Multiple Iranian security and intelligence institutions have filed a joint legal case against Mohsen Borhani, a prominent lawyer who harshly criticized the government’s brutal crackdown on anti-establishment protesters.
The case was initiated by the Judicial Information Protection Center, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization, the Police Information Protection and a member of the Guardian Council, Borhani tweeted on August 6.
Multiple Iranian security and intelligence institutions have filed a joint legal case against Mohsen Borhani, a prominent lawyer who harshly criticized the government's brutal crackdown on anti-establishment protesters. https://t.co/qPOUrcyuDL #truth #IranProtests
— IranWire (@IranWireEnglish) August 7, 2023
“How many against one?” the lawyer asked.
The move comes amid increased state pressure on independent lawyers who have been critical of state repression on dissent and those who have defended protesters arrested in the clampdown on demonstrations sparked by the September 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
Borhani has consistently voiced his concerns about the legality of the judicial processes against demonstrators and the sentences handed down to them.
He has also criticized the government’s crackdown on women opposing mandatory hijab.
Amini’s death triggered months of nationwide demonstrations that quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.
The authorities cracked down hard on the women-led protest movement, killing hundreds of people and unlawfully detaining thousands, including dozens of lawyers.
Following biased trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters.
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