Iran defies US over executions, putting three democracy protesters to death

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The execution of these men - after what have been widely regarded as sham trials - would be an affront to human rights and basic dignity in Iran and everywhere."
50% :Alireza Nader, the engagement director for the U.S.-based National Union for a Democratic Iran (NUFDI), told Fox News Digital, "The latest executions in Isfahan show that the regime in Iran continues to try to terrorize the rebellious population into submission.
47% : The entire world, especially the U.S. and Europe, should hold the regime accountable and pressure it by ending all economic and diplomatic engagement while offering maximum support to the people of Iran."
46% : Kazem Moussavi, a German-Iranian dissident and spokesman for the Green Party of Iran in exile, told Fox News Digital that the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and its President, Ebrahim Raisi, should be included on the European Union terror list.
38% : The clerical regime reportedly tortured and murdered Amini in Tehran because she did not comply with the country's Islamic dress code requiring that she cover her hair with a hijab.
37% : Vedant Patel, the principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said ahead of the executions, "We join the people of Iran and the international community in calling on Iran to not carry out these executions.
36% : "What we're witnessing in Iran are not executions, but extrajudicial mass killings to create societal fear to maintain power," Iran Human Rights Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said.
32% : [German Foreign Minister Anna] Baerbock must finally look and find words for the horror that is taking place in Iran.
30% : According to Radio Farda, which reports on Iran, family members and supporters of the trio engaged in protests in front of Isfahan's prison.
26% : We need your help."KIM KARDASHIAN, JUSTIN BIEBER AND MORE STARS SPEAK OUT ON THE HORRIFIC DEATH OF MAHSA AMINI IN IRAN
22% : JERUSALEM -- The Islamic Republic of Iran continued its killing spree of protesters seeking to create a democracy despite a plea on Friday from the Biden administration to "not carry out these executions."

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