Are protestors in Iran going to be sentenced to death? That grim question will be on the mind of many Iranians today, after protestors reportedly threw petrol bombs last night at the former home of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. Insults to supreme leaders past and present carry the death sentence in Iran.
Further reports that 227 members of the Iranian parliament had signed a statement declaring the protestors ‘enemies of God’ and calling for them to be executed also went viral this week. The story managed to elicit a wave of condemnation across social media, the wider press and even led to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau condemning the regime’s ‘barbaric decision’ to kill the protestors.
But after the widespread attention the story garnered, some began to question the validity of the claims, especially the assertion that the deputies had called for the ‘execution’ of all those who had been incarcerated during the recent protests, estimated at around 15,000, many of them young adults.
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