Regime puts pressure on death row student's family to deny death sentence

IHRC

While some sources reported that the death sentence for Mohammad Valian was upheld by the court of review, his family refrains from confirming this issue.
One of Valian's classmates said that his family is under severe pressure not to talk to the media or human rights institutions.
According to this source, intelligence officials have promised his family that they would get amnesty from the "leader" if they do not talk to the media. Mohammad Valian's father does not talk to the media and tells whoever calls him to get news on his son that they have the wrong number. The Ministry of Intelligence has subjected his father to pressure to deny the news that his son was sentenced to death in an interview with a state run news agency.