TEHRAN — Courts in
Tehran have sentenced 400 people to
jail terms of up to 10 years over their involvement in protests sparked by
Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's judiciary said Tuesday.
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Iran has been gripped by nearly three months of protests —
which officials describe as "riots" — since the death of Amini after
her arrest for an alleged breach of the country's dress code for women.
"In hearings on cases of rioters in Tehran province,
160 people were sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison, 80 people to
two to five years and 160 people of up to two years," Tehran's judiciary
chief Ali Alghasi-Mehr said, quoted by the judiciary's Mizan Online website.
The Islamic republic has drawn widespread international
condemnation after executing two men in the past week in connection with the
unrest.
Majidreza Rahnavard and Mohsen Shekari, both 23, were hanged
on Monday and Thursday respectively on the charges of "moharebeh" —
or "enmity against God" under Iran's Islamic law.
Prior to the two executions,
Iran's judiciary said it had
issued death sentences to 11 people over the protests, but campaigners say
around a dozen others face charges that could see them also receive the death
penalty.
Since September 16 when the protests broke out, thousands of
people have been arrested. Iran's top security body said on December 3 that
more than 200 people had been killed in the unrest.
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