The Iranian court sentenced the prisoner to death accused of participating protests that have rocked Iran since mid-September, in first sentence to hang for these mobilizations in which greater freedom is called for, the media of the Persian country reported on Monday.
an unidentified man he was sentenced on Sunday by a Tehran court to the death penalty for “burning down a government building”.
He was also charged with “disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy to commit crimes against national security” and for “enmity with god and corruption on earth”, according to the Mizan news agency, by the Judiciary.
At the same time, another Tehran court sentenced five defendants to intermediate prison terms five and 10 years old for “disturbing public order, assembly and criminal association aimed at committing crimes against national security”.
all sentences can be appealedaccording to Mizan, who did not disclose further details about the defendants.
Iran has been the subject of protests since the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Masha Amini after being arrested three days earlier by the Morale Police for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectlywhich are harshly repressed by the security forces.
The protests are mainly carried out by young people and women to the cry of “woman, life, freedom”they shout anti-government slogans and burn veils, one of the symbols of the Islamic Republic and something unthinkable not so long ago.
The judicial authority accused more than 2,000 people of various crimes for their participation in the mobilizations, in which the end of the Islamic Republicmany of whom face death sentences.
At least 108 people were killed and around 12,000 arrested during the protests, according to the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights.
Urgent meeting of the United Nations
The UN Human Rights Council reported on Monday that it would be held an urgent meeting on Iran before pressure to carry out an international investigation into the deadly repression of protests that have rocked the country.
The highest UN human rights body said the special session on “the deterioration of the human rights situation“in Iran it will be celebrated on November 24th.
This call comes after representatives from Germany and Iceland filed a petition on Friday.
For the extraordinary assembly to be held, the support of 16 of the 47 members is needed, that is more than a third.
So far, 44 countries have supported this call, the agency said.
Foreigners in the protests
Iranian authorities said on Monday they had “evidence” of the attack participation of foreigners in the protests in the country and passed the information to their respective countries.
The Iranian authorities consider the protests “riots” encouraged by Western countries, especially the United States.
“As regards foreigners detained in Iran in connection with the unrest, evidence and explanations have been provided to the affected countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani told reporters in Tehran.
He did not specify their nationality, but in October the Iranian authorities announced the arrest of nine foreignersmainly from Poland, Italy and France, accused of having links with the protest movement.
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Source: Clarin
