Defense of protester executions and rights record
Outlets reported that Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei defended protester death sentences after Mohsen Shekari's hanging and again in May 2023; lawyers and UN/Amnesty figures cited in coverage criticized due process and execution rates.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Mohsen Shekari executed; lawyers dispute moharebeh charge - BBC Persian reported Iran's judiciary carried out the hanging of 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari. The spokesman defended the process; lawyers including Nemat Ahmadi and Mohsen Borhani said his acts did not warrant a capital moharebeh sentence. قوه قضائیه ایران از به دار آویختن محسن شکاری دفاع کرد
- Ejei: moharebeh penalty choice rests with the judge - DW Persian reported the judiciary chief, defending protester executions in the Supreme Judicial Council, said Islamic Penal Code articles leave the four moharebeh penalties to the judge and accused critics of political motives. Senior clerics disputing capital use were also quoted. اعتراضات در ایران؛ دفاع محسنی اژهای از اعدام معترضان
- Ejei: those who must be executed will have sentences carried out - BBC Persian and Radio Farda reported Ejei said regarding the 2022 protests that those who by law must be executed have had or will have sentences carried out without hesitation. Coverage cited rights groups' due-process critiques and UN/Amnesty execution tallies. رئیس قوه قضائیه ایران: آنها که باید اعدام شوند، حکمشان اجرا خواهد شد