New scaffold in Isfahan fuels fears of imminent protester executions - ایران اینترنشنال
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- Iran publicly hanged two anti-government protesters convicted of killing four police officers during the January protests, according to AP News and the Times of Israel.
- A new scaffold erected in Isfahan has fueled fears of imminent further executions of detained protesters from the January demonstrations, per Iran International's headline.
- Coverage also references the killing of an Iranian colonel in the January protests, with the partial Times of Israel headline indicating the execution count has now reached 16.
Why it matters: Public hangings and the staging of execution infrastructure in Isfahan show Iran's judiciary is using capital punishment as a visible deterrent against the protest movement, raising the stakes for the 16 or more detainees already facing execution-linked outcomes.
