The verdicts of 15 people participating in the riots after the presidential elections of 2009 have been specified. They will be executed, Iranian Attorney-General, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhei, said in an interview with Mehr news agency.
Ezhei did not specify the identity of these prisoners. But he added that they were sentenced for a term ranging from six months up to four years, as well as lashes.
Strong opposition unrest broke out in Tehran after the announcement of the results of presidential elections on June 12, 2009. Then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the elections, who according to the Iranian CEC won 66 percent of the votes. One of the losing candidates - a reformer Mir Hossein Mousavi accused authorities of ballot rigging and called on people to hold protests. During the clashes, according to official figures, 20 people were killed, but according to unofficial data - about 150 people. Some 1,032 demonstrators were arrested, most of which are subsequently released.
Iran's government has accused Western countries, particularly Great Britain, in a deliberate escalation of tensions in the country, in initiation of unrest and interference in the internal affairs of the country after the presidential election on June 12.