Iran carries out its second protester execution
Iran has executed a second man linked with the mass anti-government protests that have swept the nation.
Majid Reza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged in a public execution in the city of Mashhad. He was convicted of stabbing and killing two members of the security forces.
On Thursday, Iran executed Mohsen Shekari – his hanging was condemned by the west.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned at the time that the world could not “turn a blind eye to the abhorrent violence committed by the Iranian regime against its own people.”
Death of Mahsa Amini
The ongoing widespread protests were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was detained by Iran’s morality police in September and died while in custody.
Amini was detained for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly.”
The unrest started in the capital Tehran where Ms Amini died and has now spread to some 160 cities in all of Iran’s 31 provinces.
It is considered one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.
