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Thousands clash with police in Tehran after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Source: Reuters -
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An Iranian court has handed down a death sentence on a man who
took part in opposition protests over a disputed election in June,
a reformist website reported.
Mowjcamp, which gave no source for the report, said a judge had
informed Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani about the verdict on Monday.
It said Ali-Zamani is a member of a pro-monarchist group, but
did not give details about the charges against him.
A semi-official news agency, Mehr, said in August he was accused of
fighting against the Islamic establishment and active membership of
a terrorist royalist association, and other crimes.
There was no immediate comment from the authorities.
There have been no other reports of death sentences issued against
people involved in huge demonstrations that erupted after the
presidential poll, which the opposition says was rigged in favour
of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Under Iranian law, such verdictsd can be appealed to a higher
court.
Ali-Zamani was among more than 100 opposition supporters, including
senior reformist figures, who were accused of fomenting
post-election street unrest in a series of mass trials that got
under way in August.
The authorities have rejected opposition charges of vote
rigging.
They have portrayed the protests as a foreign-backed bid to
undermine the Islamic Republic.
The June election plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis
since the 1979 Islamic revolution, when the US-backed shah was
toppled.
