The execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than a month after he allegedly carried out fatal stabbings against security forces, shows the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences handed down for those detained in the demonstrations the government hopes to put down.
According to the White House, Russia and Iran are considering standing up a drone assembly line in Russia for the Ukraine conflict, while Russia was training Iranian pilots on the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter and Iran could receive deliveries of the plane within the year.
"China looks forward to working with Saudi Arabia and Arab states to turn the two summits into milestone events in the history of China-Arab relations and China-GCC relations, and bring these relations to new heights," the Foreign Ministry cited the Chinese leader as saying.
The execution comes as other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the nationwide protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran's so-called morality police.
An Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that Iran's government is “paying attention to the people’s real demands,” state media reported, a day after a top official suggested that the country’s morality police whose conduct helped trigger months of protests has been shut down.
Local media identifies them as Mohammed Ayman Saadi, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Na'im Zubeidi from the Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Mehr named the four accused and, referring to Israel, said they were "sentenced to death for the crime of cooperating with the intelligence services of the Zionist regime and for kidnapping".
The potential sale approval comes after US President Joe Biden, earlier this year, designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally of the United States, granting special status to a key friend in a turbulent region.
Palestinian rioters hurl bombs and fire shots at soldiers in the flashpoint city, the military says in a statement.
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's Head of Foreign Relations Hiwa Bahrami notes that in wake of brutal crackdown by Iranian regime "now Israel and the Iranians have a common goal."
