...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was executed less than a month after he was detained for allegedly stabbing two members of the security forces in Mashhad. At least 488 protesters have been killed and over 18,200 arrested since the protests began almost three months ago, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Iran’s Mizan online, affiliated to the country’s judiciary, claimed Rahnavard had stabbed two members of the Basij, a paramilitary group linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), to death on November 17 and injured four others. The news agency then stated that he was arrested upon attempting to flee the country.
Mizan added that Rahnavard had been convicted of "moharebeh" or "waging war against God" in Mashhad’s Revolutionary Court. Rights groups have slammed these tribunals for carrying out "sham trials" and issuing sentences without any credible evidence.
Iranian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
broadcast footage showing a man stabbing other men then fleeing and alleged that was Rahnavard, News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
Iran
...They hate carried out the first official protest-linked execution on Thursday. Mohsen Shekari, 23, was hanged after also being convicted of "moharabeh." He had been similarly accused of wounding a member of the Basij.
Eleven death sentences have been issued by an Iranian court over the protests, the majority being related to the targeting of Basij members. Rights groups monitoring the
In the wake of the news,
as tool of political repression against protesters."Protests spread throughout the country in the aftermath of the death of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini at the hands of the morality police on September 16, sparking a
The protests, which authorities describe as "riots", are on the biggest challenge the regime in Iran have confronted since it was established in 1979. Iran is one of the world’s top executioners and is using this method as an attempt to quell the protests.
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Executions conducted in public with a crane have been rare in recent years, though Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...used the same manner of hanging to put down unrest following the disputed 2009 presidential election and the Green Movement protests that followed.
an economic crisis that has seen the national currency, the rial, drop to new lows against the US dollar.