Iran plans public trials of more than 1,000 protestors

Iran's judiciary will hold public trials of at least 1,000 people in the capital, indicted over the recent protests that have convulsed the country, a state-run news agency reported Monday.

The mass indictment marks the first major legal action by the government to quash dissent since protests erupted when Mahsa Amini died in police custody over six weeks ago.

People arrested for “subversive actions” such as assaulting security personnel, committing arson and other violent acts are the ones to be publically tried.

Germany, Canada, and Ukraine have already imposed international sanctions on Iran and are condemning such arrests as violent and illegal.