Since the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran has charged around 1,000 detained people in Tehran and around the same amount beyond the capital. The nationwide protests came to global attention and resulted in many being detained. Iran has decided the trials of those accused will be heard in public in coming days.

Ali Al-Qasi Mehr, chief justice of Tehran province, confirmed the decision to hold the mass public trials.

Those who “have serious accusations, including assaulting or martyring security guards, and setting fire to public property … have been scheduled in Revolutionary Court,” Mehr said, according to IRNA.

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