Health ministry resisted request to hand over records of injured protesters - lawmaker

Branch 15 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Abolghassem Salavati, has issued a death sentence for Mohammadamin Biglari, a 19-year-old detained during protests in Tehran, according to information shared with Iran International.

The case has been sent to Iran’s Supreme Court.

According to the information received, Biglari works at a men’s barbershop in Tehran and was arrested on January 8 while returning home from work.

The report said his mother has died and that authorities only informed his father of the arrest three weeks later, after he spent weeks searching for his son, including among bodies at Kahrizak morgue.

Iran’s armed forces chief Abdolrahim Mousavi warned US President Donald Trump that any conflict with Iran would be lesson for him, and questioned Washington’s stated interest in negotiations.

“He will enter a battle that will serve as a lesson, the outcome of which will ensure he no longer blusters on the world stage.”

He also challenged Trump’s approach, asking why the US president talks about negotiations if he intends to pursue war.

An Iranian lawmaker dismissed a major rally in Munich as a staged “show,” despite Munich police estimating that about 250,000 people attended.

Morteza Mahmoudi, a Tehran MP, alleged that monarchist supporters had lured people from across Europe with “empty promises” and heavy spending, including travel and ticket costs, according to remarks carried by Iranian media.

He said the turnout was “very small” and alleged the crowd was inflated because it mixed with visitors attending a nearby pre-planned event, calling the global coverage of the rally “embarrassing.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the January unrest was “unimaginable,” arguing that authorities cannot solve the crisis by papering over the problem.

Using a medical metaphor, Pezeshkian said Iran must “treat the disease,” adding that his administration came to solve people’s problems rather than add to them.

He said public sentiment has been deeply harmed, saying the prevailing mindset in society has “taken a wound.”

Families of slain protesters are increasingly turning Iran’s 40th-day mourning ceremonies into acts of open defiance, replacing religious rites with dancing, music and wedding-style symbolism.

Relatives at Mohammad-Hossein Alikhani’s 40th-day ceremony at his graveside performed a mourning dance rather than holding a conventional Islamic service.

Video received by Iran International showed chanting and rhythmic movement instead of prayer recitations.

Alikhani, 25, was shot dead by security forces on January 8 in Tehran’s Fallah neighborhood.

At the memorial for 22-year-old athlete Erfan Bozorgi, family members carried symbolic wedding trays used in engagement ceremonies.

The ritual, known as tabagh-keshi, is typically associated with celebration, not mourning.

Bozorgi was killed by a gunshot wound to the head early in January in Marvdasht, Fars province.

Footage from Khorramabad showed drums and wind instruments played at Amirhossein Shakerami’s graveside, accompanied by a mourning dance.

Clapping and upbeat rhythms replaced the mournful tone that normally defines Iranian funerals.

Shakerami, 20, was shot in the abdomen during protests in Karaj on January 8 and later died of his injuries.

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  Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance