Iran executed this Saturday two prisoners sentenced to death for the alleged murder of a security agent during the protests that have shaken the country since mid-September.
With these executions, the number of hanged protesters rose to four. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini were executed this morning for the murder of a basiji – an Islamic militia – in November, during the demonstrations that followed the death of the Iranian Kurdish Mahsa Amini, 22, who became one of the more serious challenges. to the theocratic regime in Iran, installed by the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
In these more than three months of protests, strongly repressed by the Iranian authorities, more than 500 people have been killed and at least 15,000 arrested, according to the non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights.
Source: TSF
