Nearly a month after the al-Quds day protests, the Iranian government has announced that three individuals who participated in post-election riots during the summer have been sentenced to death. Though the death sentences can, and probably will, be appealed, the significance of this development cannot be overestimated.

I am greatly encouraged by the display on Quds Day. It shows the Iranian people cannot be pacified by a regime that tries to silence them, that they will continue to speak out until they are heard.