The authorities in Iran executed a protester today, who had been sentenced to death for wounding a member of law enforcement forces with a knife and for blocking a road in Tehran, Tasnim news agency reported. According to the agency, the man is Mohsen Sakari.
An unprecedented protest movement has erupted in Iran following the September 16 death of Mahsha Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, after she was arrested by vice police for not wearing her headscarf properly.
More than 300 people have been killed in the riots, including dozens of members of the security forces, a Revolutionary Guards general said last week. Thousands of others have been arrested.
The Revolutionary Guards on Monday praised the judicial system for its tough stance on the protesters and encouraged it to issue swift and severe sentences for those accused of "crimes against the security of the nation and Islam."
Massoud Setayesi, a spokesman for the judiciary, said Tuesday that five people were sentenced to death for the November killing of a Basij militia member, Ruhollah Ajamian.
Source: APM
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