{"id":24176,"date":"2022-12-12T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24176"},"modified":"2022-12-12T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:13:38","slug":"iran-public-hanging-second-execution-carried-out-over-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/12\/12\/iran-public-hanging-second-execution-carried-out-over-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran public hanging: Second execution carried out over protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran says it has publicly hanged a 23-year-old in what is the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged early on Monday in the city of Mashhad, the judiciary said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A court convicted him of “enmity against God” after finding he had stabbed to death two members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rahnavard was hanged just 23 days after his arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Human rights groups have warned that protesters are being sentenced to death after sham trials with no due process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rahnavard’s family was not aware that he was going to be executed,\u00a0according to the opposition activist collective 1500tasvir<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It tweeted that the family were telephoned by an official at 07:00 local time and told: “We have killed your son and buried his body in Behesht-e Reza cemetery.”<\/p>\n

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They allowed #MajidRezaRahnavard<\/a>\u2019s mother to visit him, and didn\u2019t speak of execution at all. She left smiling and hoping that her son would be released soon.
\nThis morning she arrived when her son\u2019s murderers were burying his dead body alone.#StopExecutionInIran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9n2k02uE60<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 1500tasvir_en (@1500tasvir_en) December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n