A court in Tehran announced on Sunday the first death sentence in a case involving participation in riots in Iran since September, after the death of a young woman in the custody of the moral police, Agerpres reported.

According to the Mizan agency, citing AFP, which belongs to Iran’s judiciary, an unidentified man sentenced to death was found guilty of setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy. commit crimes against national security and corruption.

Another court in the capital Tehran sentenced five people to 5 to 10 years in prison for gathering and conspiring to commit crimes against national security and public order.

All of these sentences were handed down in the first instance, so the accused can appeal.

According to data provided by Iran’s judiciary, Iran’s judiciary recently indicted nearly 800 people for participating in the uprisings in the provinces of Hormozgan, Ispahan and Markazi, bringing the total number of those charged since the beginning of the demonstrations to over 2,000.

During this time, human rights NGOs talk about about 15,000 arrests, information denied by the Iranian authorities.

The protests began in September after a 22-year-old young woman died in the custody of the morality police, who had been detained because she was wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly.

The government of Tehran accuses Western powers, especially the United States, of fomenting the uprising in order to achieve a change of power in Iran.