The Iranian government stated today that they killed two individuals after finding them guilty of being members of a banned opposition group and trying to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
The judiciary’s Mizan Online website claimed, “After the Supreme Court confirmed and gave final approval to the sentence, Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi-Sangdehi were hanged this morning.”
Iran is at war with the US and Israel right now because of attacks on the Islamic Republic on February 28 that started a bigger battle in the region.
The two men who were killed were members of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, also known as Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK). Tehran calls the group a terrorist organization and has been in exile since the 1980s.
It wasn’t clear right away when they were caught or if they were part of the recent protests, but Mizan said they had been involved in “riots and urban terrorist actions.”
Mizan said they were accused of taking part in “terrorist acts,” trying to bring down the Islamic republic, and threatening national security.
Protests in Iran started in late December because of growing living costs. They grew into widespread protests against the administration, which peaked on January 8 and 9.
Authorities say that the protests, which started out peacefully, degenerated into “foreign-instigated riots” that included murders and vandalism.
Tehran estimates that more over 3,000 people, including security personnel and civilians, died during the disturbances, which it calls “terrorist acts.”
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has reported more than 7,000 deaths, most of whom were demonstrators. They also warned that the real number could be higher.
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