Iran hangs protester in first reported execution linked to mass protests

Iran has executed a man for assaulting a paramilitary officer, the first recorded death connected to the country's rallies since September, according to official media on Thursday.

Mohsen Shekari was executed on Thursday morning after being found guilty of "enmity against God" by a Revolutionary Court, according to official media. He was suspected of being a "rioter" who, in September, stopped the major route in Tehran and injured a member of a paramilitary force with a machete.

Iran Human Rights, a non-profit human rights group with members both within and outside the country, has urged for a vigorous international reaction to the execution.


According to the judiciary's Mizan news agency, a Revolutionary Court was informed that Mohsen Shekari blocked Tehran's Sattar Khan Street on September 25 and attacked a member of the Basij Resistance Unit, a volunteer paramilitary force often deployed to repress rallies.



Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami encouraged the present leadership on Tuesday to be more patient to protesters. Other Iranian prominent personalities have lately urged the government to listen to and safeguard demonstrators.

Protests against Iran's clerics erupted in mid-September, after the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman held by morality police for reportedly wearing her hijab improperly.

The Iranian government faced nationwide protests, resulting in the detention of 18,240 individuals and the deaths of 475 more, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

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