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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran,
Oct. 26 – Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday afternoon in the Kurdish
city of Mahabad, northwest Iran, against an
execution sentence handed down to a young Kurdish activist.
The demonstration was sparked after Mostafa Rassouli-Nia was sentenced to death for allegedly
killing an agent of Iran’s
State Security Forces (SSF) during anti-government protests earlier this
year.
Tuesday’s demonstrators sounded horns and chanted slogans against Rassouli-Nia’s sentence.
They gathered in Esteghlal Square and near Hassanzadeh
School and the
protest soon spread to other parts of the city.
SSF units, however, attacked the protestors with teargas canisters. Clashes
broke out between the people who chanted anti-government slogans and agents
of the SSF.
Several hit-and-run clashes continued into the day on Wednesday.
Over the summer period, there were continuous anti-government protests in Iran’s
Kurdish regions. A number of demonstrators were killed by agents of the SSF
who were attempting to prevent an escalation of dissent.
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