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Iranwire – Protesters in the eastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan took to the streets after Friday prayer, calling for more freedoms, the release of all political prisoners and the downfall of the clerical regime. According to images published on social media on December 9, residents of the provincial capital, Zahedan, carried the Iranian three-color flag without the emblem of the …

Iranwire – Angry Iranians have taken to the streets of the Iranian capital to protest the first known execution connected to the demonstrations that have swept the country for more than 12 weeks. Mohsen Shekari was executed by hanging on December 8 for allegedly stabbing a member of the paramilitary Basij force at a September demonstration in the capital, state …

Iranwire – At the entrance of Tehran’s Englebal metro station, several people are screaming; one is moaning in pain, another is cursing in loud voice and a third is shouting, “Don’t hit her, bastard, don’t hit her, let her go”. People trapped inside the station start yelling, “Let her go, let her go”. A tear gas canister falls among the …

Iranwire – In an audio file received by IranWire, a 26-year-old Iranian sentenced to death and confined in the Greater Tehran Prison (Fashafouyeh), narrates his ordeal while in custody. Sahand Nourmohammadzadeh, was arrested in early October during protests in the capital and was sentenced to death two months later on the charge of “fighting against God” for allegedly attempting to …

Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime hastily executed imprisoned protester Mohsen Shekari, 23, on the morning of Thursday, December 8, 2022.The Iranian Supreme Court rejected the appeal for Mohsen Shekari’s death sentence on the charge of Moharebeh (waging war on God) and carried out the sentence Thursday morning.Shekari is the first Iran protester executed by the Iranian Judiciary.Shekari was accused of …