A court in Tehran issued guilty verdicts and indictments for 315 people arrested for taking part in Iran’s anti-government demonstrations, as student rallies and fresh labor strikes buoyed protests into their sixth week.
Four of the people have been charged with “belligerence”, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, a crime that can carry a sentence of death or limb amputation. There have been thousands of arrests since protests erupted on Sept. 16 following the death in police custody of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, who’d been arrested for allegedly flouting Iran’s strict Islamic dress code.
The other defendants have been accused of “gathering and conspiring with intent to damage national security, propaganda against the state and public disorder”, which can carry substantial jail terms. Their cases have all been passed on to court for trial, IRNA reported citing Tehran public prosecutor Ali Salehi.
On Monday, multiple videos and photos shared on Twitter showed demonstrations at universities in Hamedan, Tehran and Esfahan, some of which showed students trying to defy gender segregation rules that are mandatory at campus cafeterias.
The Kurdish group Hengaw Human Rights Organization said teacher unions across Iran’s Kurdish provinces also announced strikes in solidarity with protesters. A 21-year-old Kurdish student had been killed after being beaten by security forces during protests on Oct. 12 in the city of Hamedan, according to the rights group. The report couldn’t be verified by Bloomberg.
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