An Iranian court has handed down a second death sentence in three days to a "rioter" for violence related to protests that broke out over the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said.
A revolutionary court has sentenced another defendant to death for terrorizing people in the street with a knife, setting fire to a citizen's motorcycle and stabbing a person," the website Mizan Online told the judiciary on Tuesday night An Enemy God for using bladed weapons that caused terror,” he reported.
Iran on Sunday handed down its first death sentence for protests that erupted on September 16, when Amini died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating the dress, according to the Islamic Republic's code for women.
Among the charges against the first convicts were "arson of a government building, disturbance of public order, gathering and concert to commit crimes against national security" and "enemy of God . and corruption on earth," Mizan said at the time.
Five others have been sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison for "collecting and conspiring to commit crimes against national security and disturbance of public order," Mizan said. The verdicts were handed down in lower courts, meaning several French intelligence agents have been arrested in connection with protests in Iran, the country's interior minister, Ahmad Vahidi, told state television on Wednesday.
There were elements of French intelligence and they are being treated according to the law,” said Vahidi.
The Islamic Republic has accused western countries of fomenting nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16 in the custody of the country's vice squad. Last week, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said a total of seven French nationals had been arrested. in Iran.
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