Al-Monitor - Iran�s judiciary said death penalties against three political prisoners have been upheld while confirming that three other prisoners had been sent to the gallows.

Spokesman for the Iranian judiciary Gholam-Hossein Esmaeeli had a busy briefing on Tuesday detailing the death penalties of political prisoners including anti-government protesters, a �missile spy� and Kurdish �separatists.�

Esmaeeli confirmed that the execution verdicts earlier handed down to three men � Amir-Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi � involved in anti-government protests last year have now been upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court. In their indictment, the three protesters had been accused of acting as �riot leaders� during mass street rallies that rocked Iran in mid-November after the government announced a contentious fuel price hike. Based on the official account, the state�s ensuing crackdown left at least 200 dead, including many children, while sending thousands more behind bars.

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