Iran’s regime has executed another participant in the “Woman. Life. Freedom” protests.
Milad Zohrevand (pictured), 21, was hanged at dawn in a prison in Hamadan in western Iran, said Kurdish human rights group Hengaw on Thursday.
Zohrevand is the eighth person executed in the regime’s crackdown on the demonstration that followed the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini — detained and reportedly beaten by “morality police” — in police custody in Tehran.
Zohrevand received no prior notification that his killing was imminent and was not granted a final meeting with his family.
Iran’s judiciary and the Hamedan prosecutor said on November 13 that the Supreme Court had “confirmed the retribution sentence” against a defendant accused of killing Ali Nazari, a member of the intelligence service of the Revolutionary Guards.
On November 23rd, 2023, the life of Milad Zohrehvand, a 22-year-old, was stolen in Iran's Malayer Hamedan province, where he was executed without any forewarning given to his family. His arrest during a protest in October 2022 marked the beginning of a harrowing journey that… pic.twitter.com/uQnqCltIHW
— IranHumanRights.org (@ICHRI) November 23, 2023
The last protest-related executions were on May 19, when Saleh Mirehashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaqoubi were hanged in Isfahan in central Iran.
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Iranians split on participating in the forthcoming legislative elections: https://eghtesaad24.ir/fa/news/218626
35% likely to vote against 43% not likely to vote. 22% are undecided. However, it is early days and the qualification process has not yet completed and the campaign has not begun.
I will predict a turnout of 46% at this point. The authorities hope to get a turnout of 60%.
[Editor’s Note: *Allegedly* killed a member of the Revolutionary Guards — No evidence was ever presented in public to support either the conviction or the imposition of the death penalty.
The link is from Tasnim, an outlet of the Iranian regime.]
“Iran’s regime has executed another participant in the “Woman. Life. Freedom protests………”
….who murdered a member of the security forces: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/04/2794340