Iran on Saturday put on trial 16 anti-government protesters, two of them women, who were arrested on the Shiite mourning day of Ashura. The official IRNA news agency said five of the defendants are accused of being mohareb (enemies of God) and corrupt on earth, both crimes punishable by death under the Iranian legal system, based on Islamic sharia law. <br/><br/>It said the rest are accused of gathering and conspiring against security, propaganda against the system and seeking to harm security by inciting unrest and riot. IRNA said those accused of being mohareb include two who have ties with and were supporting the outlawed rebel People's Mujahedeen. Ashura demonstrations on December 27 were the bloodiest showdown in months between anti-government protesters and security forces. About 1,000 people were arrested and eight killed, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.