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Iran executes a second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard, with more expected to follow

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    -98% Very Liberal

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    25% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : EU, recall your ambassadors.
54% : The regime's method of dealing with protests is execution...
48% : This was the first case of authorities using the death penalty against a protester.
47% : This happened during the ongoing protests that have swept Iran for nearly three months.
45% : Iran is already the world's most prolific user of the death penalty after China, according to Amnesty International.
41% : However, campaigners say around a dozen others face charges that could also see them receive the death penalty.
38% : The state defied an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement - and just days after it killed Mohsen Shekari for blocking a street and wounding a member of the paramilitary.
37% : They came after Iranian Kurdish woman Jîna Mahsa Amini died in custody following her arrest by the morality police in Tehran.
37% : Iran's use of the death penalty is part of a crackdown that IHR says has seen the security forces kill at least 458 people.
33% : Iran: another state execution for protestingAgence France-Presse (AFP) reported that an Iranian court sentenced Majidreza Rahnavard to death in the city of Mashhad.
32% : In Iran, video emerged of a woman protesting Rahnavard's execution:There were reportedly other protests, too:More executions to come?
28% : US-based dissident Masih Alinejad told AFP that :Related articles Iran triggers outrage with first execution over protests Human rights activists say the hanging of five people is an attempt to "spread fear" among Iran protestersRead on...

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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