{"id":525503,"date":"2022-12-12T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/second-iranian-detainee-executed-over-alleged-protest-crime-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T08:33:08","slug":"second-iranian-detainee-executed-over-alleged-protest-crime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-iranian-detainee-executed-over-alleged-protest-crime-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554b8d54d1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554b8d54d1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-iranian-detainee-executed-over-alleged-protest-crime-2\/#%E2%80%9CSecond_Iranian_detainee_executed_over_alleged_protest_crime%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSecond_Iranian_detainee_executed_over_alleged_protest_crime%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Iran on Monday executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests\u00a0challenging the country\u2019s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed shows him stabbing two security force members to death and running away.<\/p>\n<p>The public hanging of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than a month after he allegedly carried out the fatal stabbings \u2014 purportedly angry about security forces killing protesters \u2014 shows the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences handed down for those detained in the\u00a0demonstrations the government hopes to put down.<\/p>\n<p>Activists warn that at least a dozen people have already been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. At least 488 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in mid-September, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that\u2019s been monitoring the protests. Another 18,200 people have been detained by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Mizan <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency, under the country\u2019s judiciary, alleged Rahnavard had stabbed two security force members to death Nov. 17 in the city of Mashhad and wounded four others. The agency said the execution took place on Monday morning, in public, in Mashhad.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Protestor holding poster.\" class=\"wp-image-24978871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Activists monitoring the situation in Iran believe more protesters have been executed.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Footage aired on state TV showed a man chasing another around a street corner, then standing over him and stabbing him after he fell against a parked motorbike. Another showed the same man stabbing another im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after. The assailant, which state TV alleged was Rahnavard, then fled.<\/p>\n<p>The Mizan report identified the dead as \u201cstudent\u201d\u00a0Basij, paramilitary volunteers under Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard. The Basij (ba-SEEJ\u2019) have deployed in major cities, attacking and detaining protesters, who in many cases have fought back.<\/p>\n<p>A heavily edited state television report aired after Rahnavard\u2019s execution showed clips of him in the courtroom. In the video, he says he came to hate the Basijis after seeing video clips on social media of the forces beating and killing protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The Mizan report accused Rahnavard of trying to flee to a foreign country when he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Mashhad, a Shiite holy city, is located some 740 kilometers (460 miles) east of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Activists say it has seen strikes, shops closed and demonstrations amid the unrest that began over the Sept. 16\u00a0death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by Iran\u2019s morality police.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Protesters holding up Mohsen Shekari sign.\" class=\"wp-image-24978870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Iran-execution-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mohsen Shekari was executed last week after being sentenced for his involvement in the nationwide protests.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mizan said Rahnavard was convicted in Mashhad\u2019s Revolutionary Court. The tribunals have been internationally criticized for not allowing those on trial to pick their own lawyers or even see the evidence against them.<\/p>\n<p>Rahnavard had been convicted on the charge of \u201cmoharebeh,\u201d a Farsi word meaning \u201cwaging war against God.\u201d That charge has been levied against others in the decades since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and carries the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Iran is one of the world\u2019s top executioners and typically executes prisoners by hanging. It\u00a0executed the first prisoner\u00a0detained during demonstrations last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International has said it obtained a document signed by one senior Iranian police commander asking that the execution for one prisoner be \u201ccompleted \u2018in the shortest possible time\u2019 and that his death sentence be carried out in public as \u2018a heart-warming gesture towards the security forces.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid the unrest, Iran is also battered by an economic crisis that\u00a0has seen the national currency, the rial, drop to new lows against the U.S. dollar.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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