Former president is among several high-ranking officials charged with crimes against humanity over Romanian revolution.
Romania's former President Ion Iliescu has been charged with crimes against humanity by the country's top prosecutor for his role in the aftermath of the chaotic and bloody uprising that toppled the communist government in 1989.
Iliescu is accused of using state media to spread false information and stoke fears of a "terrorist threat", which contributed to "fratricidal fire, chaotic shootings and contradictory military orders", prosecutors said on Monday.
Some 862 people were killed and thousands more injured in the days after Iliescu took power. He has repeatedly pleaded his innocence.
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