The Iranian government announced that it had hanged a 23-year-old prisoner on Thursday, the first known execution of a person arrested in the protests that have engulfed the country for the past three months.
The Iranian government announced that it had hanged a 23-year-old prisoner on Thursday, the first known execution of a person arrested in the protests that have engulfed the country for the past three months.
Activists warn that others could also be put to death in the near future, saying that at least a dozen people so far have received death sentences over their involvement in the demonstrations.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights says ‘The execution “must be met with strong reactions otherwise we will be facing daily executions of protesters.
‘This execution must have rapid practical consequences internationally.’
The execution of Mohsen Shekari comes as other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran’s morality police.
The protests have expanded into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
