Sunday in Century City, an estimated 15,000 people turned out to protest executions in Iran, and to commemorate the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran shortly after take-off two years ago.
Iran is weaponising the death penalty, attempting to crush dissent by frightening the public with the execution of protesters, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it will "firmly punish" women who violate strict dress rules, as the United Nations warned Tehran is trying to crush protests by weaponising the death penalty. Demonstrations have swept Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, after he…
Global organization's rights body says Islamic Republic is wielding threats of criminal proceedings and death penalty to quash dissent, urges it to listen to grievances instead