Iran executes two over alleged police killings during January protests: Judiciary

The judiciary identified Amir Hossein Ebrahimi and Amir Hossein Maleki as “the main perpetrators.” Both were executed on Tuesday morning.

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Iran hangs man accused of killing police officer

“The central prosecutor of Hormozgan province announced the execution of the death sentence for the murderer of martyr Reza Ehtharmi, an officer of the Faraja emergency unit,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. 

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EU urges global halt in executions, holds Iran accountable for most cases

“Most [executions] took place in Iran but there were significant increases in Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Yemen,” the EU said, adding that death penalties also continued in the United States.

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Outrage over plan to livestream US military firing squad execution

Representative Austin Scott, a member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, said he supported executing Hasan but that "livestreaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that."

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Iran sentences Kurd to death over collaboration with ‘hostile states’: Monitor

“Borzou Rezaei was sentenced to death by Branch 23 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court,” the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights Organization said on Tuesday.

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Iran executes two accused of killing security officers during January protests

“In the course of their extremely violent actions, they martyred four security forces,” the judiciary said.

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Iran executes man accused of helping US, Israel during protests

Majid Adineh, “one of the agents of the American-Zionist coup and was affiliated with terrorist groups residing in a neighboring country … was executed,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online said. 

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Iran hangs man allegedly involved in January protests

Shahram Sadeghi “was sentenced for carrying out operational actions in support of the United States and the Zionist regime. He was executed this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. 

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26 countries condemn Iran’s use of death penalty

The countries, namely Canada, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, and Germany, as well as the EU’s top diplomat, said they “condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran.” 

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