Have 15,000 protesters been sentenced to death in Iran?
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Sulaiman
- . November 16, 2022
- . Update: November 17, 2022 12:40 am
It has been widely reported in news articles and on social media that the Iranian government has executed roughly 15,000 people for taking part in the country’s protests, which have been going on for the past two months.
Since Newsweek broke the story first, it was so widely reported that even Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, condemned the Iranian government’s “barbaric decision” to execute close to 15,000 demonstrators in a tweet.
Since the death in detention on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for allegedly failing to adhere to the country’s clothing code for women, the protestors in question have been out in the streets almost every day.
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There have been many more arrests in Iran than the 15,000 reported, and some have even received death sentences.
Approximately 15,000 people are thought to have been detained, according to media and human rights organisations with international presences. More than 350 protesters have reportedly died, according to the same sources.
The announcement of the killings appears to have been prompted by a statement made by 227 of Iran’s 290 parliamentarians, who declared those who wage “moharebeh” (war against God) should be dealt with “decisively” and given a reaction that would “set an example.”
