Iran hardline newspaper warns against pardoning protesters
Kayhan, a hardline newspaper overseen by a representative of Iran’s supreme leader, warned against pardoning some protesters after recent unrest.
“There are whispers about pardoning some rioters who did not have weapons in their hands,” the paper wrote, asking, “if these individuals had not been present and had not supported those with weapons, would the armed ones have dared to commit such crimes?”
The paper also accused public figures of encouraging protests from behind the scenes. “Some celebrities and some cafe owners, without being present themselves, knowingly invited and incited young people and teenagers to street protests,” it wrote, adding that “all these supporters and fire-starters share responsibility for the human and financial losses.”
