Two protesters executed in Iran
2023.01.07 08:40
Two protesters executed in Iran
Budrigannews.com – On Saturday, Iran executed two men for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, on September 16.
The two men who were put to death on Saturday had been found guilty of killing a Basij paramilitary force militia member. In the same case, three others have been given the death penalty, and eleven have been imprisoned.
In a statement released by the official IRNA news agency, the judiciary stated, “Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, principal perpetrators of the crime that led to the unjust martyrdom of Ruhollah Ajamian were hanged this morning.”
The number of protesters who have been officially convicted and executed in the wake of the uprising now stands at four.
Last month, Amnesty International stated that in “sham trials designed to intimidate protesters in the popular uprising that has rocked the country,” Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 others.
It stated that all individuals facing execution had been denied access to appropriate legal representation and adequate defense. Rights groups say that instead, defendants have had to rely on attorneys appointed by the state, who do little to help them.
Amnesty International claimed that the 22-year-old karate champion Karami’s conviction was based on forced confessions.
In a tweet on December 18, Hosseini’s attorney Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani stated that Hosseini had been severely tortured and that confessions obtained through torture had no legal basis.
According to him, Hosseini was allegedly beaten with his feet and hands tied together, kicked in the head until he passed out, and given electric shocks to various parts of his body.
Iran denies using torture to obtain confessions.
After being detained by morality police enforcing the Islamic Republic’s mandatory dress code laws, Mahsa Amini passed away in custody in September. Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic has faced one of its greatest challenges in the form of the protests that followed.
According to state media, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Ahmad Reza Radan, a hardline police official, as the new national police commander on Saturday.
During his earlier positions as a police officer, Radan, who was sanctioned by the United States in 2010 for violating human rights, has frequently demanded that the Islamic dress code for women be strictly enforced.
The Basij force, which is connected to Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, has been the driving force behind a lot of the protests.
Iran, which has placed the blame for the uprising on its adversaries abroad, such as the United States, views the suppression of protests as safeguarding national sovereignty.
As of Friday, the rights group HRANA reported that the unrest had resulted in the deaths of 517 protesters, including 70 children. Additionally, it stated that 68 members of the security forces had perished.
According to the report, it is believed that 19,262 protesters have been detained.
Up to 300 people, including members of the security forces, have died, according to Iranian officials.
Mohsen Shekari, 23, was the first protester known to be executed on Dec. 8, less than three months after being arrested. He was alleged to have threatened public safety, burned a trash can, blocked a road, and stabbed a member of the Basij militia with a machete.
On December 12, less than a month after his arrest, Majid Reza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged from a crane in public in the northeastern city of Mashhad. In Mashhad, he was accused of stabbing to death two Basij members and injuring four others.
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