{"id":307560,"date":"2023-05-19T21:44:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307560"},"modified":"2023-05-19T21:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T20:46:16","slug":"protests-erupt-after-irans-regime-executes-arrested-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-erupt-after-irans-regime-executes-arrested-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Erupt After Iran\u2019s Regime Executes Arrested Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s vicious regime hanged three arrested<\/a> protesters today at dawn in Isfahan, despite a global outcry against their death sentence. Hoping to quell a restive society with these executions, the ruling theocracy found itself once again engulfed by protests. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After several months of physical and psychological torture, the clerical regime hanged<\/a> Saleh Mirhashmi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaqoubi. They were arrested during the nationwide uprising, which erupted in September following the state murder of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The three victims were charged with <\/span>Moharebeh, <\/span><\/i>or \u201cWaging war on God,\u201d based on confessions obtained under torture. While the regime made much fanfare and, in sham trials, accused the trio of murdering several security forces, they were not charged with any degree of murder.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Their death sentences were met with both a domestic and international outcry. The Iranian regime, mainly the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, had planned to execute these protesters almost two weeks ago, in line with the killing spree he has started in the past two months, sending nearly 120 prisoners to the gallows since April 21.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past few days,\u00a0people in several cities across the country, mainly in Isfahan, held protests demanding the release of Majid, Saleh, and Saeed. International organizations and several Western governments condemned the death sentence of the arrested protesters and urged the regime to halt their execution.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Absent a meaningful international reaction, the religious fascism, desperate to quell the restive society through executions and intimidation, hanged Majid, Saleh, and Saeed on May 19 at dawn. A few hours later, protests erupted in a dozen cities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Tehran, people expressed their outrage and held protests or chanted slogans from their houses. In several districts of Tehran, including Ekbatan, Tehransar, Shahrziba, Negin Gharb, Tehranpars, Saadat Abad, and Apadana, citizens chanted slogans denouncing Khamenei. They chanted slogans such as: \u201cDeath to Khamenei, the killer,\u201d \u201cDeath to the republic of execution,\u201d and \u201cDeath to Khamenei, damned be Khomeini.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 19 – Tehran, #Iran<\/a>
Locals in the capital's Tehranpars district are protesting this morning's execution in Isfahan's Dastgerd Prison and chanting:
"Our compatriots haven't died for us to appease [Khamenei]!"#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> #\u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645_\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0628_\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0645<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HZWcaBmgi9<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n