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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/12/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-courts/
Protesters in Iran Face a Justice System Stacked Against Them
(Washington Post) Miriam Berger - An Iranian man accused of lighting a trash can on fire during a protest could face death for "waging war against God." Another protester was sentenced to death for committing "corruption on earth." Two female journalists who helped break the story of Mahsa Amini - the woman who died in the custody of Iran's morality police - have been in jail since September, accused of being CIA agents. This is what justice looks like in Iran, where the trials of protesters, bystanders and chroniclers of the current uprising have begun, with little expectation of due process in a judicial system dominated by the security services. More than 15,000 Iranians have been arrested and several hundred killed in nearly two months of protests.