Reactions in cyberspace to the confirmation of the death sentences of three November protesters: "They don't consider us human beings and consider us as numbers"
Some social media users reacted to the confirmation of the death sentences for three protesters from last November's protests, considering it another sign of the lack of freedom of expression in Iran.
Earlier, US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus announced that the United States condemns the Supreme Court's confirmation of the death sentences of three detainees from the November 2019 popular protests in Iran.
On Thursday, July 25, it was announced that the death sentences for Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi had been confirmed by the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic.
Reactions in cyberspace
The verdict for the three young protesters was initially issued in the lower court and confirmed in the Supreme Court, but Mustafa Nili, the defendants' lawyer, has not yet had the opportunity to "enter the case" and register his attorneyship with the judicial authorities. He expressed surprise at the issuance of this verdict on his Twitter account.
Hossein Taj, another lawyer who defends political defendants, described the situation similar to what Mustafa Nili described.
Meanwhile, the publication of news of the Supreme Court's confirmation of the death sentence and its subsequent denial in some state-run news agencies has raised concerns among human rights activists. A user named Seyyed Ahmad Haqnegar says that this is the practice of the Islamic Republic, which first announces the news and then confuses everyone with the "regular game" of confirmation and denial, and then the "executioner" executes with a "comfortable imagination."
Popular protests began on Friday, November 14, after the sudden release of news of the increase in gasoline prices, in various cities of Iran, including Mashhad, Khuzestan, Ahvaz, Khorramshahr, and Behbahan, and then spread to all regions of the country, and the dimensions of the protest went beyond the increase in gasoline prices.
Following these protests, the Reuters news agency reported that the death toll in the Iranian protests was 1,500, citing three sources close to the leader of the Islamic Republic, who wrote that Khamenei had ordered government and security officials to do "whatever is necessary" to stop the protests.
During the popular protests in Iran, US government officials, including US President Donald Trump himself, repeatedly referred to the issue of Iranian protesters and US support for the Iranian people, saying that "the protesters in Iran are seeking freedom and we fully support them."
Source: Voice of America
