Iranian authorities have sentenced to death four more people, including a woman, over last January's protests, several rights groups said on Tuesday. Iran has already hanged seven people in connection with the protests, which activists say were put down in a crackdown that killed thousands and led to tens of thousands of arrests. Rights groups accuse the Islamic Republic of using the death penalty as a tool of repression to instill fear in society, and fear it will ramp up capital punishment in

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