The Islamic Republic summarily executed the second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard in Mashhad. He was charged with “waging war against God.” Dubai: Iran said Monday it executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed showed him stabbing two men to death and running away. The public hanging of …
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 …
Iran Hijab Row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members. Nearly 500 were killed in protests in Iran A heavily edited state television report aired after Rahnavard’s execution showed clips of him in the courtroom. Although Iranian authorities claimed Rahnavard …
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