Iran protests: Authorities executes second protester

• In connection with the nearly three-month-long wave of anti-government protests, Iran has carried out its second execution.
• According to the nation’s judiciary, Majid Reza Rahnavard was hung in the city of Mashhad.
• He was found guilty of murdering two security personnel with a single knife.

Last Thursday saw the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, the first execution associated with the protests, which drew widespread condemnation.

The world must not “turn a blind eye to the horrific brutality committed by the Iranian regime against its own people,” UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged at the time.

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the nation’s morality police in September and her away in detention, served as the impetus for the current protests.

She was detained for reportedly “improperly” donning her hijab, or headgear.

The upheaval started in Tehran, the country’s capital, where Ms. Amini died, and it has now expanded to 160 places across Iran’s 31 provinces.

Over 18,000 people have been detained, and 488 people have died as a result of the disturbance, according to the rights organisation HRANA.

One of the most significant threats to the Islamic Republic since it was established following the 1979 revolution is the protests.

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