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Why does Iranian theocracy hang protesters?
To stop them from protesting, but it does not work.
Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish girl in her twenties, died in the custody of the Iranian morality police, Gasht-e Irshad, on 16th September 2022. Her death sparked the anti-compulsory hijab protests in Iran. Since the beginning of the demonstrations, over 300 protestors have died at the hand of Iranian security forces who intend to suppress the protest. The Iranian court has hanged four protesters, all in their 20s. As these lines are written, since 3:00 am Iranian time, people have crowded outside Karaj prison to prevent the execution of another four protesters in their twenties (pictured above).
Hasty execution has its history in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1988 alone, the regime executed at least 3000 political prisoners. But the Iranian people seeking freedom have not been deterred. Given its history of execution, the Iranian protesters know that protest may cost their lives, but they go with it anyway. The regime has suffocated the Iranian youth to the extent that they are walking towards execution on their own feet, equivalent to a suicide mission. And The Death Judges, a phrase that has become synonymous with the Iranian revolutionary court judges, are more than generous in handing over death warranties to the anti-hijab protesters.
