The Iranian judiciary has charged 11 detainees, including a woman, with the death penalty amid the murder of a security officer near Tehran this month on the sidelines of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, an official. said yesterday.
Protests have been held in Iran since September 16 after Amini’s death, three days after she was arrested by the vice police for not following strict dress codes.
Dozens, including security officials, died on the sidelines of protests that raised anti-government slogans, most of which officials considered “riots.”
The judiciary has also filed various charges against more than 2,000 detainees.
On November 3, Iranian media reported the killing of a member of the mobilization forces (Basij) affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards and injuring 10 police officers during clashes with protesters on the fields of a 40th anniversary celebration, the death of a young woman, Hadith Najafi, who, according to her relatives, died on the sidelines of protests in Karaj, west of Tehran.
The Fars news agency reported at the time that the slain soldier Ruhollah Ajamyan was stabbed to death and stoned.
Hussain Fadhili Harikindi, a spokesman for the judiciary in the province of Alborz, to which Karaj belongs, stated that “after the identification and arrest of the accused (of the murder of Ajamian), a preliminary investigation was carried out (…) and 11 people, 10 men and a woman, were brought to trial , and the prosecutor’s office of Karaj filed an indictment against them.
