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Iran executed 3 men aft they were convicted of engagement successful anti-government protests that rocked the state successful December and January, authorities said Monday.
Arrests and executions successful Iran, peculiarly linked to the protests that began successful December implicit surviving costs, person been connected the emergence since the commencement of the regional war triggered by a U.S.-Israeli onslaught connected February 28.
"Mehdi Rassouli and Mohammad Reza Miri, Mossad agents progressive successful the January riots successful Mashhad (northeast), liable for wide unit and the decease of a subordinate of the information forces, were hanged," said the Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website, referring to the Israeli spy agency.
The tribunal accused the 2 men of "using Molotov cocktails and bladed weapons, inciting and encouraging others to kill, and straight participating successful the execution of a information officer."
"Ebrahim Dolatabadi, 1 of the main instigators of the riots successful Mashhad that claimed the lives of respective members of the information forces, was besides hanged," Mizan added.
The sentences were carried retired aft the Supreme Court confirmed the verdict for each 3 men, said Mizan.
Last month, Bita Hemmati was believed to beryllium the first pistillate to beryllium sentenced to death implicit the protests, according to respective rights groups.
According to Iranian authorities, the question of protests that peaked successful January began peacefully earlier descending into "riots fomented by overseas powers."
The authorities has acknowledged much than 3,000 deaths successful the protests but blames the unit connected "terrorist acts" orchestrated by the United States and Israel.
On Sunday, a antheral was executed for his relation successful a execution committed during different circular of protests that rocked Iran successful 2022-2023 pursuing the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian Kurdish woman.
Iran is the world's astir prolific executioner aft China, according to rights groups.
According to Iran Human Rights Monitor, Iran carried retired 656 executions successful the archetypal 3 months of this twelvemonth but the existent tally is "likely acold higher" since Iran was mostly offline successful March erstwhile lone 8 were recorded.
Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said past period successful their joint yearly report on the decease punishment successful Iran that astatine slightest 1,639 radical were executed successful 2025 — including 48 women.
In March, Iran executed 3 men who were accused of sidesplitting constabulary officers during the protests, including Saleh Mohammadi, a young subordinate of Iran's nationalist wrestling team.
"Dozens of individuals arrested during the January 2026 protests person been sentenced to decease pursuing grossly unfair, fast-tracked trials conducted without owed process, entree to autarkic counsel and reliance connected torture-tainted forced 'confessions' arsenic evidence," said the New York-based Center for Human Rights successful Iran.
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