Iran admits execution of first prisoner involved in anti-government protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Iran says it has carried out the first execution of a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during its ongoing nationwide demonstrations.
43% : The UK is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.
41% : That charge has been brought against others in the decades since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and carries the death penalty.
41% : It is believed more than 20 other people are facing charges which could result in a death sentence following the protests,Amnesty International said: "The Iranian authorities must immediately quash all death sentences, refrain from seeking the imposition of the death penalty and drop all charges against those arrested in connection with their peaceful participation in protests."
35% :Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights, warned there could be "daily executions of protesters" if governments did not take action against Iran.
34% :Foreign secretary James Cleverly said: "[I'm] outraged by the tragic news of the first execution of a protester in Iran.
32% : Iran's Mizan news agency reported the execution, with the man accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran.

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