Iran Mahsa Amini, new symbol of young women
Protests The challenge of removing the veil in Iran
A Tehran court sentenced a person accused of participating in the "riots" to death on Sunday, the
first such sentence
since the wave of demonstrations began in the country, reported the Mizan Online agency of the judicial authority.
According to the verdict, the person was declared an
"enemy of God" and guilty
of "burning down a government building, disturbing public order, assembling and conspiring to commit a crime against national security," the agency said.
Iran has been experiencing a wave of violence since Mahsa Amini, a
22-year-old
Iranian Kurdish woman , died last September after being arrested by the morality police, allegedly for not wearing the veil correctly as required by the strict dress code. for women in the Islamic Republic.
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