Iran executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government demonstrations, drawing protests at home and abroad. | Reuters
on September 16, 2022, while in the custody of Iran’s morality police.
“We need your help,” said the note that went viral on social media, drawing local and international appeals to halt the executions, including from Washington. “We swear by our comrades’ blood to be steadfast till the end,” chanted protesters in Tehran, in a video which Reuters could not independently verify.The European Union condemned the executions “in the strongest possible terms”, a spokesperson said. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, condemned the hangings as “reprehensible killings” and said on Twitter: “Australia stands with the people of Iran.
State media broadcast videos of what were presented as the defendants’ confessions, which Amnesty International said were extracted by torture.
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