TEHRAN — The trial of five Iranians charged with offences
that can carry capital punishment over protests sparked by
Mahsa Amini’s death
opened Saturday in Tehran, the judiciary’s news website said.
اضافة اعلان
The Islamic republic has witnessed a wave of
protests over the death of 22-year-old Amini on September 16 after her arrest
by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country’s strict
dress code for women.
The street violence, which authorities have dubbed
“riots”, has led to dozens of deaths, mostly among demonstrators but also among
the security forces.
Hundreds of protesters including women have been
arrested.
“The first hearing of a number of defendants from
the recent riots opened this morning at Tehran’s revolutionary tribunal,” the
judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.
Charges have been filed against more than 1,000
individuals in provinces across Iran in connection to the protests, the
judiciary said on Wednesday.
Mizan reported that an individual identified as
Mohammad Ghobadlou was charged in Tehran with “corruption on earth”, an offence
punishable by death, for “attacking police with a car, which resulted in the
death of one officer and the injury of five others”.
Another of the five, Saeed Shirazi, faces the same
charge for “inciting people to commit crimes against the country’s security”,
Mizan said.
The three others, identified as Saman Seyedi, Mohammad
Boroghani and Mohsen Rezazadeh, have all been accused of “moharebeh”, which
means “war against God” — a charge that can also carry a death sentence.
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