Iran executing individuals for participating in protests on Amini’s death
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Iran executed on Monday another individual participated in protests on the death of Mahsa Amini, claiming he killed two security officials and injured four others in the Iranian city of Mashhad.
An Iranian news agency claimed that Majidreza Rahnavard killed two members of security forces and wounded four others after state-run TV aired footage, showing someone attacking another man and stabbing him to death.
The Iranian news agency alleged that assailant was Rahnavard.
On Dec. 8, Iranian authorities executed another protestor detained during the protests.
On September 13, morality police detained Amini, 22, who comes from the Kurdish province of Saqez in the predominant Kurdish areas in Iran known otherwise as Eastern Kurdistan for “wearing inappropriate clothing.”
Three days later, Amini died in hospital causing widespread speculation on the cause of her death. While Iranian authorities claim Amini died of heart failure. The funeral procession of Amini at Aychi’s turned into a protest.
With the death of Amini that sparked unprecedented and even unexpected protests neither in Iran nor outside the Islamic Republic, the case has surpassed the death of the Kurdish woman Mahsa (Zhina) Amini who was allegedly killed by morality police. It has become a national one.
Associated press said, citing activists in Iran as saying, that Iranian authorities has sentenced a dozen of people to death, killed 488 others at least and detained 18.200 others since the beginning of the demonstrations.
The execution shows that Iran speedily carries out death sentences against those detained during the demonstrations.
The Iranian courts have been internationally slammed for preventing detainees from picking their lawyers or knowing the charges they are facing.