November 12 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Eleven people, including a woman, have been charged with the lynching murder of a paramilitary during the wave of protests that has been shaking Iran since the death in custody of the young Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini in September for allegedly wearing the veil poorly. Islamic.
The incident, one of the best known of this period, occurred on November 3 in Karaj, west of Tehran. According to the account of the authorities collected this Saturday by the Iranian judicial agency Mizan, the paramilitary, identified as Sayed Ruholá Ajamian, was “unarmed and clearing the passage of a highway when a mob attacked him with knives and stones.”
“Finally, in an act comparable to the behavior of the (jihadist organization) Islamic State, they dragged his naked and dying body on the asphalt of the street, between cars,” concludes the official account of the murder of Ajamian, a member of the militias. Basij, dependents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of the Iranian Army.
Among the charges brought against these suspects, one stands out above all, that of “corruption on earth”, punishable in Iran with the death penalty.
The incidents took place near the Behesht Sakineh cemetery, on a day of mourning for the death of Hadis Najafi, a 22-year-old protester killed during a protest on September 21 in this town of Karaj, 30 kilometers west of the country’s capital. .
The repression of the protests, which include calls for the fall of the Iranian regime, have so far resulted in the death of more than 300 people, according to the latest data from the non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights (IHR), although other NGOs bring the death toll to over 400.
