Protest detainees in Iran at risk of imminent execution
Illustrative photo: during protests in Iran, thousands of people have been killed or arrested (Getty Images)
In Iran, authorities may begin executing citizens in the coming days who were arrested during large-scale trials. The "justice" system, following the orders of the ayatollah regime, will attempt to accuse them of fabricated crimes and kill them, according to Iran Human Rights (IHR) and other Iranian human rights groups.
Since January 10, Iran’s Attorney General has declared all protesters "moharebs" — "enemies of God" — accusing them of so-called "waging war against God." The Iranian regime has traditionally used this charge as a pretext to execute anyone opposing it.
Iranian officials have also promised to handle these cases "severely and swiftly" in special branches of the revolutionary courts, IHR writes.
Under Iran’s Sharia-based legal system, protesters are often accused of "waging war against God" or other fabricated crimes. In most cases, those convicted of such “serious offenses” face execution.
According to human rights activists, the death toll in Iran may already reach about 12,000 as a result of large-scale anti-government protests that have been ongoing for 16 days. Earlier figures were significantly lower, while the regime is concealing any evidence of this crime.
Meanwhile, despite massive repression, US President Donald Trump publicly called on Iranians to continue anti-government protests, "seize institutions," and said that assistance for protesters is "already on the way."
After the first reports of casualties, US President Donald Trump said that Iran was "beginning" to cross his "red line." According to Axios, Trump is considering strikes on Iran to punish the ayatollah regime for the killings. However, other media reports that there are no real military decisions, and the White House has yet to decide what it will do.
Mass anti-government protests began in Iran on December 28 after the national currency, the Iranian rial, fell to a historic low, triggering a sharp rise in prices and widespread social discontent.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that the fall of the ayatollah regime in Iran would deal a major blow to Russia, as it would eliminate a channel for supplying weapons and military goods via the Caspian Sea, as well as the ability to circumvent sanctions with Tehran’s help.
