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Iran executes two men over January protests:** Iran executed two men convicted over their role
Iran executes three men in relation to January anti-regime protests Iran has executed three
Iran executes, jails protesters As talks stall, Iranian authorities have stepped up efforts to prosecute
Iran on February 28. The executions are connected to the antiestablishment protests, during which [thousands
Iran has executed 26 men seen as “political prisoners” – 14 charged over January protests, one over
protesters hold Iran's pre-1979 Islamic revolution flag, which has "Freedom for Iran" and "Stop execution
executed over the weekend was the protester Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, who was arrested during the [2022 Women, life, freedom movement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/very-masculinist-how-iran-unrest-different-2022-hijab-protests), and is from the often-oppressed Kurdish minority in Iran
protests, including a spate of judicial executions.  A mobile phone in Iran
Iran has executed 26 men seen as political prisoners – 14 charged over January protests, one over
protest movement](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131436766/kurdish-roots-iran-protest-slogan) erupted. Many countries used the death penalty to enforce strict drug laws, according to Amnesty, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, the latter of which executed
executed on national security-related charges](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/iran-executes-men-january-anti-regime-protests) since late February, [many in connection with the January protests.](https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167403) The UN High commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, said he was “appalled
Iran - Iranian state media reported that a man, identified as Abbas Akbari, was executed over charges pertaining to the nationwide antigovernment protests
Iran’s judiciary continues to execute dissidents, and on Saturday announced the hanging of Erfan Kiani, who was arrested during the nationwide protests
Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based rights group, said the numbers of political prisoners being executed in the last month was unprecedented. “Normally, most of the those who are executed are for criminal charges: drugs
executions surge in Iran since start of war The line is crackly. But the voice of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh is clear and, given the circumstances, surprisingly steady. He's on death row in western Iran
protests in January, during which thousands of people were killed during an internet blackout. Others were tied to national security crimes and a host of other charges. Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people
executive director for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights, Roya Boroumand, says that an information vacuum in Iran "allows the state to broadcast its narrative, ie portray protesters
Iran. On Tuesday, some roads and motorways in Northern Ireland [were blocked](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2e8wevpwyo) by farmers protesting over the hike in fuel, energy and fertiliser costs. Last week, the first and deputy first ministers
Iran’s nuclear programme to the edge of weaponisation, built the ballistic missile programme, the drone programme, and the network of proxies including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and the Shia militias in Iraq that threatened
Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) since 2023, said he was in Tehran last week and was still carrying the impact of “two tragic events”. “One was the death of a number of innocent people, children, members