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Fact check: Did Iran sentence 15,000 protesters to death?

Nov 21, 2022 View Original Article
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    6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -66% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Stunning news out of Iran grabbed the attention of numerous celebrities and Canada's prime minister.
41% : The U.N. has reported that more than 14,000 protesters have been arrested in Iran since September.
39% : Skylar Thompson, an advocacy coordinator of Human Rights Activists News Agency, told PolitiFact on Nov. 15 that nine arrested protesters face charges that could carry the death penalty.
38% : The U.N. experts said eight people have been charged with crimes carrying the death penalty: "waging war against God" or "moharebeh" and "corruption on earth."
37% : The international human rights group Amnesty International said that in 2021, Iran had 314 death penalty executions, the second highest after China.
33% : So far, one protester has been sentenced to death in Iran -- not 15,000.
33% : An instagram post claimed "Iran sentences 15,000 protesters to death."
32% : In early November, Javaid Rehman, special rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said as many as 14,000 people had been arrested in Iran during the protests, CNN reported.
26% : Although Iran has a history of using the death penalty as punishment following reportedly unfair trials, it so far has sentenced one protester to death, not 15,000.
23% : Experts from the United Nations decried the parliament's decision, calling it a "blatant violation of the separation of powers" and urging "Iranian authorities to stop using the death penalty as a tool to squash protests."

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