Tehran sends a message with execution of young wrestler and others, say experts
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When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad, analysts say.
When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad, analysts say.
The three men, who were all linked to January’s nationwide anti-regime protests, were executed with the approval of Iran’s Supreme Court and “in the presence of a group of people,” said the judiciary-affiliated news agency Mizan.
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, described the trials as a sham involving forced confessions and fast-tracked proceedings. Amnesty, in a statement on Friday, accused Iranian authorities of carrying out “arbitrary executions” to intimidate the public “among an already traumatized population, under bombardment from Israel and the US.”
Before the war, US President Donald Trump had warned Iran against executing protesters, later saying he had received assurances that Tehran had no plans to do so. Thursday’s hangings are thought to be the first carried out in relation to the protests.
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