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Iran executed Mehran Bahramian on Saturday for allegedly killing a security officer during unrest following the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary’s Mizan website reported.

At least 1,425 people have been executed in Iran since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody ignited widespread protests in September 2022, according to a new report by the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization.

Iran's new president has said that morality police will no longer "bother" women over the wearing of the mandatory hijab headscarf, days after the UN warned women were still being violently punished for breaking the strict dress code, APA reports citing BBC.