Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year's anti-government protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% :Iran is one of the world's leading executioners.
47% : The demonstrations rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
45% :Iran has executed a total of seven people in connection with the protests.
44% : "The prosecution relied on forced 'confessions,' and the indictment was riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case," Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran, said of the three executed on Friday.
43% :Robert Malley, the U.S. envoy for Iran, had spoken out against the imminent execution of the three men, calling it "an affront to the human rights and basic dignity of all Iranians" that showed the government "has learned nothing from the protests.
33% :Iran launched a heavy crackdown on the protests, portraying them - without evidence - as a foreign-backed conspiracy.
32% : DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year's anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups.
15% : The European Union condemned the executions "in the strongest possible terms" and called on Iran to abolish the death penalty.

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