At Least 2,000 Iranians Arrested During Protests to Face Public Trials
Security services have unleashed a fierce crackdown on the mainly peaceful protests, in which at least 253 people have been killed, including 34 Iranians under 18.
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Iran’s judiciary has announced that it will hold public trials for as many as 1,000 people detained during recent protests in Tehran alone, and more than a thousand others outside the capital, with one protester already being sentenced to death for his role in an anti-government rally, reports Patrick Wintour for The Guardian. In response, German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said he was shocked by the number of innocent protesters who were being illegally and violently arrested,
Canada has announced a fourth round of sanctions against senior Iranian officials and its law enforcement agents, and Ukraine has formally asked for Iran’s football team to be banned from the World Cup. Security services have unleashed a fierce crackdown on the mainly peaceful protests, in which at least 253 people have been killed, including 34 Iranians under 18.
