Iranian protester Alireza Sepahi is executed shortly after marrying his imprisoned fiancée by telephone, according to multiple reports. The wedding takes place hours before his execution at Isfahan Central Prison, where he is later hanged, leaving the couple separated.
The accounts describe Sepahi as a 25-year-old arrested in the wake of Iran’s January protests, with reports that his fiancée, Mahshad Kashani, also remains jailed. One outlet says Sepahi was arrested around January 10 along with his mother, who is reported to be serving a five-year prison term. Another outlet reports that Sepahi previously faced execution plans earlier and had a health setback before the phone wedding. Sources differ on details such as earlier timing of execution proceedings, but they consistently describe the phone-based ceremony conducted by a lawyer the eve of his death.
