The Islamic Republic vowed that protestors would be killed for “betraying” the regime.
Mohammad Movahedi Azad, Iran’s attorney general, warned in a state television statement Saturday that those taking part in the fiery Tehran demonstrations would be considered an “enemy of God” — a crime that carries the death penalty in the Islamic-led country.
Even those found to have “helped rioters” could face the charge and be put to death, he threatened.
A masked demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi during a protest in Tehran on Friday, January. 9, 2026. AP
“Prosecutors must carefully and without delay, by issuing indictments, prepare the grounds for the trial and decisive confrontation with those who, by betraying the nation and creating insecurity, seek foreign domination
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