Iran executes first identified prisoner held throughout protests

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The prisoner was convicted of “deliberately” wounding a safety guard with an extended knife and blocking a road within the capital, the semi-official Tasnim information company reported.

Iran introduced this Thursday that it has executed the primary prisoner who has been formally convicted of an alleged crime derived from the protests which were organized within the nation for weeks after the demise in police custody of the younger Kurdish lady Mahsa Amini.

The prisoner was convicted of “deliberately” wounding a safety guard with an extended knife and blocking a road within the capital, the semi-official Tasnim information company reported.

The Iranian authorities have rejected the attraction of the prisoner’s lawyer, contemplating that “it’s neither legitimate nor justified”, since they contemplate that he’s responsible of “battle crimes” by blocking the road, threatening with weapons and confronting the brokers.

The Supreme Court of Iran – which considers that the protester’s actions have been an “instance of hypocrisy” – has permitted the sentence on Thursday morning and has executed the ruling. The magistrates depend on alleged statements from witnesses to the incident, who would have assured that the folks current have been very frightened by the presence of the armed protester.

Earlier this week, the Iranian authorities reported that 5 folks had been sentenced to demise for his or her involvement within the demise of a safety agent on the protests. The Department of Justice spokesman, Masoud Setayeshi, defined that for a similar crime eleven different folks, together with three minors, have been sentenced to “lengthy phrases” in jail, in accordance with the ISNA company.

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