Iran issues death sentence linked to January unrest, source says

DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - ‌A revolutionary ​court ​in Tehran has issued a death sentence for an Iranian man accused ‌of "enmity against god", which if confirmed would ⁠be the first such sentence linked to mass ‌protests in January, a ‌source close to the man's family said.

The source told Reuters on Tuesday that Iran's ​judiciary had not yet announced the sentence against the man, Mohammad Abbasi, and that ⁠Iran's Supreme Court was yet to uphold it.

Abbasi was accused ​of killing a security officer, an allegation his family denied, the source said.

Rights ​groups say thousands of ‌people were killed in a crackdown on the protests, the worst domestic ⁠unrest in Iran since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

During the unrest, U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump warned Tehran that he could order military action ​if it carried out executions.

The source said the defendant's daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, was handed a 25-year prison ‌sentence over her role in protests.

"The defendants do not have access to ‌the lawyer they wanted, and were given ⁠a public defender," the ‌source added.

(Reporting ​by Parisa Hafezi, Writing by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Peter Graff and Aidan ‌Lewis)

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