Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 –
Hundreds of Iranian women gathered outside the offices of the judiciary in Tehran on Tuesday in
protest to the impending execution of a female prisoner, dissidents have
told Iran Focus.
Dozens of protesting women were arrested outside the judiciary as they
clashed with armed agents of Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF)
and its undercover units.
Agents of the SSF sealed off the area, and motorbike patrols roamed the
vicinity breaking up crowds of women.
The women were protesting the death sentence of Kobra
Rahmanpour.
Rahmanpour has been in prison for several years
accused of murdering her mother-in-law, though she insists that her actions
were in self defence.
Iran’s
State Supreme Court recently upheld the verdict for her to be hanged to
death.
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