Iranian Protester's Lawyer Summoned For Criticizing Legal Proceedings

The lawyer representing Mohammad Ghobadloo, a protester executed in connection with the 2022 protests in Iran, has been summoned to court for criticizing the handling of his client's case.

Mahdokht Damghanpour, one of Ghobadloo's attorneys, was summoned to the Culture and Media Court after voicing numerous objections to the proceedings of her client's case.

In an interview with Didban Iran, Damghanpour previously stated that her client was executed despite requests from medical professionals and 50 psychiatrists to halt the execution.

She said her client was executed without notifying his attorneys, examining his mental health status again as per the Chief Justice's orders, informing his family, or granting him a final visit.

Ghobadloo was detained during the uprising which followed the death in morality-police custody of Mahsa Amini in September 2022. He was charged with running over a police officer with his car and causing his death, as well as other charges including "corruption on earth" and "waging war against God" in another case.

In a recent interview, Damghanpour claimed Ghobadloo was subjected to beatings and forced to confess before his execution last month.

So far, at least nine protesters have been executed in connection with the Women, Life, Freedom protests.