A court in Iran has issued death sentences to 14 protesters who took part in the recent unrest, holding the proceedings online, sources familiar with the matter told Iran International.
The virtual sessions were convened by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, head of Branch 15 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court, the sources said.
They said Salavati heard cases in groups of 14 defendants at the same time.
US President Donald Trump said in January that he halted a planned mass execution of 800 prisoners, a claim for which no corresponding evidence has appeared in Iranian official announcements or domestic reporting.
One of the defendants who was handed a death sentence on Monday was Abolfazl Karimi, 35, who was shot and arrested after trying to help two injured protesters in Tehran on January 6.
Karimi, who is father of a young child and works as a motorbike courier in eastern Tehran, was returning from work when he encountered the two women wounded by security forces’ gunfire on Hengam street.
On Sunday, Judge Salavati, who has been sanctioned by the United States for his role in human rights abuses, also issued a death sentence to Mohammadamin Biglari, a 19-year-old detained during protests.
