Iran sentences three more anti-government protesters to death in what rights groups call another 'sham trial' designed to intimidate demonstrators
According to Amnesty International, Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 people in what it called"sham trials designed to intimidate protesters."
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeid Yaghoubi, who had been convicted of allegedly killing members of Iran’s Basij Resistance Forces, a paramilitary organization controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, during anti-government protests in the central city of Isfahan, were sentenced to death on Monday, according to the Mizan news agency.
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