Iran protests: Second execution carried out - BBC

Iran has carried retired its 2nd nationalist execution linked to the astir three-month question of anti-government protests.

Majid Reza Rahnavard was hanged successful the metropolis of Mashhad, the country's judiciary said.

He was convicted of stabbing and sidesplitting 2 members of the information forces.

The archetypal execution linked to the protests took spot past Thursday, erstwhile Mohsen Shekari was hanged, triggering wide condemnation.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned astatine the clip that the satellite could not "turn a unsighted oculus to the abhorrent unit committed by the Iranian authorities against its ain people".

The existent protests were triggered by the decease of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old pistillate who was detained by the country's morality constabulary successful September and died portion successful custody.

She was held for allegedly wearing her hijab, oregon headscarf, "improperly".

The unrest, which began successful the superior Tehran wherever Ms Amini died, has dispersed to immoderate 160 cities successful each of Iran's 31 provinces.

It is considered 1 of the astir superior challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.