Protests in Tehran, Karaj, Mashhad, and Abdanan Against Executions in Iran

Reports from Iran indicate that protests against the execution of three defendants in the Isfahan house case continued on Saturday night in Tehran's Tehran Sar, Ekbatan town, Sadeghiyeh, Jannat Abad, Sattar Khan, and Chitgar, as well as in Fardis Karaj, Mashhad, and Abdanan in Ilam province. According to posts shared on social media, protesters chanted slogans against the execution of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashimi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, accused of 'moharebeh' (waging war against God). Among the slogans were 'This year is the year of blood - Khamenei will be overthrown' and 'Khamenei is Zahak - we will bury you under the ground.' Other slogans included 'Death to Khamenei the executioner,' 'Death to the murder government,' 'Poverty, corruption, inflation, we will go until overthrow,' and 'Death to the executioner republic.' Meanwhile, according to the Hengaw human rights website, during the protests in Abdanan, demonstrators created roadblocks to protest 'the execution of youth by the Islamic Republic.' Earlier on Saturday, students from several universities, including Tehran University, Amir Kabir, Beheshti, Tarbiat Modares, and Zanjan, held sit-ins and protests against the new wave of executions. Following the execution of three protesters in Iran, citizen protests have intensified, and according to reports received by Voice of America and shared on social media, gatherings, sit-ins, marches, and nighttime slogans have increased in Iranian cities. A citizen video shows a significant number of people in Tehran chanting at the City Theater Metro station, 'This year is the year of blood, Seyyed Ali will be overthrown.' Thousands of Iranians residing in Toronto protested against the death sentences in Iran. A human chain of a group of Iranians in Munich protested against the implementation of death sentences in Iran. The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran Bus Company called for the abolition of the execution of political and general prisoners. Protests against the new wave of executions in Iran; demonstrators gathered in Tehran and several cities around the world. Unprecedented opposition from Iranians inside the country against the death penalty: 'I oppose the death penalty with a real and clear identity.'