Protests have erupted in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after she was arrested for wearing a hijab authorities considered 'improper.'
some protesters after several were charged with crimes punishable by death, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights.
The article goes on to cite Iran's judiciary website and said that"an unnamed protester has been sentenced to death on charges of moharebeh through arson of a government building and efsad-fil-arz by the Revolutionary Court. From previous official reports from protester trials, Manouchehr Mehman Navaz and Mohammad Boroughani have both been tried for charges of moharebeh for arson of government buildings.
As the protests across Iran have continued, lawmakers recently signed a letter calling on the country to"show no leniency" to any of"We, the representatives of this nation, ask all state officials, including the judiciary, to treat those, who waged war [against the Islamic establishment] and attacked people's life and property like the Daesh [terrorists], in a way that would serve as a good lesson in the shortest possible time," the lawmakers reportedly wrote in the...
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