DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others. Iran’s Mizan news agency, which falls under the country’s judiciary, published a collage of images of Rahnavard hanging from the crane, his hands …
Iran executed its second prisoner detained amid the nationwide anti-hijab protests that are now challenging the country's government. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death. Majidreza Rahnavard had been convicted over allegedly stabbing two security force members to death on November 17 in Mashhad and …
Iran has signalled more executions could be carried out amid condemnation by rights groups. Iran executed the first detainee linked with the protests, a 23-year-old named Mohsen Shekari, on Thursday for allegedly attacking and wounding a member of the Basij paramilitary force with a long knife in central Tehran. Like the case of Shekari, Monday’s execution aimed to show the …
