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Iran's judiciary has carried out the first sentence against anti-government protesters who have been sentenced to death.



Mohsen Shekari, 23, who was sentenced to death for participating in anti-government protests, has been sentenced to death, according to Mizan News Agency, run by Iran's judiciary.



The judiciary explained that Shekari had been sentenced to death on September 25 for occupying a road in Tehran and stabbing security forces, injuring them.



An Iranian court first sentenced the death penalty to those involved in anti-government protesters on the 13th of last month.



The international community immediately condemned the Iranian government.



The Office for External Relations (EEAS), the EU's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, released a statement this afternoon and strongly condemned it, saying, "We urge the Iranian authorities to refrain from the death penalty and any further executions in the future, and to pursue a coherent policy towards the total abolition of the death penalty."



"I appeal to strict adherence to the obligations set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran also participated as a state party," he said. It should be respected," he said.



Mehmoud Amiri Mogadam, director of Iran Human Rights (IHR), a human rights group based in Norway, criticized Shekari for failing to receive help from a lawyer, and was sentenced to death after an unfair trial.



Amnesty International also issued a statement and raised the edge, saying, "The execution, which took place less than a month after the conviction, exposes the inhumanity of Iran's judicial system."



Human rights groups believe the execution of about 10 anti-government protesters is imminent.



"The Iranian regime's disregard for human rights knows no bounds," German Foreign Minister Anna Lena Baerbock tweeted.



A spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry said the execution "is a grave and unacceptable act" and strongly condemns the Iranian government.



In major cities in Iran, including Tehran, protests sparked by the case of Amini, who was arrested for not wearing a hijab properly and died mysteriously at a police station, have continued for nearly three months.



Amini was arrested by map patrols in downtown Tehran on September 13 for not wearing a hijab properly.



Amini suddenly collapsed while being investigated at the police station and was taken to the hospital, but died on the 16th of the same month.



The incident sparked widespread anti-government protests in Iran.



Iran's Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) counted that 469 protesters, including 64 minors, lost their lives as of the 2nd.



About 18,000 protesters have been detained.



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