Iran condemned after executing three men over recent protests | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "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," said State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel at a press briefing.
38% : The US State Department on Thursday urged Iran to refrain from carrying out the executions, calling the proceedings "sham trials."
38% : The group decried what it called an "unfathomable wave of executions in Iran."
34% :Nationwide protests rocked Iran last fall, as decades of bitterness over the regime's treatment of women and other issues boiled over after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the country's so-called morality police.
32% : Iran has been condemned by international watchdogs after it executed three more men over recent protests that rocked the country.
32% : The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, another NGO that monitors human rights violations in Iran, said on Twitter that the three men "had the minimal defense rights of an accused."
31% :Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human rights groups who say the rise reflects an effort by Tehran to "instill fear" among anti-regime protesters.

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