Five people had been sentenced to death at first instance for murder, during demonstrations on November 3 in Karaj, west of Tehran, a member of the “Bassidji”.
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Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, two men accused of having killed a paramilitary during the demonstrations triggered by the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, was executed on Saturday January 7 in Iran. “The main authors of the crime that led to the martyrdom of Rouhollah Ajamian were hanged this morning,” said Mizan, the news agency of the judiciary, in reference to a member of the Bassidji, the Islamic militias linked to the guards of the Revolution, Iran’s ideological army.
Five people had been sentenced to death at first instance for murder during demonstrations on November 3 in Karaj, west of Tehran, of this Bassidji member. After examination, the Supreme Court “confirmed the sentences of condemned Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini”, according to a judicial statement on Tuesday. Those of “Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, Hossein Mohammadi and Reza Aria were canceled for procedural vices” and a “new trial” was ordered.
several months of revolt
The demonstrations that broke out in mid-September following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young woman of 22, are a reflection of general anger in the face of economic difficulties and social restrictions, say Analysts. Since its beginnings in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been regularly shaken by demonstrations. But this movement is unprecedented by its duration and the extent of the dispute to all the provinces of the country, the participation of different ethnic groups and social classes and direct calls at the end of the regime.
Portraits of the supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were burned, women openly paraded in the streets without scarves and demonstrators challenged the security forces. Iranian authorities accuse hostile foreign powers of stirring “riots”, notably the United States, sworn enemy of Tehran, but also other Western nations such as the United Kingdom or France, as well as opposition groups in exile.
Since the start of the protest movement, justice has condemned to death fourteen people in connection with the demonstrations, according to an AFP count based on official information. Among them, four have been executed, two saw their sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court, six are waiting for new trials and two others may appeal.
of activists assure that dozen other people face accusations liable to the death penalty.