Who is the first woman sentenced to death in Iran due to protests in the country

Understand the escalation of protests in Iran Iran announced this Tuesday (14) that four more protesters were sentenced to death because of the protests that took place in the country at the beginning of the year. One of them is Bita Hemmati, the first woman to be hanged for her participation in the popular uprising against the Iranian regime. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp Bita, whose conviction was announced along with her husband, Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, and two other men, who lived in the same building as the couple, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, is accused of numerous crimes: use of explosives and weapons assault on forces patrolling the area, throwing objects, including bottles, concrete blocks and incendiary materials, from the roofs of buildings destruction of public property participation in protest demonstrations chanting protest slogans disruption of national security connection with hostile groups sending content with the aim of undermining security In a press release, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (CNRI), in opposition to the government, asked the UN and other international bodies for help in trying to save the four, as well as other prisoners, and gave more information about the conviction. “Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, aged 34, his wife Bita Hemmati, Behrouz Zamaninezhad and Kourosh Zamaninezhad were arrested during the uprising in Tehran and subjected to torture and interrogation. They were summarily sentenced to death and had all their assets confiscated by the 26th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court,” it said. Mohammadreza Majidi Asl and his wife, Bita Hemmati National Council of Resistance of Iran (CNRI) Iran has already executed seven people linked to these protests, which, according to activists, were repressed with violence that left thousands dead and tens of thousands detained. A fifth defendant, Amir Hemmati, was sentenced to five years of discretionary imprisonment on charges of “meeting and collusion against national security”, as well as eight months in prison for “propaganda against the regime”. The demonstrations, initially motivated by the high cost of living, quickly turned into a national mobilization against the government, reaching their highest point on the 8th and 9th of January. Human rights groups accuse the Islamic Republic of using the death penalty as a tool of repression to spread fear in society and fear that the number of executions will soar after the war against Israel and the United States. The four convicts were found guilty of acting on behalf of the United States. Iran: check the timeline of protests

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