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Many people in Iran have been protesting against the regime for two months
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Last weekend, a court in Tehran handed down the first death penalty in connection with the dissident protests in Iran.
Another protester has now been sentenced to death.
This was reported by the Isna news agency, citing the judiciary.
According to the report, the verdict was justified by the fact that the accused had spread terror by owning a gun and setting fire to a motorcycle.
The death sentence could be appealed, it said.
According to state media reports, up to 19 of the thousands arrested could face the death penalty.
Nationwide demonstrations
Meanwhile, protests in the Islamic Republic continue.
At rallies announced by activists to commemorate the "Bloody November" three years ago, women and men across the country demonstrated against the leadership in Tehran.
In 2019, security forces violently suppressed protests for days, and according to human rights groups, hundreds of people were killed.
In large parts of the province of Kurdistan, work was suspended on Tuesday and students boycotted lectures.
Many shops in the capital and other cities remained closed.
Crowd calls for Ali Khamenei to be overthrown
In Tehran, protesters blocked a major crossroads and chanted "Freedom, Freedom," as seen in verified online videos.
There were also protests in other cities, such as Bandar Abbas and Shiraz, where women waved their veils over their heads.
In the evening, the streets of Tehran filled with more demonstrators.
A large crowd outside a Tehran subway station called for the overthrow of spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to the Oslo-based human rights group Hengaw, security forces in the Kurdish city of Kermanshah shot at protesters and fired tear gas.
Former Iranian President and one of the leading representatives of the country's reform forces, Mohammad Khatami, called on the Tehran leadership to correct its "mistakes".
An overthrow of the system is "neither possible nor desirable," declared Khatami.
But the government must reform if it wants to regain people's trust.
It is part of "good governance" to respect fundamental rights, including above all civil rights.
There have been ongoing protests in Iran since the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16.
The 22-year-old was arrested by the moral police because she is said to have worn her headscarf improperly.
She died a short time later in hospital.
Most recently, 272 of the 290 Iranian MPs spoke out in favor of using the right to retaliate against demonstrators classified as "enemies of God" in the course of the "unrest".
These would have "damaged people's lives and property."
Almost 15,000 demonstrators arrested
According to estimates by human rights activists, almost 15,000 demonstrators have been arrested so far during the protests.
The government in Tehran does not confirm these figures, but does not give any others either.
At least 330 people were also killed, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
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