According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, Iranian authorities are seeking death sentences for at least 21 people in connection with the protests.
Iran executed a protester who opposed the government on Thursday, according to Iranian news agencies. This is the first confirmed execution related to this fall’s protests.
The executed man was convicted of stabbing a security guard and closing a street in the capital, Tehran.
In September, large-scale anti-government protests broke out in Iran after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini had died in the custody of the chastity police.
The authorities have cracked down on protests very often. At least 475 people have died in the protests, local activists say. The authorities have arrested more than 18,000 people in connection with the demonstrations.
On Monday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard praised the judiciary for its hard line and called for quick sentences for people accused of “crimes against the security of the state and Islam”.
Spokesperson for the Judiciary Masoud Setayesh announced on Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to death for killing a member of the paramilitary Basij militia. They have the opportunity to appeal the sentence.
According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, Iranian authorities are seeking death sentences for at least 21 people in connection with the protests. According to Amnesty, it is about “fake trials, the purpose of which is to intimidate those participating in the popular uprising”.
Amnesty calls on the Iranian authorities to overturn the death sentences and drop the charges against those arrested for peaceful participation in the protests.
Iran has blamed foreign countries, including the United States, for the unrest.
Typically in Iran, executions are carried out by hanging.
Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters