Sept; religious marriage (aghd) to imprisoned partner Mahshad Keshani announced by lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi on 4 Oct.Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
- Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani ابوالفضل سپاهیبادجانی — death sentence (Branch 1 Isfahan Revolutionary Court)
death (Judge Morteza Barati, Branch 1 Isfahan Revolutionary Court; ordered executed three times per HRANA), upheld by Supreme CourtIran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
Official sanctions listings
Morteza BARATI is an involved person under the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 because he is and has been involved in the commission of serious human rights violations in Iran, namely being responsible for and engaging in serious violations of the right to freedom of expression, the right not to be subject to cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment and the right to a fair trial through his role as presiding judge of Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Courts of Isfahan.— United Kingdom (official text)
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