Three men executed in Iran over violence during anti-government protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% :Iran is one of the world's leading executioners.
47% : The demonstrations rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
45% :Iran has executed a total of seven people in connection with the protests.
44% :Robert Malley, the US envoy for Iran, had spoken out against the imminent execution of the three men, calling it "an affront to the human rights and basic dignity of all Iranians" that showed the government "has learned nothing from the protests".
38% : Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the New York-based Centre for Human Rights in Iran, said: "The prosecution relied on forced 'confessions', and the indictment was riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case."
33% :Iran launched a heavy crackdown on the protests, portraying them - without evidence - as a foreign-backed conspiracy.
31% : Three men have been executed in Iran after being accused of deadly violence during last year's anti-government protests.

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