Iran judiciary warns of harsh penalties, possible executions for protest cases

Iran’s judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on Sunday that acts linked to the recent protests were “crimes” and warned of very severe punishments for cases deemed moharebeh (“enmity against God”), an offense that can carry the death penalty under Iran’s Islamic Penal Code.

Jahangir said security and intelligence bodies were completing detainees’ files to identify what he called domestic ringleaders and their alleged foreign links, adding that authorities would later publish a final tally of arrests after investigations were completed.

He also said the judiciary and the state-linked lawyers’ center were documenting what authorities describe as crimes and assessing financial damages, and warned that those he said encouraged protests or cooperated with “enemies” would face prosecution.

Earlier on Sunday, the head of the judiciary’s lawyers’ center said Iran planned legal complaints in domestic and foreign forums against US President Donald Trump and exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi.