Iran executes first protester since beginning of unrest -- report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the organization's director, added in a follow-up Twitter post: "Execution of #MohsenShekari must be met with strong reactions otherwise we will be facing daily executions of protesters.
41% : Iran has executed a man sentenced to death for taking part in the mass demonstrations that have spread across the country, according to state media.
41% :Sharifi added that the protester had received the death penalty for blocking a street and wounding a member of the Basij -- an Iranian militia run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- with a bladed weapon.
40% : Activists and experts say the charge of moharebeh, which carries the death penalty, has been used by the authorities to quell protests since 2019.
37% : Amnesty International has warned that at least 28 people, including three children, risk execution for taking part in the protests "as the Iranian authorities use the death penalty as a tool of political repression to instil fear among the public and end the popular uprising."
36% : The non-profit Iran Human Rights tweeted about the execution on Thursday, writing that Shekari was sentenced to death in "show trials without any due process" and calling for action against the government in Tehran.
36% : The monitoring group Human Rights Activists in Iran estimates that at least 475 protesters have been killed.
34% : In a report published on December 2, Amnesty said it feared that "in addition to the 28 people identified, many others are at risk of execution, given the thousands of indictments issued."
33% : Mass protests exploded across Iran following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been arrested by the morality police on charges of wearing her hijab improperly.

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