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Evening Standard
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Seren Morris

Has Iran voted to execute 15,000 protesters? Misleading claims circulate on social media

People in Iran have been protesting for weeks following the death of Mahsa Amini

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Misleading reports that Iran plans to execute 15,000 protesters have been circulating on social media following news that the first protester has been sentenced to death.

Iranians have been protesting since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September, who died three days after she was taken into police custody for wearing her headscarf “incorrectly.”

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