Three other people were sentenced to death by Iranian courts following clashes in several cities in Iran which today enters the third month of protests,

sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini

.

Tehran's Revolutionary Court has issued a preliminary verdict of death penalty - meaning it can still be appealed - for three men defined as "rioters and disruptors of security".

The former was accused of causing "public disorder, insecurity in the country and causing damage to people and public property".

The second death sentence punishes a protester for "set fire to the Pakdasht city governorate".

The third convict is accused of having "attempted to close a road, preventing the movement of vehicles and causing terror, as well as damaging public property", according to the judiciary website.

This brings the total number of death sentences issued in three days to five.

Other people in recent days have instead been sentenced to prison, while, according to human rights organizations, people arrested since the beginning of the demonstrations in mid-September are around 16,000.

Now the sentences are starting to pour in, with members of parliament asking the courts to intervene with exemplary sentences.

The fate of a 16-year-old girl held in jail for five days for questioning after being arrested in the town of Bani Naim is worrying.

Strikes in markets and protests in universities or on the streets of various Iranian cities continued today. 

In recent months we have witnessed new scenes for Iran: many women have cut their hair in the square and set fire to their hijabs in rebellion against the authorities and the regime where even exchanging a kiss in public is prohibited.

In addition to the demonstrations for Mahsa, protests are underway to commemorate the more than 1500 people who died in November 2019, in the crackdown known as "Bloody

November

", triggered by the increase in fuel prices.

A large crowd gathered in front of the house of

Foad Mohammadi

, who was killed yesterday following heavy clashes between demonstrators and police during demonstrations in the Kurdish city of Kamyaran, where security forces opened fire on protesters, injuring some people. 

Also yesterday, two other people were also killed in Sanandaj.

In the capital Tehran, the police used tear gas and firearms against protesters at the iron market, trying to force the striking traders to open the closed shops with threats. 

Among those arrested today are many

university students,

while 150 students from the Alzahra women's university have been banned from entering the university.

"We will swear by the blood of our friends, we will stand to the end," was one of the slogans chanted by schoolgirls calling for the release of imprisoned classmates.

Clashes between police forces also occurred 

at a

subway station in the capital with some of the passengers shouting slogans such as: "We will fight and die to take back Iran".

Meanwhile on Telegram, despite the censorship, the videos that invite the revolution are multiplying.