At least two dozen Iranian protesters may be executed in response by authorities to their participation in anti-government protests, according to a report published this Saturday by the local newspaper. Food🇧🇷
The aforementioned newspaper published a list drawn up by the Iranian authorities accusing 25 protesters of “waging war against God”, a charge punishable by death under Iranian law.
The list of the 25 suspects includes the rapper Mohsen Shekari, who was executed on Thursday morning, is charged with assaulting a guard with a gun, inciting terror and blocking a highway.
Iran’s judicial authorities have already announced that new executions will be carried out, while much of the international community and the most critical national sectors, such as the Foodask the authorities to review the sentences and prevent further executions.
Shekari’s death has already drawn strong condemnation at home and abroad, although Iranian political leaders, including President Ebrahim Raisi, have described the execution as a legitimate response to unrest across the country.
Protesters threatened action and spread the message ‘Wait for our revenge’ on social media. Meanwhile, the Iranian people internationally also announced new anti-government protests over the weekend.
More than 15,000 arrested
Iran has been the scene of protests since mid-September, when Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in police custody after being arrested for improperly wearing the headscarf and violating Islamic dress codes.
Since then, while the mobilizations took place, the authorities violently repressed them, drawing fresh sanctions from the international community for human rights issues.
From Tehran, however, they do not believe they are giving any arguments for the mobilizations, accusing Iran’s “enemies” and “mercenaries” of being behind the mass protests.
The authorities believe that most Iranians continue to support the Islamic system.
More than 500 people have been killed and at least 15,000 arrested in nearly three months of protests, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights.
Iranian authorities estimate the death toll at 300, 50 of them members of the country’s security forces.
After nearly three months of social protest, the disbanding of the morality police responsible for Amini’s arrest and death was announced, but the announcement failed to calm the situation, now made worse by the execution of the first protester.
Moreover, the disappearance of these police patrols did not mean the end of laws mandating the wearing of headscarves and other strict social norms in the country.
Everything seems to indicate that only the methods used to ensure compliance with such laws will change, violations of which, such as “the misuse of the hijab”, are now punishable by fines and up to two months in prison.
Source: DN
