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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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London, Tehran – Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Judiciary Begins Trial of Protesters

Students protest at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran (Twitter)

Iranian authorities are slapping charges of an offense that carries the death penalty against protesters who partook in anti-regime demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran.

Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced that courts will trial detainees in Tehran and some other provinces. He, however, did not point to the number of individuals facing charges.

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