Iran triggers outrage with first execution over protests

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55% : Support us and go ad-freeIran carried out its first known execution on 8 December over the protests that have shaken the regime since September.
49% : German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock had a similar message:The threat of execution will not suffocate the will for freedom.
47% : IHR this week said Iran had already executed more than 500 people in 2022, a sharp jump on last year's figure.
41% : It posted harrowing footage of what it said was the moment his family found out the news outside their home in Tehran, with a woman doubled up in pain and grief, repeatedly screaming the word "Mohsen!"
39% : At least a dozen other people are currently at risk of execution after being sentenced to hang in connection with the protests, human rights groups warned.
34% :Related articles Human rights activists say the hanging of five people is an attempt to "spread fear" among Iran protesters Iranians celebrate World Cup loss to US as form of protestRead on...'Boundless contempt'Other governments have echoed the anger of the rights groups.
22% : Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Iranian Kurdish woman Jîna Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict hijab dress code for women.

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