Iran hijab row: Tehran publicly executes second detainee over alleged protest crime

Iran Hijab Row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members. The execution, which was broadcasted on local television on Monday morning, showed the accused Majidreza Rahnavard, was hanged for allegedly killing two security forces during the nationwide protest on November 17 in the city of Mashhad.

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