Dec 09, 2022, 07:11PM ISTSource: TOI.in
Iran executed the first person in relation to the anti-hijab protests that has rocked the nation since the past three months. A 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari was convicted of blocking a road inflicting a knife injury on a paramilitary guard. That incident took place on September 25. Mohsen was convicted by the Revolutionary Court on charges of waging war against God under Islamic Shariah law. He appealed in the Supreme Court but that appeal was turned down on November 20. What has rights groups worried is that many more could be awaiting the same fate as Mohsen, as 11 people linked to the protests have already been sentenced to death by Iranian courts.
