An Iranian court has ordered the execution of a man accused of killing seven people during nationwide protests last year, the judiciary said Friday.
Abbas Kurkuri was accused of using a military weapon to fatally shoot seven people in Izeh, in Khuzestan province, in November, and charged with the capital crimes of "moharebeh", or "war against God" and "corruption on earth", the judiciary's Mizan Online news website reported.
Hundreds of people were killed, including dozens of security personnel, and thousands were arrested in connection with what officials labelled "riots" fomented Iran's enemies.At the burial of one of the shooting victims, identified as 10-year-old Kian Pirfalak, the boy's mother reportedly blamed security forces for killing her son.
The judiciary's website added that Kurkuri had "accepted the charges" and confessed to being "under the influence of social media".
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