Iran protests: Authorities charge 1,000 people over Tehran unrest

About 1,000 radical successful Tehran person been charged successful transportation with the anti-government protests that person engulfed Iran, the city's main authoritative says.

Suspects accused of "acts of sabotage", including murdering information guards and arson, look unfastened wide trials this week.

Authorities person not said however galore person been arrested nationwide, but rights activists person enactment the full astatine 14,000.

The announcement came arsenic 2 teenage protesters allegedly killed by information forces were buried successful north-east Iran.

At his ceremonial connected Monday, mourners shouted slogans against the government.

The BBC's Kasra Naji says witnesses saw her autumn to the crushed during a protestation a fewer days agone aft she was deed by birdshot fired by information forces.

However, our analogous adds, Sarina's begetter was forced to denote connected TV that her decease was the effect of a termination successful bid to absolve information forces of blame.

Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that 284 people, including 45 children, person been killed by information forces successful the crackdown connected protests, which erupted aft the decease successful constabulary custody of a pistillate accused of wearing her hijab "improperly".

Thirty-five information unit person besides been killed, it says.

Authorities person portrayed the protests arsenic "riots" fomented by Iran's overseas enemies and warned that those who instrumentality portion volition look terrible punishment.

Iran's judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, vowed connected Monday that judges would "deal with the cases of the caller riots with accuracy and speed".

"Those who mean to face and subvert the authorities are babelike connected foreigners and volition beryllium punished according to ineligible standards," the Associated Press cited him arsenic saying.

On Saturday, a Revolutionary Court successful Tehran began trying 5 radical connected charges that transportation the decease penalty, authorities quality bureau Irna reported.

They included 1 antheral accused of "corruption connected Earth" for allegedly hitting and sidesplitting a constabulary serviceman with his car, it said. Another antheral who allegedly attacked constabulary with a weapon and acceptable a authorities gathering connected occurrence faced the complaint of "enmity against God", it added.

The protests person continued contempt the menace of prosecution and an ultimatum from the commandant of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), a almighty subject unit tasked with defending the country's Islamic system.

"Today is the past time of the riots," Maj-Gen Hossein Salami declared successful a code connected Saturday. "Do not travel to the streets anymore."

Defiant students were filmed protesting astatine much than a twelve universities crossed the state the pursuing day.

Video appeared to amusement equipped unit successful plainclothes attacking a assemblage with teardrop state and sticks astatine a subdivision of Azad University successful Tehran.

The unrest was triggered by the decease connected 16 September of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old pistillate who fell into a coma aft being arrested by morality constabulary successful Tehran for allegedly violating Iran's strict rules requiring women to screen their hairsbreadth with a hijab, oregon headscarf.

There were reports that officers bushed her caput with a baton and banged it against the broadside of a vehicle. The constabulary denied mistreating her and said she suffered a bosom attack.

The archetypal protests took spot aft Ms Amini's funeral, erstwhile women ripped disconnected their headscarves successful solidarity.

They person since evolved into 1 of the astir superior challenges to the clerical constitution since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.