Per Firdous al-Buyun · @lissnup
3rd Feb 2010 from Twitlonger
3 Feb 2010 #IranElection RT @persianbanoo Snapshot of today's court, charges & defense of the first defendant.
Court Proceedings started by showing a video of Ashura protests. Indictment was read for 1st defendant, a student activist in Damghan UNI, who was present at the Friday Prayer service led by Hashemi Rafsanjani.
1st defendant was charged with Moharebeh, being a corrupting agent & collusive acts against national security, propagandizing against the Islamic Republic & insulting high ranking officials.
1st defendant admitted to chanting "death to dictator" saying it was aimed at the president. He testified that he participated in 4 different protests. The 1st protest was the 40th memorial ceremony of the martyrs. He went to 7Tir SQ, stayed for about 20 min, chanted "death to dictator" "death to the deceptive government" & AL-O-AK. He was surprised to hear the more radical chants.
1st def said, at the FP presided by Ayt Rafsanjani, he along w his father & younger brother went to Ghods street & video taped & took pictures of the crowd. 1st def also testified that he participated in Ghods day protests, chanted pro Ayt Sanei slogans. He also said he changed the slogan "not Gaza, not Lebanon, my life for Iran I will sacrifice".
He also participated in Ashura protest & video taped the crowd. After police used teargas, the crowd scattered at first & than gathered again & set a trash bin on fire. PPL were throwing stones at the police . He said at that time he was only video taping the scene. He then participated in throwing stones at the police who were standing far from the crowd. Once the crowd started to dissipate he went inside a home, stayed there for 20 min than left. On his way back home he saw few injured PPL. Along with others he helped the injured & took them to the hospital. He than proceeded to go home.
On the way home he saw scenes that looked like war scenes. He video taped the war scenes. He did not send the videos to anyone, only showed them to friends. He testified that in 2008 he joined the Islamic Society, he & his family had reformist tendencies. He continued explaining that the elites claimed there was cheating in the election, he emphasized the point that many of the elites were absent from the president's confirmation ceremonies, then they announced there is a political coup. They asked us to come to the streets to protest & take our rights back.
The judge asked him about throwing stones on Ashura. The defendant explained because he had believed there was cheating in the elections, he went to the streets to protest the results. The judge than asked him about the flyers he distributed at Damghan UNI. He said he signed 2 petitions that demanded Ahmadinejad to resign.
At this point the defense attorney gave his short defense & asked the court for leniency for his client.
Judge than asked the 1st defendant to give his last defense. 1st defendant said he was capable of making decisions admitting that he made 2 mistakes, the first one leading to the second mistake. He said his first mistake was not to have researched the news sources & some groups. 2nd mistake was that even though he believed in Imam's path but, as the interrogator reminded him, he had forgotten Imam said "Support Velayate Faghih(the Leader) so no harm can come to the country".
1st defendant continued to apologize to the Leader & asked for forgivness.