The TV report said the 23-year-old Qobadlu, who had confessed to his crime, had access to a lawyer during the trial
Mohammad Qobadly. Pic/X
Iran on Tuesday hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following the death of a young woman detained for improperly wearing her headscarf. According to a report on state television, Mohammad Qobadlu was executed after being sentenced for killing a policeman and injuring five others after he ran them over in his car during a rally in the town of Parand, near the capital of Tehran.
The TV report said the 23-year-old Qobadlu, who had confessed to his crime, had access to a lawyer during the trial. Qobadly had appealed his death sentence, handed down by a lower court, but the Supreme Court later upheld the original verdict. Qobadlu’s execution was the ninth reported by the authorities since the protests started in the fall of 2022.
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The months-long unrest followed the September 16, 2022, death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by Iran’s morality police allegedly because she improperly wore the mandatory Islamic veil, or hijab. At least 529 people have been killed and scores detained.
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