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Three months of protests in Iran

Amnesty International says 11 people have been sentenced to death over the protests

Protests in Iran are now into their fourth month with many people on the streets yesterday to mark three months since the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the religious police. Two people have now been executed for taking part in the protests. As many as 26 others could face the same fate - 11 already sentenced to death and 15 more on trial or charged with capital offences. Among them is a 26 year old footballer called Amir Nasr-Azadani. Today鈥檚 Mishal Husain spoke to Finnish footballer Sebastian Strandvall, who got to know him when he went to play for an Iranian club in 2015, as well as a woman who has taken part in the protests and Azadeh Moaveni, professor of journalism at New York University who has covered Iran for over 20 years.

(IMAGE CREDIT: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya)

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