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Cleric's demand for executions
South Wales Evening Post
|January 17, 2026
A cleric leading Friday prayers in Iran's capital has demanded the death penalty for protesters detained in a nationwide crackdown and directly threatened US President Donald Trump, showing the hard-line rage gripping the Islamic Republic after the demonstrations.
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Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami's sermon carried by Iranian state radio sparked chants from those gathered for prayers, including "armed hypocrites should be put to death".
This story is from the January 17, 2026 edition of South Wales Evening Post.
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