#Iran executes 2 more men detained over nationwide protests

#Iran executes 2 more men detained over nationwide protests

“Iran executes 2 more men detained over nationwide protests” Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy. Iran’s judiciary identified those executed as Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, making it four…

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#Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime

#Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime

“Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime” Iran on Monday executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed shows him stabbing two security force members to death and running away. The public hanging of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than a month after he…

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#ISIS didn’t negotiate for James Foley before beheading: family

#ISIS didn’t negotiate for James Foley before beheading: family

“ISIS didn’t negotiate for James Foley before beheading: family” American journalist James Foley’s terrorist captors never made serious attempts to negotiate for a ransom before brutally beheading the New Hampshire native in 2013, his family testified on Monday. The revelation came during testimony from Foley’s brother at the federal terror trial of El Shafee Elsheikh…

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#China’s authoritarian execution system spares no prisoner

#China’s authoritarian execution system spares no prisoner

“#China’s authoritarian execution system spares no prisoner” China has been branded the world’s worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans. The true numbers of those killed by the Communist Party are thought to be staggeringly high – but the regime keeps them…

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