Friday 16 December 2022 – 09:58am WIB
VIVA world – 23-year-old man to be executed Iran in connection with the anti-government protests that erupted in the country. Just before execution As this proceeds, the man leaves a message that he does not want anyone to mourn his death and forbids anyone to read the Quran on his grave.
Majidreza Rahnavard, the man who was publicly hanged on Monday 12 December 2022 in the city of Mashhad. Rahnavard’s execution came four days after that of Mohsen Shekari, who was executed on suspicion of injuring a member of the security forces.
The execution was the first case of the death penalty used by the government against protesters. A video surfaced today showing Rahnavard expressing what would have been his last wish.
Illustration of the death penalty
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Rahnavard can be seen in the video, blindfolded and flanked by two masked guards, speaking to the camera.
“I don’t want anyone to mourn my (death) grave. I don’t want them to read the Koran or pray at my grave. Celebrate my death by playing music,” he said, quoted by NDTV on Friday, December 16. , 2022.
Rahnavard was sentenced to death by a court for stabbing to death two members of the security forces and wounding four others. However, the director of the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said Rahnavard was sentenced to death on the basis of coerced confessions after the trial.
