The execution shows the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences for those detained amid demonstrations the government hopes to crack down on.
abc.net.au/news/second-iranian-detainee-executed-over-alleged-protest-crime/101762766Iran says it has executed a second prisoner detained amid nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, airing footage on state television it has claimed shows him stabbing a man to death and running away.He was convicted on the charge of "waging war against God"
The execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than a month after he allegedly carried out the fatal stabbings of two security officials, shows the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences for those detained in the demonstrations the government hopes to put down. At least 488 people have been killed in violence since the demonstrations began in mid-September, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that's been monitoring the protests.Iran's Mizan news agency alleged Mr Rahnavard stabbed two security force members to death on November 17 in Mashhad and wounded four others.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.
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