Iran Carries out Second Execution Connected to Protests

Iran on Monday said it carried out its second execution of a prisoner connected to the nationwide protests that began in September.

The Mizan news agency run by Iran's judiciary said Majidreza Rahnavard was publicly hanged Monday in the city of Mashhad.

Rahnavard was accused of fatally stabbing two security force members last month in Mashhad.

Activists say Iran has sentenced at least a dozen people t