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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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London -Tehran: Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Admits Executing Political Prisoner Amid Condemnations by Human Rights Organizations

People raise their hands during a demonstration to denounce the Iranian government at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington (AFP)

London, Tehran: Iran on Wednesday secretly executed a political prisoner who had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2018 and of being a member of an opposition Kurdish party, rights groups revealed.

This came two days after activists reported the execution of another political prisoner.

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