Three other protesters sentenced to death
Meanwhile, three other people have been sentenced to death for the killing of members of the security forces in Isfahan amid protests that have been going on for almost 4 months. Saleh Mirhashemi Baltaghi, Majid Kazemi Sheikhshabani and Saeed Yaghoubi Kordsofla were charged with the “armed terrorist attack” and the shooting dead of three members of the security forces, Irna reported. They were sentenced to death for “muharebeh” (enmity against God) for “undermining the security of the country” by using weapons and leading a criminal group. In the same case, footballer Amir Nasr Azadani was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
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On January 7, local authorities executed two other men accused of killing a member of the paramilitary Basij (affiliated to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps). Last month, Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was publicly hanged after she was found guilty by a court in Mashhad (in the north-east of the country) of killing two members of the security forces. four days before Mohsen ShekariThe 23-year-old was executed for injuring a member of the security forces.
Mahsa Amini
Since then, the Islamic Republic has been the scene of protests Mahsa Amini, A 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman died on September 16 after being arrested in Tehran by vice squads who accused her of violating the dress code requiring women to wear a headscarf.
Khamenei: “We fight hard against the rioters”
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei said the protesters must be cracked down on. “They have undoubtedly committed treason, and their respective organizations must fight that treason seriously and fairly,” he said, adding that “the hand of foreigners, Americans and Europeans, in the riots is so evident that it cannot be ignored .”
Pope: “In Iran we demand respect for dignity, no more death penalty”
“The right to life is under threat where the death penalty continues to be practiced, as is happening these days in Iran following the recent demonstrations for more respect for women’s dignity.” Pope Francis stated this, specifying that “the death penalty should not be alleged state justice can be used, as it does not act as a deterrent and does not offer justice to the victims, but only fuels a thirst for revenge. I therefore appeal to the death penalty, which is always inadmissible because it threatens the inviolability and dignity of the person, in which legislation in all countries of the world is abolished”.