{"id":19643,"date":"2022-12-13T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=19643"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:26:52","slug":"irans-regime-executes-second-protester-in-the-face-of-continued-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19643\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s regime executes second protester in the face of continued protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mullahs ruling Iran hanged a second protester linked to the ongoing nationwide uprising on Monday morning in the city of Mashhad. Majidreza Rahnavard was arrested during the recent protests and quickly sentenced to death on the mullah-fabricated charges of \u201cMoharebeh\u201d, or \u201cwaging war against God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State media are reporting that Rahnavard confessed to the charges, although regime authorities have a long history of forcing prisoners in to filming coerced confessions. Rahnavard was reportedly not provided access to a lawyer, tortured while in captivity, and appearing in court with injuries, according to various sources.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>Iranian opposition coalition\u00a0NCRI\u00a0President-elect\u00a0Maryam Rajavi\u00a0condemned the horrific execution of Majidreza Rahnavard and called on the international community to take \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">effective and concrete measures against the religious fascism ruling\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Iran<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">stop executions,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">torture, and killings in Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>Regime Supreme Leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei\u00a0and the mullahs\u2019 apparatus are resorting to these executions in an effort to install fear in the Iranian society and silence the ongoing protests. The international community has an obligation to hold this murderous regime accountable and recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 280 cities. Over 700 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime\u2019s forces, according to sources of Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). The names of 580 killed protesters have been\u00a0published\u00a0by the PMOI\/MEK.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran\u2019s regime executes Majid Reza Rahnavard (\u0645\u062c\u06cc\u062f\u0631\u0636\u0627 \u0631\u0647\u0646\u0648\u0631\u062f) in public over nationwide protests\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8OsK9u-Skc?start=4&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, students in Tehran held protest rallies at Allameh Tabataba\u2019i University and National University. In Shiraz, students paid tribute to Majid Reza Rahnavard by holding a protest rally and chanting, \u201cMajid Reza you\u2019re asleep, but we\u2019re all awake now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Mashhad, people installed posters in Majid Reza\u2019s hometown to honor his memory. Locals gathered at his grave, where authorities had secretly buried him the previous night, and chanted, \u201cMajid Reza is a martyr for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>People in the cities of Mashhad and Tehran have been taking to the streets on Monday night to protest the execution of Majidreza Rahnavard. They\u2019re seen chanting anti-regime slogans and vowing more protests and uprisings in response to the regime\u2019s atrocities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK have been rallying in 11 different cities across Europe condemning today\u2019s execution of Majidreza Rahnavard and voicing solidarity with the ongoing protests and revolution throughout Iran. This includes the cities of Berlin, London, Aarhus, Stockholm, Geneva, Hanover, The Hague, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, and Buchen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>Regime authorities had Mohsen Shekari hanged last Thursday on charges of participating in recent protests as part of the ongoing Iranian uprising. The Iranian people have responded by condemning Shekari\u2019s execution and continuing their anti-regime demonstrations. State media in Iran and their social media affiliates continue to publish a stream of reports about more young protesters being sentenced to death as means to intimidate the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Early Sunday morning, students of\u00a0Allameh Tabataba\u2019i University\u00a0in Tehran were seen protesting the regime authorities\u2019 refusal to allow suspended students back on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Various reports indicate that the regime\u2019s security forces are on high alert in different cities to prevent protests. In Isfahan, the regime has deployed a large number of security forces in streets to intimidate the public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The protests in Iran began following the death of\u00a0Mahsa Amini. Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the city of Saqqez in Kurdistan Province, western Iran, who traveled to Tehran with her family, was arrested on Tuesday, September 13, at the entry of Haqqani Highway by the regime\u2019s so-called \u201cGuidance Patrol\u201d and transferred to the \u201cMoral Security\u201d agency.<\/p>\n<p>She was brutally beaten by the morality police and died of her wounds in a Tehran hospital on September 16. The event triggered protests that quickly spread across Iran and rekindled the people\u2019s desire to overthrow the regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The mullahs ruling Iran hanged a second protester linked to the ongoing nationwide uprising on Monday morning in the city of Mashhad. 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