Iran executes 3 men for waging "war against God" during protests over Mahsa Amini's death

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Since the start of the year, Iran has witnessed a surge in executions on various charges to campaigners' alarm.
51% : Hengaw, another Norway-based rights group, decried an "unfathomable wave of executions in Iran," urging in a Twitter message "special attention from human rights organizations as well as Western governments."Earlier this month, U.N. rights chief Volker Turk sounded the alarm over Iran's "abominable" track record this year, with an average of more than 10 people being put to death each week.
48% : ""Australia stands with the people of Iran," Wong tweeted.
48% :Iran executes more people a year than any other nation except China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International.
46% : At least 582 people were executed in Iran last year, the highest number of executions in the country since 2015 and well above the 333 recorded in 2021, the two groups said.
45% :"We must make the Islamic republic leaders understand that execution of protesters will not be tolerated," he said on Twitter.
38% : The authorities hanged 75% more people in 2022 than the previous year, IHR and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said in a joint report in April.
35% : Iran on Friday executed three men convicted of killing security force members during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death last year, the judiciary said, drawing condemnation from rights groups.
35% : During the protests, which Tehran generally labeled as foreign-instigated "riots," thousands of Iranians were arrested and hundreds killed including dozens of security forces.
32% : The latest executions "must have serious consequences" for Tehran or dozens of "other protesters will be in danger," said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR).
30% : Iran witnessed waves of nationwide protests following the September death of 22-year-old Amini, an Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women.
29% : Amnesty International accused Iran of torturing the three men to illicit "confessions" before they were executed.

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