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One video posted online shows a woman saying security "forces shot my child," rejecting regime claims that the 9-year-old was killed by terrorists.
The verdict from the international court comes more than eight years after a missile slammed into the commercial flight, killing all 298 people on board.
"The international community must strongly warn the Islamic Republic of the consequences of executing protesters," a rights group said.
"I've broken my strike. I'll explain everything on Thursday," says a letter in Abdel-Fattah's handwriting, according to his family.
His lawyers and U.K. government representatives, however, have not been allowed to visit him in prison.