The Supreme Court of Iran confirmed this Saturday the death sentence of a man who participated in the anti-government protests in September, after the death of Mahsa Amini, after his arrest in Tehran for incorrect use of the Islamic veil.
The Supreme Court said it had rejected an appeal filed by the man, identified as Mohamad Qabaldo, who was convicted of allegedly running over six policemen in November, resulting in the death of one officer and the wounding of five, according to the Iranian news portal. Mizan.Online.
In the case of Saman Saidi, a rapper sentenced to death in October for criticizing the government in his songs, the court decided to accept the musician’s appeal, annulling the death sentence and ordering a new trial.
Iranian authorities have so far executed two people convicted of their involvement in the demonstrations that followed the death of Mahsa Amini, while several thousand have been detained, more than 20 of whom face the death penalty, according to a report published in 10 by the daily site Etemad.
In early December, the Islamic Republic regime executed two young protesters, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both aged 23, for participating in demonstrations and allegedly attacking security forces.
A little over three weeks elapsed between their arrests and the execution of their sentences, as human rights organizations emphasized at the time.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard recently confirmed that more than 300 people have been killed since the start of the protests, this being the first official figure since the start of the protest demonstrations, after the death of Amini, a young man from the Iranian Kurdish minority, while in the custody of the so-called “morality police”.
The official figures are lower than those provided by the non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights, which puts the number of deaths from the repression by the security forces at more than 500, and the number of arrests at more than 18,000, since 16 February. september. on the day of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
Source: TSF
