‘Enemy of God’: Iran threatens death penalty for protesters as unrest nears two weeks

Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Movahedi Azad on Saturday (January 10) warned that anyone taking part in ongoing protests — or even those who “helped rioters” — would be treated as an “enemy of God,” a charge that carries the death penalty, as nationwide demonstrations approached the two-week mark amid an intensifying crackdown. “Prosecutors must carefully…

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