Video on social media appears to show people assembled near Azadi Square in the capital and chanting: 'Do not call me a seditionist. You are the sedition, the oppressor'.
Iran says it has executed a prisoner arrested during the ongoing anti-government protests - the first known death sentence linked to the unrest.
The execution on Thursday came after people are believed to have gathered around Azadi Square in the capital Tehran overnight. The prisoner has been identified as Mohsen Shekari by the Mizan news agency, which is run by the country's judiciary. He was accused of injuring a security guard with a machete and blocking a street in Tehran, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Amnesty International has criticised what it describes as"sham trials designed to intimidate those participating in the popular uprising that has rocked Iran".The execution comes as protesters continue to take to the streets in defiance of the government and the threat of the security forces, following the death of
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