Iran carries out first known execution amid ongoing protests

Dec 08, 2022 View Original Article
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43% : © Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/picture-alliance/dpa Iran carries out hundreds of executions each year and accounted for more than half of those carried out in 2021.
42% : Iran announced on Thursday that it had executed a man arrested during the nationwide protests that have shaken the country for several months.
40% : The man is thought to be the first protester to be given the death penalty since widespread protests broke out in September.
40% : Several other arrested protesters are also facing the death penalty.
39% : He was convicted of blocking a street in the capital Tehran and injuring a security guard with a machete.
35% : Iran hangs people sentenced to death.

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