Iran suspends execution of three November 2019 protesters sentenced to death

The Iranians push an "egg" of relief. Iranian authorities have suspended the execution of three people involved in the November 2019 protests and sentenced to death, a lawyer for the defendants told AFP on Sunday.

"We have sent a request (for a new trial) to the Supreme Court and it has accepted it. We hope that the verdict will be set aside," Babak Paknia said on the phone.

The judicial authority announced on Tuesday the confirmation of the death penalty for these three people, affirming that evidence had been found on their phones according to which they had burned banks, buses and public buildings during these demonstrations.

According to Iranian newspapers, the three death row inmates are Amirhossein Moradi, 26, a cellphone salesman, Said Tamdjidi, a 28-year-old student, and Mohammad Rajabi, 26.

"We really hope that the (death) sentence will be canceled, given that one of the judges of the Supreme Court has already opposed the verdict," the defense for the defendants wrote in a statement released on Sunday by the agency. official Irna.

"Extraordinary procedures"

The announcement of the confirmation of the verdict sparked a lively controversy on social networks and many internet users called for the execution to be stopped using the hashtag "NePasExecuter", notably on Twitter and Instagram.

Justice system spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaïli said on Tuesday that the verdict could still change due to "extraordinary procedures", stressing a legal clause which could trigger a new trial if the head of justice deemed it necessary.

A protest movement had erupted in the country on November 15, 2019 as soon as a sharp increase in the price of gasoline was announced, in the midst of an economic crisis, and had affected a hundred cities.

London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has estimated that 304 people have died while a group of independent experts working for the UN have estimated that more than 400 people have died (including 12 children).

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Iranian authorities have spoken of 230 people killed in the riots.

According to the United States, the suppression of the demonstrations in November left more than 1,000 dead.

With AFP

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