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Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a protester arrested during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement, over an explosion his lawyer says caused roughly $56 in property damage, Iran International reported on October 21 citing the Emtedad news channel. The ruling highlights the severity of punishments still being handed down against participants in the 2022 protest movement. Rights groups have repeatedly criticized such sentences as disproportionate, and the case adds to ongoing international scrutiny of Iran's judicial treatment of 2022 protesters.