At least one protester has officially received a death sentence in Iran.
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00:00Politicians and celebrities are being flagged for misinformation regarding death sentences being
00:04handed down to protesters in Iran. So what's going on? Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:10Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a tweet labeled as false information,
00:14and Biola Davis, among others, saw her account censored over claims that 15,000 protesters in
00:20Iran had been sentenced to death. The claims stem from this post and also articles like these.
00:25As stated in these sources, human rights organizations estimate that roughly 15,000
00:30protesters are being detained, and many face charges that could carry the death penalty.
00:35As of November 15th, however, only one protester in Iran has been given such a sentence,
00:40and the UN warns that more protesters could get the same sentence soon. Regardless,
00:44the threat of death is real for protesters in Iran. According to human rights organizations,
00:49at least 300 people have been killed in protests so far, and Iranian officials executed 314
00:55people in 2021 alone.