Iran executes protester for attacking security force member

Iran has executed a prisoner over his conviction for a crime committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.

Report informs citing foreign media that the man was accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran.

The executed man, identified as Mohsen Shekari, has been convicted in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court.

Iran has been rocked by protests since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the country’s morality police.