The protests in Iran have been going on for almost three months. Now the Iranian government has apparently had the first demonstrators publicly executed.
In Iran, a death sentence has been carried out for the first time in connection with the protests against the government in Tehran, which have been going on for almost three months. According to the judicial authority on its website Misan Online, a man was executed on Thursday for injuring a member of the paramilitary Basij militias during a road blockade in Tehran at the end of September. The “rioter” Mohsen Shekari blocked Sattar Khan Boulevard in Tehran on September 25 and stabbed a Basij in the left shoulder, the judiciary said. He was executed on Thursday morning.
Iran: First execution after nationwide protests
Schekari was reportedly sentenced by a revolutionary court in Tehran on November 1. On November 20, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, allowing the sentence to be carried out. According to the judicial authority, Shekari was found guilty of having fought and drawn his weapon “with intent to kill, spread terror and disturb the order and security of society”. Iran has been rocked by protests since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16.
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The 22-year-old died shortly after being arrested by the vice squad because of an improperly worn headscarf. Activists accuse the police of abusing the young woman. Tehran describes the demonstrators as “rioters” and accuses the US, other western countries and Kurdish exile groups of supporting the protests. The Iranian judiciary has sentenced eleven others to death in connection with the protests.
Protests continue unabated
Meanwhile, the demonstrations continue in many parts of the country. Numerous shopkeepers have not opened their shops for the third day in a row in protest. This was reported, among other things, by residents of the province of Kurdistan on Wednesday. The state has already assembled a massive contingent of security forces in the region. Armored vehicles are also said to have been stationed in the barracks.
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Violence against students in Tehran
According to eyewitnesses, security forces again used violence against students in the capital, Tehran. Some people were injured and others arrested during the student protests, according to eyewitnesses from Amirkabir University of Technology. Videos on social media also showed protests in other parts of the capital. Police, militias and security forces took to the streets in massive numbers. Despite the cold winter weather, young women and men in many places followed the nationwide calls for protests.
Source: Stern
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