Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death.
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Yang has been imprisoned for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected.
Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived an earlier execution attempt by lethal injection, was killed on Thursday.
Human rights advocates criticise Mohammad Ghobadlou’s conviction, saying he did not get a fair trial.