Iranian regime publicly hangs protester (23) after hasty murder trial | CPT PPP Coverage

He was arrested on November 19, allegedly while trying to exit Iran, put on trial, convicted, and “publicly” hanged before a crowd of pro-regime gunmen and their families, according to Mizan.

His family were informed of his death afterwards.

“We have killed your son, and buried his body,” the family was purportedly told in a quick phone call from a regime operative, according to the activist collective 1500 Tasvir.

Mr Rahnavard, who worked as a fruit vendor and was an accomplished wrestler, was 23. After his burial, relatives managed to find his grave and began chanting defiantly.

“Beloved of the homeland, martyr of the nation,” they shouted, according to a video posted online.

It was the Islamic regime’s second hanging of a protester in less than 100 hours, an apparent attempt by embattled hardliners in Tehran to terrify into submission a relentless popular uprising against their rule. The first execution, of Mohsen Shekari (23), took place last Thursday.

The executions, which have caused widespread domestic and international outrage, are also an indicator that the most extreme and uncompromising elements under the leadership of supreme leader Ali Khamenei hold sway over more pragmatic voices considering concessions to quell protests originally sparked by opposition to the forced veiling of women and the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The protests, which began on September 16, quickly expanded to include general opposition to Iran’s 44-year-old theocratic dictatorship. (© Independent News Service)

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