Last month, concerns about the mass execution of protestors were raised after Iranian lawmakers asked the country’s judiciary to “show no leniency” to those taking to the streets.

The protests erupted on 16 September, following Amini’s death. The 22-year-old was arrested by Iran’s so-called morality police for supposedly wearing an “improper” form of hijab during a trip to the country’s capital, Tehran, and died in hospital after spending three days in a coma, which her family alleged resulted from Amini being beaten by officers during her time in police custody.

Iranian police have denied mistreatment, but witnesses at the scene of her arrest in Tehran told journalists that police beat Amini with a baton following her arrest, and reports later emerged that her head was banged against the police vehicle.

Iran has carried out a second execution linked to the ongoing nationwide protests