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Iran execution of Heidar Ghorbani sparks rare anti-government protest
Source: BBC
Iran execution of Heidar Ghorbani sparks rare anti-government protest
19 December 2021
In a rare public display of defiance in Iran, protesters have shouted anti-government slogans outside the home of a Kurdish man who has been executed.
Crowds gathered in Heidar Ghorbani's hometown of Kamyaran, in Kurdistan province, calling him a martyr.
Ghorbani, who was 48, was convicted of the murder of three people linked to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps.
But he had denied any connection with the killings, and human rights groups said he was a political prisoner.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59721962
