Iran's repressive regime forces announced Thursday the first official execution of a participant in the anti-government protests sweeping the Islamic country.
Mohsen Shekari, a 23-year-old man, was killed Thursday after being arrested in September and sentenced to death in November for "waging war on God." According to the Mizan agency, which belongs to the Iranian Judiciary, the accused injured a basiji (Islamic militiaman) with a knife and blocked a street during the protests.
Shekari, who was hanged after his conviction by a court in Tehran, is the first of 11 people sentenced to death for participating in the wave of protests after the murder of young Mahsa Amini at the hands of the Iranian morality police. Amini was killed after she was arrested for not wearing a hijab.
Several human rights organizations denounced the lack of procedural rights and due process for the detainees. However, many factions of the Islamic regime, such as the so-called Revolutionary Guards, are calling for such a response to the protesters. It is certainly foreseeable that executions may continue in Iran.
So far, more than 300 people have died in the riots in the Islamic country. Some of those killed were agents of the regime. Tehran has taken this opportunity to launch accusations against the protesters. Some of these cases, such as that of Mohsen Shekari, result the death penalty for the accused.
In recent days, the Iranian regime tried to soften internal and international pressure by assuring that it had disbanded the morality police, However, subsequent reports have questioned the truth of this, exposing the real repressive reality of the Ayatollah regime.
