Iran: more than one hundred “rioters” accused by judicial authority

The authority announced Wednesday “the indictment of sixty people” in Tehran and sixty-five others in the province of Hormozgan (South), arrested during “recent riots”, detailed Mizan Online, the site Iranian justice.

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More than a hundred people have been charged in Iran. The judicial authority announced on Wednesday October 12, “the indictment of sixty people” in Tehran and sixty-five others in the province of Hormozgan (South), arrested during “recent riots”, detailed Mizan online , the Iranian justice site, without specifying the charges.

A dispute movement has shaken Iran since the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian 22 -year -old Kurdish, who died three days after his arrest in Tehran by the Police of manners, who reproached him for having violated the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC CODE for women, in particular wearing the veil. 2>

dozens of people killed

Since his death, dozens of people, mainly demonstrators but also members of the security forces, have been killed during rallies qualified as “riots” by the authorities, while hundreds of others were arrested In several cities in the country.

“Since the rioters [charged] played a central role in the formation of illegal rallies, the fire and the attack on certain public and private places, and sowed terror among the population, the prosecutor Quickly investigated their cases, “said Hormozgan justice chief, Mojtaba Ghahremani, quoted by Mizan Online .

On September 25, Iranian media announced the arrest of eighty-eight demonstrators in Hormozgan and nearly 1,200 others including sixty women in the north of the country.

“Now, those who attack the lives and property of people, police and military and urban facilities, or encourage and encourage people to the riot will be treated in a decisive and without tolerance by the judicial system” , said Ali Salehi, the Tehran prosecutor, quoted Wednesday by Mizan Online.

/Media reports.