Protesters in Iran are holding more protests to mourn two men executed for protest-related charges.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini are being mourned for the 40th day.
Iran witnessed some of its largest anti-government protests in weeks, on Thursday night.
Small crowds marched overnight in Tehran and several other cities, expressing their displeasure.
Video footage shows protesters chanting “Woman, life, freedom” and “Death to Khamenei”.
Ali Khamenei is Iran’s Supreme Leader.
According to the United Nations, the executed protesters faced unfair trials based on forced confessions.
Why They Were Protesting
Protests sprung across Iran in September 2022, following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.
Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was detained by morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly.
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Authorities have portrayed the protests as “riots” and responded to peaceful protests with force.
About 529 protesters have reportedly been killed and almost 20,000 detained.
Four protesters have been executed by hanging since December and 107 others have either been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences.
For expressing solidarity with the protesters, Iran international chess player Sara Khadem and her husband were exiled.
The chess player has chosen to play at an international event without her headscarf.
Khadem had said many people only wore the headscarf in front of cameras and she considered it hypocrisy.
However, the Iranian government do not seem to agree with her logic, as she has now officially gone into exile with her husband and son.
