Iran Executes Three Protesters Despite International Outcry

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Iran is one of the world's top executioners.
50% : With the latest deaths, Tehran has now executed a total of seven men in connection with the nationwide demonstrations that began last September.
48% : Executions in Iran soared from 333 in 2021 to 582 in 2022.
45% : Tehran has executed at least 264 people this year, according to the Oslo-based non-profit Iran Human Rights, including more than 60 since late April alone.
36% : -- Saeed Ghasseminejad, FDD Senior Iran and Financial Economics Advisor"Iran's continued use of forced confessions to trigger the death penalty in its system of injustice represents yet another attempt by the state to exact vengeance against street protestors.
32% : According to human rights organizations, authorities in Iran tortured Kazemi, Mirhashemi, and Yaghoubi into making videotaped confessions then sentenced them to death in a trial without a jury.
30% : In a brief trial devoid of due process, Tehran falsely accused Majid Kazemi, 30, Saleh Mirhashemi, 36, and Saeed Yaghoubi, 37, of killing a police officer and two Basij paramilitary group members at a demonstration on November 25, 2022.
18% : "Protests in Iran Persist Eight Months After Death of Mahsa Amini," FDD Flash Brief"Iran Hangs Two Protesters While 109 Face Prospect of Execution," FDD Flash Brief"'Adopt' an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life," by Toby Dershowitz and Saeed Ghasseminejad

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