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Second Iranian executed over alleged crime of protesting against the regime

An Iranian protestor was publicly hanged on Monday in the city of Mashhad, less than a week after the first protestor was executed marking a brutal crackdown in the country

Daily Mirror

Iran publicly executes second man over protests, defying outcry

Paris (AFP) - Iran on Monday executed a second man convicted in connection with protests that have shaken the regime for almost three months, defying an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement.

AFP

Rights Group: More Iranians at Imminent Risk of Execution

Rights groups warned Sunday that several protesters in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, following an international backlash against the clerical regime's first hanging linked to ongoing demonstrations. The almost three-month-old protest movement was sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian arrested by the morality…

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Iran carries out second execution linked to wave of popular protests

The Islamic Republic on Monday hanged a man in public who state media said had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less than a week of people involved in protests against Iran's ruling theocracy.

Reuters

More Iranians at imminent risk of execution: rights groups

Paris (AFP) - Rights groups warned Sunday that several protesters in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, following an international backlash against the clerical regime's first hanging linked to ongoing demonstrations.

AFP

London, Berlin Summon Iranian Diplomats over Execution of Protester

Britain on Friday summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London to protest the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, the first such execution over ongoing anti-government unrest. "The execution of Mohsen Shekari by the Iranian regime is abhorrent. He is a tragic victim of a legal system in which disproportionate sentences, politically…

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Iran’s Raisi Promises to Pursue Crackdown on Protesters

A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of a protester involved in recent Iranian anti-government unrest violated religious law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to press on with a security crackdown a day after the man's execution. On Thursday, Iran hanged Mohsen Shekari, who had been…

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Iran hit with sanctions over first protester execution

Paris (AFP) - Iran was slapped with new sanctions Friday and activists called for fresh protests after the Islamic republic carried out its first execution over demonstrations that have shaken the regime for nearly three months.

AFP

Iran executes first protester as human rights abuses come under international scrutiny

Iran’s execution of protester Mohsen Shekari is the first after a huge wave of unrest swept around the country in the autumn of 2022.

The Conversation

Iran's Raisi promises to pursue crackdown on protesters; cleric critical of execution

A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of an Iranian protester involved in anti-government unrest violated sharia law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to press on with a crackdown a day after the man's execution.

Reuters

Iran hit with new sanctions over first protester execution

Paris (AFP) - Iran was slapped with fresh sanctions Friday after carrying out its first execution over demonstrations that have shaken the regime for nearly three months, as activists called for fresh protests.

AFP

Iran faces condemnation, more protests after execution

Paris (AFP) - Iran faced international condemnation Friday after carrying out its first known execution over protests that have shaken the regime for nearly three months, leading to calls for even more demonstrations.

AFP

Iran triggers outrage with first hanging over protests

Paris (AFP) - Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, sparking an international outcry and warnings from rights groups that more hangings are imminent.

AFP

Iranian security forces target women at protests 'shooting breasts and genitals'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Doctors and nurses have that women have been arriving in hospitals in Iran with different wounds to men and had been presenting with shotgun fire to their faces, breasts and genitals

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Outrage as Iran carries out first hanging over protests

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Iran carries out the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in recent protests

Other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran's morality police.

The Guardian - UK

Iran carries out first known execution over anti-government protests

Uncle of Mohsen Shekari, who was convicted of ‘waging war against God’, says family have not been told location of body

AFP

Iran carries out first known hanging over protests

Paris (AFP) - Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, hanging a 23-year-old man after a legal process denounced as a show trial by rights groups.

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Evening Standard

Iran carries out ‘first execution’ over anti-Government protests

Iran has carried out the first execution of a protester convicted following the anti-Government protests in the state.

Daily Mirror

Iran hangs protester for 'waging war on God' in first execution after nationwide unrest

Other detainees face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests as an outcry against Iran's morality police for the killing of a woman who refused to wear a hijab

AFP

Iran carries out first known execution over Amini protests

Paris (AFP) - Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member in what human rights activists condemned as "show trials".

France 24

Iran executes first Mahsa Amini protester as fears grow for other detainees

Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.

The Independent UK

Iran carries out first execution of man arrested during protests

Local news outlets identified the man as Mohsen Shekari

Al Jazeera

Iran conducts first protest-related execution

The man was convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife, while others have been sentenced to death.

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