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Iran last month executed a second man implicated in nationwide anti-government protests after being convicted of stabbing and fatally wounding two security officials. Monday.
Mizan Online named the man Majidreza Ranabad. He was found guilty of “waging war against God” for killing two of his members of the Basij paramilitary force and wounding four others of his on November 17. Received, the outlet said. Since 1979, under the Islamic Republic’s theocracy, the crime of “waging war against God” has been punishable by death.
Rahnavard was publicly executed early Monday morning in a city northeast of Mashhad, it said.
He is the second person to be executed in connection with the 2022 protests. His death comes less than a week after the first protester to be executed, Mohsen Shekari, who was hanged last Thursday.
Several more Iranians have been killed amid nationwide protests in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Masa Amini after being arrested by state morality police for not wearing the hijab properly. A person was sentenced to death.
Public anger over Amini’s death, coupled with various grievances against the repressive regime of the Islamic Republic, has fueled demonstrations even in the face of harsh punishments, and possibly the death penalty.
CNN cannot independently confirm the number of people facing execution in Iran, or the latest number of arrests or deaths related to the protests.No one other than the Iranian government has confirmed the exact numbers. It is impossible to
Last week, Amnesty International said it had identified at least 17 people at risk of execution in connection with the recent protests, in addition to Ranabad and Shekhali.
