An overwhelming majority of Iranian parliamentarians asked the judiciary on Sunday to apply a law of retribution against the “enemies of God,” referring to the authors of the “rebellions” that have rocked the country for weeks, AFP reported.

In a statement signed by 227 out of 290 parliamentarians, they ask all the country’s officials, including the judiciary, to apply “as soon as possible the law of retribution against the so-called mohareb (enemies of God)”.

“Just like the Islamic State group, they have been harming people’s lives and property using white weapons and firearms,” ​​the parliamentarians added in a text published by Iran’s parliament agency Icana.

“We ask the judiciary to deal strictly with the perpetrators of these crimes and all those who incited the protests, including some politicians,” they said.

The demonstrations in Iran follow the death on September 16 of young Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died three days after she was arrested in Tehran by morality police who accused her of violating Islamic law. The strict dress code of the republic, which requires, in particular, the wearing of a veil by women.

Along the way, the demonstrations for women’s freedom turned into a movement against the Islamic regime, taking place in the streets, in universities and even in schools, despite the repression, whose balance is approaching 200 dead, according to estimates by NGOs outside Iran.

New demonstrations also took place on Sunday in Iran’s universities and in Kurdish regions in the country’s northwest. (Agerpress)