and how many people does amnesty international believe is currently in detention as a direct result of those antigovernment protests that, of course, we have been witnessing and people have been seeing images of around the world. and people have been seeing images of around the world. rate, you know, u . of around the world. rate, you know, u- to tens of around the world. rate, you know, up to tens of of around the world. rate, you know, up to tens of thousands, of around the world. rate, you know, up to tens of thousands, that - of around the world. rate, you know, up to tens of thousands, that is - up to tens of thousands, that is based on leaked recordings. so up to tens of thousands have been detained as part of the protests, unfairly so, just simply for exercising their right to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, and of course, hundreds were killed as part of those protests, lethal force was used against protesters, light bullets were used and hundreds are killed.
around the football team. in their stance heading into the world cup. i hope that they won t face any source of persecution but we know, amnesty has said, 26 individuals are at risk of imminent execution. 0ne has said, 26 individuals are at risk of imminent execution. one of them is a footballer as well and there are athletes amongst that group. so, we are seeing protesters are being targeted within the last week and a half, we have had those two young men who were executed following sham trials. so, tojust emphasise men who were executed following sham trials. so, to just emphasise these arbitrary executions that are taking place with the clear tactic of trying to undermine and break the back of the protest movement. they are taking place under a thin veil of some sort ofjudicial proceedings. those two individuals, those cases were fast tracked and they were hung from a frame within a few weeks. no right to determine who your loyal heirs, no right to appeal. 0ften your loyal heirs, no
i hope that they won t face any source of persecution but we know, amnesty has said, 26 individuals are at risk of imminent execution. one of them is a footballer as well and there are athletes amongst that group. so, we are seeing protesters are being targeted within the last week and a half, we have had those two young men who were executed following sham trials. so, to just emphasise these arbitrary executions that are taking place with the clear tactic of trying to undermine and break the back of the protest movement. they are taking place under a thin veil of some sort ofjudicial proceedings. for those two individuals, those cases were fast tracked and they were hung from a frame within a few weeks. no right to determine who your lawyer is, no right to appeal.
is testing their resolve. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. nina navid, is an iran expert and the crisis and tactical iran campaigner for amnesty international uk. she gave me her reaction to what s happened. again, this is a shocking new development but as your report said what we are now seeing is a new face of the government s crackdown on protesters. they are now targeting really high profile celebrities, sportspeople, athletes. no one is being spared at this stage. you mention there sports and athletes. we have got the world cup final today, of course. the iranian football team representation there, they made a few statements. a do you think they could face punishment? i think the issue with the iranian football team is quite separate. there was a lot of controversy around the football team. in their stance heading into the world cup.
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