Iran executes first protester from anti-regime demonstrations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The court found that Shekari used a weapon "with the intention of killing, causing terror and disturbing the order and security of society.""Execution of Mohsen Shekari must be met with strong reactions otherwise we will be facing daily executions of protesters," said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based Iran Human Rights.
41% :Some 21 people have been charged with sentences similar to Shekari that will likely carry the death penalty.
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35% : Officials said authorities hung Mohsen Shekari, 23, after a Revolutionary Court found him guilty of "enmity against God" for blocking a main road in Tehran during a protest and injuring a member of the paramilitary with a machete.
35% :RELATED U.S. accuses Iran patrol boat of harassing its vessels in Strait of HormuzIranians have participated in widespread protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, who died in police custody in Tehran on Sept. 16 because she did not wear her hijab correctly.

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