Posted on 02/16/2011 10:08:18 AM PST by nuconvert
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian judiciary official on Wednesday pointed to the Iranian nation's massive and strong call for the trial of the leaders of recent unrests in the country, and said that the judiciary will definitely try sedition masterminds Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
"The judiciary will definitely fulfill its duty with regard to the trial of Mousavi and Karroubi," Deputy Chief of the Judiciary for Legal and Judicial Development Hojjatoleslam Ali Razini told FNA.
Asked if the judiciary would issue orders for detaining sedition leaders, Razini pointed out that when it comes to the trial of suspects, judiciary has different tasks and detention is part of them.
"People should know that the judiciary will not ignore its duty with regard to the trial of sedition masterminds and will try them in due time," the senior judiciary official underlined.
Also earlier today, Iran's Prosecutor-General and Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeii said that Tehran would certainly punish those who masterminded the Monday unrests in the capital.
"Elements behind this incident should be punished since riot, insecurity, damage to public properties and invitation to chaos cannot be ignored."
Several groups of seditionists staged riots in western Tehran on Monday afternoon. Rioters damaged public amenities and private buildings and properties and set up roadblocks by setting fire on garbage cans during the rush hour in the Iranian capital.
Rioters opened fire at the public and police troops, killing one university student on the scene and wounding 9 more.
Tehran's police tried to disperse the rioters, but did not reciprocate the gunfire. Police officials announced yesterday that most of those wounded in the incident are security and police troops.
According to police officials, the seditionists had hatched a plot to get the police and security forces involved in armed clashes to allege that they had been treated violently, but they failed to do so.
The seditionists comprising antirevolutionary elements from the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) and monarchist were forced to flee the scene after thousands of people overwhelmed the streets in support of the government.
The parliament has set up a committee to study the incident and its implications.
Meantime, tens of thousands of people along with a number of parliament members staged a sit-in at a central square in Tehran last night, demanding the government to take strict action against seditionists and their leaders.
Yes Iran, we totally take this at face value.
Morons.
The regime is about to overplay their hand.
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