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Iran carries out first known execution of a prisoner arrested in recent protests : NPR


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iran said on Thursday it had executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests. The first such execution was carried out by Tehran.

The execution comes as other detainees also face the possibility of death for their part in the protests, which began in mid-September, initially against the morale of the Iranian police. . Since then, the protests have expanded into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Activists warn that others may also be executed in the near future, saying that at least a dozen people have so far received death sentences for participating in protests.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights activist group, wrote: “The execution of #MohsenShekari must be me

Mizan’s report also alleges that Shekari said he was provided with money by an acquaintance to attack security forces. The Iranian government for months has been trying to allege – without providing evidence – that foreign countries have incited the unrest in the country, rather than Iranian citizens angered by the financial collapse of the country. country, heavy-handed policies, and other national woes.

Mizan said Shekari was arrested on September 25, then sentenced on November 20 on the charge of “moharebeh”, a Farsi word meaning “waging war against God”. That charge has been applied to others for decades since 1979 and carries the death penalty. Mizan said Shekari’s lawyer had failed to appeal the verdict before executing the sentence.

The Mizan news agency, run by the country’s judiciary, said Shekari was convicted at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, which normally hears cases that have been internationally criticized for not allowing people to the adjudicator chooses their own attorney or even looks at the evidence against them. surname.

After his execution, Iranian state television broadcast a heavily edited package showing the courtroom and parts of Shekari’s trial, presided over by Judge Abolghassem Salavati.

Salavati faces US sanctions for overseeing cases “in which journalists, lawyers, political activists and members of Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities were fined for exercising their right to freedom of speech and assembly and were sentenced to long prison terms, caning and even execution,” according to the US Treasury.

Iran has been rocked by protests since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, September 16, who died after being detained by the country’s ethics police. At least 475 people have been killed in protests amid a heavy security crackdown, according to human rights activists in Iran, a group that has watched the protests since they began. More than 18,000 people have been detained by the authorities.

Iran is one of the top execution countries in the world. It often executes prisoners by hanging. Currently, Amnesty International says it has received a document signed by a senior Iranian police commander requesting that the execution of a prisoner be “completed” in the shortest possible time. possible “and his death sentence was carried out in public as a ‘heartwarming gesture to the security forces.'”

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