After the Iranian regime had already executed the demonstrator Mohsen Shekari († 23) last week, the second death sentence followed in the context of the systemic protests.
Protester Majid-Reza R. was publicly hanged in the northeastern city of Mashad on Monday, state news agency Irna reported.
The man allegedly killed two members of the notorious paramilitary Basij militia with a knife during the November protests. The court had accused him of “waging war against God” and sentenced him to death under Islamic law.
Iran has been rocked by protests since the death of the young Kurd Mahsa Amini († 22) on September 16. She died shortly after her arrest by the vice squad because of an incorrectly worn headscarf. Activists accuse the police of mistreating the young woman.
Tehran describes the protesters as “rioters” and accuses the United States, other Western countries and exiled Kurdish groups of supporting the protests. Iran’s judiciary has sentenced 11 others to death in connection with the protests. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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