Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests

The man was accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran

Mourners accompany the casket of one of the 2 protesters killed earlier in clashes with security forces, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Credit: AFP Photo

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

Iran's Mizan news agency reported the execution. It accused the man of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran.

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