Celebrities and the Canadian PM were among those to share claims that Iran has sentenced 15,000 protesters to death. But these claims are misleading, and based on a misinterpretation of recent events in the Iranian parliament.
by Iranian state media that 227 of the country’s 290 parliamentarians had added their names to a letter calling for the judiciary to consider severe punishments, which could include the death penalty, for all those involved in the protests.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency , which is based in Norway, keeps a running tally of the numbers detained and killed during the protests. Itpublished an article, citing Iranian state media, with the headline: “Iran Protesters Refuse to Back Down as 15,000 Face Execution”. It also claimed that “the country's parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of the death penalty for protesters”.which said of the 15,000 protesters “lawmakers have voted for them all to be sentenced to death”.
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