Senior Iranian cleric calls for protester deaths as 3,090 killed in crackdown

Iranian influential figures are pushing to execute protesters after crushing nationwide demonstrations that killed more than 3,000 people in the country’s bloodiest upheaval since 1979, according to a Guardian report. Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami used his Friday sermon to brand demonstrators “armed hypocrites” who deserved death. The influential cleric sits on both the Guardian Council and … Continue reading Senior Iranian cleric calls for protester deaths as 3,090 killed in crackdown