Iran executes three over anti-government protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "The use of the death penalty against these men is a blatant act of vengeance against a courageous generation of protesters for steadfastly demanding the rights of Iranian people during the past seven months," Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty's Middle East deputy director, said in a statement.
36% : The protests swept across the Islamic Republic following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained by morality police in Tehran in September for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".
36% : According to the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), they were denied the ability to prepare a proper defence, prosecutors relied on forced "confessions" and the indictment was "riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case".
36% :UN human rights chief Volker Türk last week expressed dismay at what he called the "frighteningly high number of executions" this year in Iran.
32% : © BBC Saeed Yaqoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Majid Kazemi denied the accusations against themAuthorities in Iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide anti-government protests last year, the judiciary says.

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