Iran executes for the first time a person involved in protests

Iran carried out the first known execution in connection with the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini on Thursday.

A wave of protests was seen in Iran after the murder of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini on September 16. a veil in public.

According to Mizan Online, the preliminary decision in the case was announced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on November 1, and the Supreme Court rejected the appeal made on November 20, leading to the execution of the sentence.

The Iranian court said Shekari pleaded guilty for fighting and drawing weapons “with the intent to kill, incite terrorism and disrupt the order and security of society”.

“While doing his duty, he deliberately injured a basiji with a bladed weapon and closed Sattar Khan Street in Tehran,” the agency said.

Basij is a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards. Ten people participating in the protests are at the same risk.

Women and students lead the demonstrations with slogans against the government. Some decided to remove the veil in public.

-‘Inhuman’-

“The execution of Mohsen Shekari must provoke strong backlash, otherwise we will face daily executions of demonstrators,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR).

The activist said Shekari “was sentenced to death in a judicial comedy without due process.” “Execution must be swift and has practical international implications,” he tweeted.

Free speech activist Hosein Ronaghi, who was recently released from prison, warned the government that “the execution of any protester will have serious consequences for you”. “To take the life of one is to take the life of all. Do you have enough strength?” he tweeted.

The United States described the initial execution as a “treacherous escalation” and said it would “hold the Iranian regime accountable for its brutal violence against its own people”.

The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the execution as “inhumane”, while Germany stated that “the (Iranian) regime’s contempt for humanity knows no bounds”. France also expressed its “strongest condemnation” of the execution, and Italy thought that “unacceptable repression” could not leave the international community indifferent. .

Last Tuesday, an Iranian court sentenced five people to death for killing paramilitaries during protests, bringing the number of death sentences to 11.

Denouncing the demonstrations as “insurgency”, officials frequently accuse the United States and its Western allies, as well as Kurdish groups abroad, of fueling the unprecedented protest movement.

– Hundreds died under pressure –

In a balance sheet released yesterday, the UST states that suppression of protests killed at least 458 people, 63 of whom were minors.

The Supreme National Security Council announced on Saturday that “more than 200 people”, including civilians and members of the security forces, were killed in the protests. A general of the Guards of the Revolution reported that more than 300 people were killed. Iranian Justice reported that more than 2,000 people were charged.

At least 28 people, three of whom were minors, said on 2 December that Amnesty International (AI) described the prosecution of protesters as “nonsense” and accused Tehran of using the “death penalty”. He said he could be executed in connection with the mobilization. as a tool of political pressure to instill fear among the population and end popular revolt”.