成人快手

Protests in Iran have spread to 161 cities in all 31 provinces and are seen as one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.

They show no sign of letting up but the same can be said of the regime's brutal responses.

Iran says it has publicly hanged Majidreza Rahnavard, in what is the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests.

The 23-year-old is the second detainee from the protests to be executed.聽He had been convicted of stabbing to death two members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force during demonstrations, just 23 days ago.聽

Human rights activists say his confession was obtained under duress, and there was no due process at his trial.聽

Ghazal Abdolahi is a young Iranian woman who's mother is in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. Ghazal, up until last month, had been taking part in the demonstrations. She is now no longer in Iran.

"They use the families of a prisoner, against that prisoner... threatening the prisoner by her child, her husband."

She spoke to Newshour about the regime, her desire to protest and the feeling in Iran:

"The regime is making people more angry day by day by these killings, people don't have fear anymore."

(Photo: Protesters chant slogans as they wear a photograph of Majid Reza Rahnavard during a demonstration outside the German Foreign Ministry on December 12, 2022. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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