Soheil Arabi


 Name: Soheil Arabi

Date of arrest: Nov 2013

Accusation: Insulting the Prophet of Islam, spreading corruption on earth (Mofsed-E-filarz)

Sentence: Death Penalty

Accused by: Sentenced by branch 76 of the Criminal Court which appealed by branch 46 of the Supreme Court

Background: He, 30, was sentenced to death through his writing on Facebook, so long as he was kept in solitary confinement for two months at Ward 2-Alef in Evin prison, before he was transferred to the General Ward 350 of the prison.

Officials have seized his belongings during the arrest and some of their photos were taken while they had entered his home and bedroom.