Iran Executes First Protester Since Protest Movement Began in September
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Iran says it has executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests.
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DUBAI (Reuters)—Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest.
Mohsen Shekari, 23, was hanged on Thursday after being sentenced to death in October. The Iranian government executed the first protester involved with
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.
By Teele Rebane, Adam Pourahmadi and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have swept the country since September, state media reported Thursday.
According to the BBC, Iranian state media reported that Mohsen Shekari was executed after the Revolutionary Court found him guilty of enmity against God
Iran sentenced a man to die for “waging war against God” in connection with widespread anti-government protests tearing across the country following trials human rights groups have denounced as shams.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran says it has executed 1st prisoner known to be convicted for alleged crime stemming from ongoing nationwide 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.
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.
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".
The man was hanged on Thursday after being convicted of blocking a Tehran street and injuring a pro-regime Basij militia member with a machete, the judiciary said.
Tehran on Thursday carried out what is believed to be the first execution of an Iranian protester involved in the anti-regime demonstrations that have swept the nation.
Mohsen Shekari, 23, had been sentenced to death on accusations of blocking a street in Tehran and attacking a member of the Basij militia during a protest.
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