Iranian MPs demand opposition leaders be sentenced to death

PanARMENIAN.Net - Several Iranian parliament deputies demanded that the country's opposition leaders be sentenced to death, state television said.

This demand came in light of renewed opposition protests on Feb 14 in Tehran and at least five other cities, which were eventually suppressed by police.

The protests were inspired by the unrest that has engulfed the Arab world, leading to the ouster of the presidents of both Egypt and Tunisia and demonstrations that persist in both Bahrain and Yemen. The opposition, led by former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi and ex-parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, called for solidarity demonstrations in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Iranian authorities have warned the opposition to avoid creating a "security crisis" by reviving protests that erupted after the vote, the biggest unrest in Iran since the 1979 revolution, Haaretz reported.