Iran carries out second execution linked to wave of popular protests
4 minute readDecember 12, 202210:28 AM PSTLast Updated an hour ago
Iran carries out second execution linked to wave of popular protests
- Summary
- Protester, 23, is second to be executed within a week
- Activists say executions are aimed at discouraging dissent
- Call for added nationwide protests over Rahnavard’s hanging
- European Union to impose more sanctions on Iran, backs protests
- Tehran accuses the West of meddling, targets it with sanctions
DUBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The Islamic Republic on Monday hanged a man in public who state media said had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less than a week of people involved in protests against Iran’s ruling theocracy.
Additional reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem; writing by Parisa Hafezi; editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Hugh Lawson and Mark Heinrich
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