In connection with the almost three-month wave of
anti-government protests, Iran has carried out its second public execution.
According to the nation's judiciary, Majid Reza
Rahnavard was hung in the city of Mashhad.
He was found guilty of murdering two security
personnel with a single knife.
Last Thursday saw the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, the
first execution associated with the demonstrations, which drew global
condemnation.
The world must not "turn a blind eye to the
horrific brutality committed by the Iranian dictatorship against its own
people," UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged at the time.
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by
the nation's morality police in September and her away in detention, served as
the impetus for the current demonstrations.
She was detained for reportedly
"improperly" donning her hijab, or headgear.
The upheaval started in Tehran, the country's
capital, where Ms. Amini died, and it has now expanded to 160 places throughout
Iran's 31 provinces.
Since the 1979 revolution, it is seen as one of the
Islamic Republic's most significant threats.