A journalist who had been sentenced to death for inciting anti-government demonstrations in Iran was sentenced to death on the 12th.
International human rights groups have urged authorities to cancel executions, alleging that they are using the death penalty as a weapon of repression.
The death penalty was executed by Iranian journalist Le Horrer Zam.
According to Iran's state news agency, Mr. Zam was sentenced to death in June after being charged with inciting anti-government demonstrations in December 2017 and spreading false information. I did.
At the 2017 anti-government demonstration, protests by citizens who were dissatisfied with rising prices spread throughout Iran, and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was also criticized.
At that time, the British public broadcaster BBC, based in Paris, France, operated a news site using the highly confidential SNS "Telegram", and aimed at about 1.4 million followers. It is reported that it seems to have sent videos of protests and information criticizing the government.
Amnesty International, an international human rights group, has accused the Iranian authorities of "using the death penalty as a weapon of oppression" over the death penalty for Mr. Zam and has urged him to cancel the execution.