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The decision to execute Mohsen Shekari and Majid-Reza Rahnavard cannot have any legal basis. At least not as it is conceived in the West. In fact, a decision was taken in a political, security and intelligence committee of the mullahs' administration under the assumed leadership of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who ordered these executions only for political purposes and not to deliver justice. In this sense, one need only look at the 44-year history of the Islamic Republic to be convinced that the death penalty in Iran is a repressive weapon, wielded in an arsenal that serves only terror to keep power in place.
A prominent Iranian official rebuked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei s son for failing to respect the "legitimate freedoms” of Iran s people, three months into mass protests triggered by the killing of a young woman in police custody.