Source: Radio Zamaneh
Ayatollah Ahmad Janati told today's worshipers at Tehran's Friday Mass prayers that it is no time to show "mercy" and if we show any "weakness," we will run into difficulties. He called on the Head of the Judiciary to confront "rioters" firmly without mercy.
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Ahmad Janati |
He went on to commend Ayatollah Larijani, Head of
the Judiciary for issuing the death sentence of the two detainees that were
hanged yesterday.
Yesterday, Mohammadreza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour were executed in
connection with the post-election events and according to Tehran Prosecutor's
Office another nine death sentences have been issued that will be executed if
approved by the appeals court.
Arash Rahmanipour (left) and
Mohammadreza Ali-Zamani
Ayatollah Janati criticized the failure of
authorities to execute the perpetrators of similar reformist protests that took
place ten years ago, and he maintained: "if you show any weakness now, a worse
future will await you."
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Basij militants
shooting at protesters during Ashura protests in Tehran on December
27
The opposition supporters have ignored repeated orders and threats
by authorities to stop protesting. They have continued to hold
rallies despite government's refusal to issue them permits. At least
8 people were killed by security forces during the Ashura protests
in Tehran on December 27 when the security forces opened fire on
them and in some cases ran over them with police cars. The
protesters fought back firecely in response to the attack by
security forces and Basij militia. |
In the past seven months over five thousand
election protesters have been arrested and at least 40 have been killed.
Reportedly, many detainees have been abused and tortured. A parliamentary probe
into the treatment of post-election detainees was recently released confirming
that a group of detainees were severely abused and at least three of them were
killed as a result of torture and beatings while in jail.
Read
full report
of the Friday Prayers by ISNA (in Persian)
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