Iran carries out first execution over anti-hijab protests, says report

Iran said on Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.
 

Mohsen Shekari was accused of attacking a militia member and blocking a road in the capital Tehran, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.
 

The execution comes as other detainees also face possible death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began first as an outcry against Iran’s morality police and have expanded into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
 

Activists warn others