Iran starts trial of 16 post-election protestors

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Sixteen opposition protestors charged with offences connected with Iran's disputed June presidential re-election of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadeinejad, went on trial on Saturday, a court website said.
Five of the defendants were charged with "moharebeh" (waging war against God) while the remainder were accused of public order and national security offences, the court said.

All of the accused on Saturday were arrested after eight people were killed in clashes between opposition supporters and security forces on Ashura, the holy Shi'ite day of ritual mourning, that fell on Dec. 27. The date coincided with the seventh day of mourning for leading dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.

The semi-official Isna news agency quoted the deputy Tehran prosecutor as saying that of the 16, one was a member of the outlawed Baha'i faith, one was a communist and some of the rest belonged to the counterrevolutionary group Mojahedin Khalq Organization.



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[nyy1998]

1. They're actually publicising these trials now?

Either way, they're probably doomed to execution squad or w/e death penalty method they use in Iran.

[panzerfaust]

2. Iran starts trial of 16 SURVIVING post-election protestors

would be a more accurate headline