Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests

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Published January 6, 2023 11:05 PM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran says it has executed two men convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy. Iran’s judiciary identified those executed Saturday as Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini. That makes it four men known to have been executed since the demonstrations began in September over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said the men had been convicted of killing a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer Basij force in the city of Karaj outside of Tehran.

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