Iran hangs two men over deadly anti-govt protests

Iranian authorities person executed 2 men implicit their alleged engagement successful anti-government protests that peaked successful January aft initially erupting the erstwhile period implicit economical hardships.

The judiciary’s Mizan Online website identified the executed men arsenic Ali Hemmati and Majid Nik-Andish, saying they were convicted of participating successful what authorities described arsenic “the riots of January” successful the northeastern metropolis of Mashhad.

According to the judiciary, the protests resulted successful the deaths of 4 information unit and caused extended harm to nationalist property.

The 2 men were besides accused of mounting occurrence to shops, banks and buses, arsenic good arsenic burning trees during the unrest.

Mizan Online reported that Hemmati and Nik-Andish were hanged aboriginal Wednesday aft Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their decease sentences.

The protests began successful precocious December, initially driven by rising surviving costs, but aboriginal expanded into broader demonstrations against the Iranian government. The unrest reached its highest connected January 8 and 9.

Iranian authorities enactment the decease toll from the unrest astatine much than 3,000 and blamed what they described arsenic “terrorist acts” orchestrated by the United States and Isr...