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image source, Iranian state media
Syed Mohammad Hosseini before the court.
Two men accused of killing a soldier during mass protests in Iran were executed on Saturday.
Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Syed Mohammad Hosseini were declared guilty “Spread corruption on earth”A capital offense in Iran.
Human rights groups have condemned the trial of the executioners, describing it as “shameful”.
22-year-old Karami’s family says He was not allowed to see him before his execution.
Prosecutors say paramilitary officer Ruhollah Ajamian was stripped and killed by a group paying tribute to a slain protester.
The human cost of struggles
Protests against Iran’s clerical elite erupted in September after young Mahza Amini died in the custody of moral police, allegedly arrested for wearing her hijab, or Islamic headscarf, in an “improper” manner.
image source, Courtesy of Mahza Amini’s family
Mahza Amini died on September 16, three days after he collapsed in a detention center run by disciplinary guards.
At the very least So far 516 protesters have diedincluding 70 children.
A further 19,262 people have been arrested, the humanitarian organization said Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). It is also reported that 68 security forces have died.
According to various reports, many people who were arrested following the protests have suffered Enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention, torture and other ill-treatment.
“Fair and speedy trial”
The men were sentenced to death in December 2022, but appealed against their convictions, claiming they had been tortured into confessing to lies.
The lawyers appearing on behalf of Hosseini said this They beat him and blindfolded him While he was in prison.
“He was amputated and beaten with a metal rod on the soles of his feet,” said lawyer Ali Sharifzadeh Ardaghani.
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction on January 3.
Before his death, Karami’s lawyer said he was on hunger strike because he was denied the right to choose his own lawyer for court proceedings. Instead, it was handed over to state-appointed lawyers.
International Amnesty He described the process as an “expedited and unfair panel trial” and said Iranian authorities were seeking the death penalty for at least 26 people.
In the same case, 3 more people were sentenced to death and 11 people were sentenced to imprisonment.
image source, IHRights
Majidresa Rahnavard was hanged 23 days after her arrest in December.
Four people have been hanged in Iran since December.
In December, 23-year-old Majidreza Rhnavard was publicly hanged from a crane after allegedly stabbing two members of the security forces to death and injuring four others.
Mohsen Shekhari, 23, was hanged for stabbing a member of Iran’s Basij force while blocking the street.
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