Iran defies outcry with second protest execution

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Iran calls the protests "riots" and says they have been encouraged by its foreign foes.
46% : Iran is already the world's most prolific user of the death penalty after China, Amnesty International says.
41% : Prior to the two executions, Iran's judiciary said it had issued death sentences to 11 people in connection with the protests, but campaigners say around a dozen others face charges that could see them also receive the death penalty.
36% : - New EU sanctions - EU ministers meeting in Brussels were Monday expected to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over the crackdown on the protesters and its supply of drones to Russia used in the war on Ukraine.
35% : - 'Risk of mass execution' - Iran's use of the death penalty is part of a crackdown that IHR says has seen the security forces kill at least 458 people.
29% : Majidreza Rahnavard had been sentenced to death by a court in the city of Mashhad for killing two members of the security forces with a knife - - Iran on Monday executed a second man in connection with protests that have shaken the regime for almost three months, defying an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement.
29% : Europe and the United States reacted with outrage after Iran on Thursday carried out the first execution linked to the protests.
29% : US-based dissident Masih Alinejad charged that "Majidreza Rahnavard's crime was protesting the murder of Mahsa Amini. "The regime's method of dealing with protests is execution," said Alinejad, adding: "EU, recall your ambassadors."

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