Three Iranians have been tentatively sentenced to death in connection with post-election protest activities, according to semi-official state media.
Supporters of Iran's opposition set flaming barricades in the street during a protest in June.

Supporters of Iran's opposition set flaming barricades in the street during a protest in June.

The three -- who were identified only by initials -- were accused of contacts with opposition groups, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Saturday.

The death sentences can be appealed, ISNA reported, quoting Bashiri Rad, director of public relations of the Tehran judiciary.

No other information was released about the three defendants or the charges they faced.

The Iranian government restricts the activity of journalists in Iran, making it difficult for news organizations to independently obtain or confirm information.

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in protest following the country's contested June 12 presidential election. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second term despite widespread fraud accusations by supporters of opposition candidates.
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Dozens of protesters have been tried in the months since. Opposition presidential candidates Mehdi Karrubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi have alleged that those convicted were tortured into confessing, and that some defendants were raped in prison.

Reformist former President Mohammad Khatami condemned "the atrocities committed at certain detention centers, as well as those committed during arrests, which, in some cases, resulted in murder," according to a statement issued by his office in August.

The Iranian government initially denied such accusations. But state media reported in August that authorities had fired and arrested the chief of an Iranian jail that was closed amid allegations of mistreatment of detainees

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ha iran sure seems like a peace loving country and not a rogue state

When will the fools running the show in Tehran sentence government officials, who raped and murdered civilians in captivity, to death?

neveruary

And this is the same country some have the stones to come here and argue they should be allowed to develop nuclear weapons?

JeSoul:

And this is the same country some have the stones to come here and argue they should be allowed to develop nuclear weapons?

I help you out, the likes of Ikomi and Afam i await response from them. Iran is clearly an axis of evil

JeSoul:

And this is the same country some have the stones to come here and argue they should be allowed to develop nuclear weapons?

lol i know right.

How does given the death penalty for causing an unrest that claimed lives, relate to acquiring nuclear energy? 

However this same persons have been given the right to appeal the sentence which could be overturned.

Or am I missing something?