Protesters hold up a placard reading 'Stop Execution in Iran' as they take part in a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in front of the Victory Column in Berlin, Oct. 22, 2022. Norway-based Iran Human Rights said 26 men were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj outside Tehran, while three other men were executed in Karaj's city prison. She said the execution was another instance of Iran using the death penalty as a "tool of political repression to instil fear among the population". The office of the US deputy special envoy for Iran Abram Paley accused Iran of subjecting protesters to "sham trials and forced confessions". Amiry-Moghaddam said that Iran was "exploiting" global focus on the tensions between Iran and arch-enemy Israel by "mass killing prisoners and intensifying the suppression in Iran."
