Tuesday 04 August 2009

Iran puts 10 more election protesters on trial

Ten more protesters who opposed the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were put on trial in a revolutionary court in Tehran on Sunday, the ISNA news agency reported.

"This morning, 10 other defendants were put on trial in a revolutionary court in a closed session," the report said quoting a judiciary official.

"These people are among those arrested in the incidents after the election."

About 100 people accused of rioting in the aftermath of the June re-election of Ahmadinejad went on trial on Saturday.

AFP

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