Three additional demonstrators have received death sentences from the Iranian government after they were accused of murdering security personnel during widespread protests that were started as a result of Mahsa Amini's death.
According to AFP, the judiciary of the nation declared on Monday that the defendants, Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, would be executed for waging "war against God."
Since the death in detention on September 16 of Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, who had been detained after being accused of violating Iran's dress code for women, there has been unrest throughout the country.
According to AFP, the most recent judgements, which are still subject to appeal, raise the total number of persons who have been sentenced to death in connection with over four months of protests to 17.
Six people who were given the death penalty have been granted retrials, and four executions have already taken place.
According to the judiciary's Mizan Online news website, Mirhashemi, Kazemi, and Yaghoubi received death sentences for "moharebeh" offences.
Additionally, they were all found guilty of being members of a "criminal group with the intent to disturb the security of the country," a crime punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
For the event that resulted in the deaths of the three security personnel in the central province of Isfahan on November 16, two further people received prison sentences.
