Iranian influencer sentenced to de@th for ‘insulting Iran’s supreme leader’

An influencer and blogger has allegedly been sentenced to de@th for ‘insulting Iran’s supreme leader’ after sharing a chilling final Instagram post.

Marzieh ‘Sevda’ Ebrahimi Shamsabadi is being held in Bandar Abbas Prison following her arrest earlier this year.

The Iranian blogger, understood to be 33, was convicted by Branch 3 of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court, according to Iran International.

Before she was detained, she left a chilling final message for her followers, as reported by NeedToKnow.

She wrote: ‘If one day I leave this world, just know one thing – I chose the path I believed in.’

Her accompanying caption also reportedly suggested that she was prepared to die in her opposition to the authorities.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency, known as HRANA, said Ms Ebrahimi Shamsabadi was sentenced to death for ‘corruption on earth’.

Her case is believed to involve allegations that she insulted the supreme leader and carried out media and propaganda activity against national security.

She was also accused of conducting intelligence and security activity on behalf of ‘hostile governments’.

Another allegation concerned a photograph she allegedly took from a distance of a site struck by a missile.

Authorities claimed she sent the image to a Persian-language media organisation based outside Iran.

In addition to the de@th penalty, Ms Ebrahimi Shamsabadi is believed to have been handed prison terms of between two and five years.

The court also ordered the confiscation of her property and barred her from accessing some government and public services.

Her lawyer was notified of the de@th sentence on August 23, according to Iran International.

The judgment was reportedly delivered by Judge Khajeh-Hassani.