Iran executes three men linked to Amini protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Rights groups say Iran executed nearly 600 people in 2022, up from 333 the previous year.
42% : The protests quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
37% : The US State Department on Thursday called on Iran not to carry out the executions.
35% : © UGC Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were convicted ofIran on Friday executed three men convicted of involvement in the deaths of members of the security forces during protests triggered by Jina Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said.
35% : Protests in Iran after the death of Jina Mahsa AminiLarge demonstrations broke out multiple times last fall and earlier this year following the death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd who had been arrested by Iran's morality police.
35% : Tehran launched a fierce crackdown on the protests, which it labeled as foreign-instigated "riots."
34% : The surge in the death penalty, including for vague charges of "enmity against God" and "spreading corruption on earth," has been widely criticized.

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