PARIS — Iran on Monday executed a second man convicted over the protests which have shaken the regime for nearly three months, defying a world outcry over its use of capital punishment in opposition to these concerned within the motion.
Rights teams had on the weekend warned that a number of different folks arrested over the demonstrations had been at imminent threat of being executed.
Majidreza Rahnavard had been sentenced to demise by a court docket within the metropolis of Mashhad for killing two members of the safety forces with a knife, and wounding 4 different folks, the judiciary’s Mizan Online news company reported.
It stated he was hanged in public within the metropolis, slightly than inside jail.
The newest execution got here with international outrage nonetheless reverberating after Iran on Thursday carried out the primary execution linked to the protests.
Mohsen Shekari, 23, was convicted of attacking a member of the safety forces. His hanging prompted offended reactions from Europe and the United States.
The weeks of protest had been sparked by the demise in custody of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian arrested by the morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic’s strict gown code for girls.
The protests, described by authorities as “riots,” symbolize the most important problem to the regime for the reason that shah’s ouster in 1979. They have been met with a crackdown that activists say goals to instill public concern.
New sanctions
Prior to the 2 executions Iran’s judiciary stated it had issued demise sentences to 11 folks in reference to the protests, however campaigners say round a dozen others face expenses that would see them additionally obtain the demise penalty.
“No due process. Sham trials. That’s how they want to stop the nationwide protests,” stated Omid Memarian, a senior Iran analyst at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) after the newest execution.
Rahnavard was arrested on November 19 whereas making an attempt to flee the nation, in accordance with Mizan.
Unconfirmed stories gave his age as 23.
“Majidreza Rahnavard’s crime was protesting the murder of Mahsa Amini. The regime’s method on dealing with protests is execution. EU recall your ambassadors,” stated US-based dissident Masih Alinejad.
After Shekari was put to demise, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated it confirmed a “boundless contempt for human life.”
Among different reactions, Washington referred to as Shekari’s execution “a grim escalation” and vowed to carry the Iranian regime to account for violence “against its own people.”
The United Kingdom and Canada imposed extra sanctions on Iran after Shekari’s execution.
Iran’s use of the demise penalty is a part of a crackdown that Olso-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) says has seen the safety forces kill no less than 458 folks.
According to the UN, no less than 14,000 have been arrested.
Iran is already the world’s most prolific person of the demise penalty after China, with greater than 500 executions this yr alone, in accordance with IHR.
Public executions are extremely uncommon in Iran.
In July a person who had been convicted over the homicide of a police officer within the southern metropolis of Shiraz was hanged in public and IHR stated this was the primary such public execution in two years. — Agence France-Presse
