Iran’s theocratic regime executed two men Tuesday who were convicted of killing four police officers during protests that took place in January. The executions are part of the regime’s violent crackdown on the widespread wave of protests that swept the country, signaling a continuation of its iron-fist policy.
1+According to a report by Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, the two were identified as Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amir Hossein Separi Hosseinabadi. They were also convicted of setting fire to a police station and causing damage to public property in the city of Isfahan, located about 400 kilometers south of the capital Tehran.
These executions join two other executions in the same case, carried out last July. Human rights organizations report that tens of thousands were arrested during the crackdown on protests, and that many more could face death sentences from the Iranian regime.
1+The widespread protests, which began in late December and continued into January, met with violent and merciless repression by the regime’s security forces. While Iran officially reports more than 3,000 deaths during the protests, international human rights organizations claim the true number of victims stands at more than 7,000 people.