- Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini were sentenced to death,
- Karami and Hosseini were charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian.
- Iran began to protest in the middle of September in response to the death of Mahsa Amini.
Tehran: Two men were executed by hanging after being found guilty of the murder of a Basij force member during demonstrations marking the 40th day since the death of Hadis Najafi, a protester, last year.
According to the official news outlet of the judiciary, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini were sentenced to death in the early hours of Saturday, days after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences for “corruption on Earth.”
On November 3, when there were significant protests in the city of Karaj, close to Tehran, Karami and Hosseini were charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian.
Karami and Hosseini were the major suspects, however, the judiciary reported that 16 persons had been detained in connection with his death.
The judiciary presented clips from their court proceedings, during which Karami claimed he hit Ajamian with a rock and Hosseini claimed to have stabbed him repeatedly with a knife.
The judiciary site reportedly made available videos that it claimed showed the two men engaged in the conduct. It also published a photo of Hosseini, who was depicted seated with his hands behind his back and holding a number of knives supposedly held in front of him.
The hangings on Saturday raise the total number of executions since the protests to four. On top of claims that the admissions were coerced, the most recent executions have taken place.
According to the judiciary, the primary suspects in the case were detained just over a week after the incident, and nine days later, indictments were handed out. Cases in court were heard in less than a month.
Iran began to protest in the middle of September in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old who was killed after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly failing to follow a requirement for women’s dress code.
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