ALBAWABA - Iran's judiciary is being tough on protestors with one of them receiving the death sentence.
A person who "set fire to a government building" was sentenced to death on charges of "disturbing public order and peace, assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security, war and corruption in the land," stated the Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran's judiciary.
اعتبارا من الخميس المقبل.. القضاء الإيراني يعلن بدء محاكمة 164 محتجا بتهم تصل عقوبتها إلى الإعدام#العربية #أخبار_الساعة pic.twitter.com/mbngldhsKU
— العربية (@AlArabiya) November 14, 2022
The sentence has gone viral on the social media with many news websites reporting the sentence beginning with:
Iran Issues First Known Death Sentence for Protester https://t.co/hMjRXNCOqQ Authorities say they have issued indictments of more than 1,000 people in Tehran alone, and on Sunday a judge in the southern province of Hormozgan said that 164 more protesters would be charged with a…
— kristoferkawas (@kristoferkawas) November 13, 2022
One reported thus:
La dictature terroriste integriste d'iran a choisi la peine de mort pour des personnes qui manifestent à raison. Ce regime terroriste doit tomber !
— Charlène (@Charline164) November 13, 2022
Thousands were arrested since the protests started last September. Javaid Rehman, the special UN rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, last week said as many as 14,000 people had been arrested since September according to Anadolu news including this one:
رئيس قضاة محافظة هرمزجان مجتبى قهرماني: إصدار لوائح اتهام لـ 164 محتجًا اعتقلوا في هذه المحافظة، وهم محتجزون الآن في سجن بندر عباس.
— جاده إيران Jadeh Iran (@jadehiran) November 13, 2022
The government has not released the official death toll in protests, but independent watchdogs have put the figure at more than 250, including civilians and policemen, according to the Turkish news agency.
