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“Iran Govt: Death Penalty to Protest Organizers”
by Arutz Sheva - Hana Levi Julian   
June 18th, 2009

 Iran: Death to Rally Organizers
Iranian government officials warned Wednesday that they would seek the death penalty for detainees who have been arrested for organizing post-election opposition rallies in Tehran and elsewhere around the country.

The Iranian Fars news agency quoted Mohammadreza Habibi, an Iranian provincial prosecutor as saying the "few elements" behind the unrest could face the death penalty under Islamic law. The prosecutor-general of the central province of Esfahan said "these few elements" were controlled from outside the country and warned them to stop their "criminal activities."

Government forces continued to attack Iranian demonstrators protesting irregularities in Friday's presidential election.

Nevertheless, thousands of Iranians planned to protest for a fifth day in the capital against the skewed results of an election they insist was rigged against challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former president, in defiance of a government ban on all demonstrations. The election results announced by government officials had showed incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with an almost 2 to 1 victory over Mousavi barely two hours after the polls closed, even in Mousavi's own hometown. Numerous polling locations had reported irregularities as well.

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