Amnesty International’s request from embassies in Tehran to send representatives to trials
At the same time, the human rights organization Amnesty International has asked countries with embassies in Iran to send observers to the courts where protesters at risk of receiving death sentences are being tried.
In a tweet, this organization wrote that this includes the collective trial of 11 people in Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Alborz Province, which starts on November 30.
Amnesty International has also expressed grave concern over reports indicating the risk of death sentences for children in connection with the protests. The organization says this is a blatant violation of international laws.
On Tuesday in Mashhad, the first court session for an individual named Majid Rahnvard began, who is accused of killing two Basij members responsible for security. According to Iran’s judiciary, the accused killed two Basij members with a cold weapon and injured four others on Thursday, November 17, then fled, but was arrested in Semnan Province along with three foreign nationals.
Judicial processes in Iran are non-transparent to the extent that the accused is sometimes deprived of access to a lawyer. Human rights organizations describe these trials as unfair.
