Iran has carried out its first known execution over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member.
Iran carried out its first known execution over protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death.At least 11 people have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests.
"Mohsen Shekari, a rioter who blocked Sattar Khan Street in Tehran on September 25 and wounded one of the security guards with a machete, was executed this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.The revolutionary court in Tehran heard Shekari had been arrested after striking the member of the Basij paramilitary force in the shoulder with the blade, an injury that required 13 stitches, Mizan Online said.
The protests broke out over the 16 September death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's dress code for women.
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