Iran..a “public trials” of a thousand accused is expected

Iran painted a scene similar to ages ago, when a semi-official news agency confirmed that Tehran would conduct “public trials” of about 1,000 people against the backdrop of the unrest in the country.

And a semi-official news agency said, on Monday, that Iran will hold public trials for about a thousand people accused in Tehran against the backdrop of the turmoil in the country, while the authorities intensify their efforts to quell the protests that have been going on for more than 6 weeks after the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, in custody. The morality police.

In one of the boldest challenges to the government since the 1979 revolution, the protests continue despite increasingly dire warnings. On Saturday, the Revolutionary Guards explicitly called on protesters to stay away from the streets.

Iranian leaders have described the protests as a plot by enemies of the state, including the United States and Israel. Demonstrators from all walks of society participated, and students and women played a prominent role, and women burned their headscarves in these protests.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency, quoting the chief judge in Tehran province, said that about a thousand people, “who carried out acts of sabotage in the recent events, including assaulting or killing security guards, and setting fire to public property”, will be tried in a revolutionary court.

She added that the trials will take place publicly this week.

The Iranian authorities are waging a campaign to quell the unrest. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) said Saturday that 283 protesters were killed in the unrest, including 44 minors. About 34 members of the security forces were also killed.

Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police on 16 September after being detained for wearing “improper clothing“.