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Iran carries out first-known execution over anti-regime protests

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A 23-year-old man was hanged
Iranian officials have threatened that anti-regime protesters would be executed and they reportedly have made good on that threat. The first person to be killed by the regime for protesting is a 23-year-old man.
Mohsen Shekari was arrested and accused of blocking a street in Tehran and stabbing a member of the Basij militia with a machete during a protest. The Mizan news agency, which is overseen by the country’s judiciary, reported on the execution. Shekari was hanged.
He was arrested on September 25 and sentenced on November 20 by Iran’s Revolutionary Court. It is a court for political cases and political prisoner. He was accused of “moharebeh”, waging war against God. That charge carries an automatic death sentence. Shekari’s execution, and the speed of it, is seen as a clear sign of intimidation being sent to protesters. The government is beginning to escalate on their punishment of protesters.

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