"Ahmad Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge leading "rioters" as "mohareb" or one who wages war against God.
"I want the judiciary to ... punish leading rioters firmly and without showing any mercy to teach everyone a lesson," Khatami told worshippers at Tehran University on Friday.
"They should be punished ruthlessly and savagely," he said. Under Iran's Islamic law, punishment for people convicted as "mohareb" is execution.
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""mohareb" or one who wages war against God."(?!!)
No madam!
"Mohareb" is an Arabic word. It simply means "fighter" or "warrior" or "combattant" and has no religious connotation. The same in Farsi, I checked!! You can be one fighting against anything, countries, individuals, or dogs barking in your neighborhood by sending letters to the council!
This is getting quite ridiculous
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