Iran carries out second execution over protests

Iran said it has carried out a second execution linked to the anti-government protests engulfing the country.

Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged "in public" early on Monday in the city of Mashhad, the judiciary announced.

A court convicted him of the charge of "enmity against God" after finding he had stabbed to death two members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force.

Human rights groups have warned that protesters are being sentenced to death after sham trials with no due process.