24 protesters were expected to be executed in Iran, where anti-government protests have been going on for nearly three months, the Etemad newspaper reported on the 10th (local time).
Ethemad, a moderate and reformist newspaper, quoted a judiciary official and said that so far 25 protesters have been sentenced to death and one of them has been executed.
The judiciary explained that “they were punished according to the law for the crime of war against God”.
Previously, on the 8th, the judiciary had carried out the execution of the protester Mohsen Shekari (23).
It was the first execution of a protester since the protests began in September.
Shekari was sentenced to death on 25 September for occupying a street in Tehran and stabbing and injuring security forces.
News of the execution by the Iranian judiciary sparked criticism both inside and outside.
Molavi Abdolhamid, a Sunni cleric in Iran, pointed out that the death penalty for blocking a road and injuring a security force violated Sharia (Islamic law).
The Foreign Relations Agency (EEAS) of the European Union (EU) strongly condemned, saying: “The Iranian authorities refrain from the death penalty and further executions in the future and urge them to pursue a coherent policy towards the total abolition of the death penalty”.
Amnesty International also stressed that “the execution, which took place less than a month after the conviction, exposes the inhumanity of the Iranian judicial system”.
/yunhap news
