Iran will soon execute nine more people in connection with the country's post-election riots. The semiofficial FARS news agency today said the nine are among 11 who were sentenced to death by Tehran's Revolutionary Court last month. Two were hanged last week.<br/><br/>The news agency quoted a senior judiciary official as saying the two people who were executed as well as the other nine who will soon be executed had certainly been arrested during the recent riots. The official said each had belonged to an anti-revolutionary group and had aspired to sow dissent to uproot the regime.<br/><br/>Anti-government demonstrations began after the disputed June 12 presidential vote, which re-elected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi. Witnesses said at least seven people were killed and hundreds arrested, as they took to the streets on Ashura, a Muslim holy day which occurred on December 27.
News On AIR | February 2, 2010 8:51 PM
Iran to execute nine more for post-election riots