Iran carries out first execution over anti-government protests

Iran has announced the archetypal execution of a protester convicted implicit the caller anti-government unrest.

Mohsen Shekari was hanged connected Thursday greeting aft being recovered blameworthy by a Revolutionary Court of "enmity against God", authorities media reported.

He was accused of being a "rioter" who blocked a main roadworthy successful Tehran connected 25 September and wounded a subordinate of the paramilitary Basij unit with a knife.

An activistic said helium was convicted aft a "show proceedings without immoderate owed process".

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, manager of Norway-based Iran Human Rights, tweeted that executions of protesters would commencement to instrumentality spot regular unless Iranian authorities faced "rapid applicable consequences internationally".

Iran's judiciary has truthful acold announced that 11 radical person been sentenced to decease successful transportation with the protests, which began successful mid-September aft the decease successful custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old pistillate who was detained by morality constabulary for allegedly wearing her hijab, oregon headscarf, "improperly".

The women-led protests person dispersed to 160 cities successful each 31 of the country's provinces and are seen arsenic 1 of the astir superior challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.

Iran's leaders person portrayed them arsenic "riots" instigated by the country's overseas enemies and ordered information forces to "deal decisively" with them.

So far, astatine slightest 475 protesters person been killed and 18,240 person been detained, according to the Human Rights Activists' News Agency (HRANA). It has besides reported the deaths of 61 information personnel.