As many as 100 anti-hijab protesters including 5 women have been given death sentence by Iranian authorities, a human rights group claimed .
Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) in a report said that the number of detainees facing execution risk could be much higher.
The group also claimed that all those prosecuted have been tortured “deprived of the right to access their own lawyer, due process and fair trials."
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Earlier in December, Iran had executed its second prisoner detained amid the nationwide protests over hijab and death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.