Fourteen political prisoners in Iran have warned that social media activist Amirhossein Mousavi, known online by the pseudonym James the Godless, could face execution after authorities added charges carrying the death penalty to his case.
The prisoners, in a statement dated Thursday, said Mousavi's charges increased from five to nine following the broadcast of forced confessions on Iranian state television. The new charges include moharebeh, or waging war against God, and efsad fel-arz, or corruption on earth, both punishable by death.
The signatories said the capital charges were absent from his case before the television broadcast and accused security agencies and state media of influencing the judicial process.
Mousavi has been detained since December 2024 and spent approximately six months in solitary confinement before being transferred to a general prison ward. He previously said his televised statements were obtained through beatings, threats against his wife and prolonged isolation.