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Iran Executes First Prisoner Arrested In Mahsa Amini Protests

Dec 8, 2022 | Pratirodh Bureau

Iran has been rocked by protests since the September 16, 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the country's morality police (Image: PTI)

Iran said on Thursday it has executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.

The execution comes as other detainees also face the possible death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began first as an outcry against Iran’s morality police and have expanded into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Activists warn others could be put to death as well soon since at least a dozen people so far have received death sentences over their involvement in the demonstrations.

“The execution of #MohsenShekari must be me(t) with STRONG reactions otherwise we will be facing daily executions of protesters,” wrote Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of the Oslo-based activist group Iran Human Rights. This execution must have rapid practical consequences internationally.

Iran’s Mizan news agency reported the execution. It accused the man of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran. The Mizan news agency, run by the country’s judiciary, identified the executed man as Mohsen Shekari.

It said he had been convicted in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, which typically holds closed-door cases that have been internationally criticised for not allowing those on trial to pick their own lawyers or even see the evidence against them.

Mizan said Shekari was arrested on September 25, then convicted on November 20 on the charge of “moharebeh,” a Farsi word meaning waging war against God.

Iran has been rocked by protests since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the country’s morality police.

At least 475 people have been killed in the demonstrations amid a heavy-handed security crackdown, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that’s been monitoring the protests since they began. Over 18,000 have been detained by authorities.

Iran is one of the world’s top executioners. It typically executes prisoners by hanging. Already, Amnesty International said it obtained a document signed by one senior Iranian police commander asking an execution for one prisoner be completed in the shortest possible time and that his death sentence be carried out in public as ‘a heart-warming gesture towards the security forces.’

In similar news, last month, Voria Ghafouri, a former member of Iran’s national soccer team was arrested for criticizing the government. The semi-official Fars and Tasnim news agencies had reported that he was arrested for insulting the national soccer team, playing in the World Cup and criticizing the government. Ghafouri, who was not chosen to go to the World Cup, has been an outspoken critic of Iranian authorities and policies throughout his career.

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