{"id":228928,"date":"2020-11-02T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228928"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:35:53","slug":"recent-executions-in-iran-reflect-broader-repression-while-justice-remains-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/recent-executions-in-iran-reflect-broader-repression-while-justice-remains-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Executions in Iran Reflect Broader Repression, While Justice Remains Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran under the mullahs\u2019 regime has the highest number of executions per capita in the world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Thursday, the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary carried out four executions in just one prison, thereby reiterating its contempt for universal human rights principles. In another prison one day earlier, the judiciary finally hanged a prisoner who had previously been transferred to solitary confinement on at least two occasions as a form of mock execution. Such tactics of psychological torture are commonplace in Iran under mullahs and will be growing even more prevalent under present conditions.<\/p>\n

Prominent among those conditions are the regime\u2019s obvious fears of public unrest. This has been a more or less constant fact of life since the end of 2017, when Iran was rocked by the first of three nationwide uprisings. In the face of popular calls for regime change, the regime\u2019s authorities initiated a crackdown, killing around 60 protesters and arresting thousands of others. But this crackdown had but a periodic benefit for the regime, because people\u2019s uprising<\/a> re-formed and emerged on a national scale once again in November 2019.<\/p>\n

The second uprising proved to be even larger than the first, encompassing around 200 cities and towns, including many that the regime for long been portrayed to be its strongholds of support. In all of those localities, slogans like \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d emerged spontaneously from demonstrations that were initially sparked by the announcement of sharp increases in the price of gasoline. Recognizing and fearing the movement\u2019s rapid spread and strong anti-regime message, Tehran quickly responded by urging the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC<\/a>) to shut down the uprising by any means necessary.<\/p>\n

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Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div><\/div>
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