On Friday, the Iranian judiciary announced that it had sentenced a man convicted of killing several people during the November demonstrations that followed the death of Mahsa Amini.
A protest movement has been rocking Iran since the death of the 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman on September 16, three days after she was arrested by the morality police, who accused her of violating the strict dress code imposed on women.
Hundreds of people, including dozens of members of the security forces, were killed during these demonstrations.
Thousands of demonstrators were also arrested, whom the authorities accused of participating in “riots” sparked by Israel – Iran’s sworn enemy – and Western countries.
Among them is Abbas Korkori, who was sentenced to death on Friday for “harbingership with a weapon to terrorize and kill people,” as well as “corruption on earth,” according to the verdict, which was published on the official website of the Iranian judiciary.
Korkori was convicted of killing seven people with a “military weapon” on November 16 in Izeh in Khuzestan Province (southwest), according to the ruling that can be appealed before the Supreme Court.
At the time, the mother of one of the victims, a ten-year-old boy named Kian Berflak, accused the security forces of killing her son, while the authorities and state media reported that a “terrorist attack” had killed the child.
The judiciary website said that the convict admitted that he acted “under the influence of social networks” and “accepted the charges” against him.
Human rights organizations constantly warn of the defendants’ confessions in Iran, believing that they are often extracted under coercion.
Four people were executed and 20 others were sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary in trials related to the protests.
Amnesty International says that more people are being executed in Iran than in any other country except China.