Iran Executes Three More Men in Cases Linked to January Protests

The cases stem from nationwide anti-government demonstrations in January. The latest coverage concerns two young men executed in Isfahan and three men arrested during protests in Karaj, west of Tehran.

Authorities have tied these cases to violence as well as participation in the protests. Al-Monitor reported that the Isfahan case concerned the killing of police officers during the January protests and riots.

On November 3, Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi were hanged on Tuesday morning at Isfahan Central Prison, according to The National. The outlet described them as young protesters executed over their involvement in the January demonstrations.

On November 8, the judiciary announced that three more men arrested during the January protests in Karaj had been executed after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentences, Iran International reported.

The men were Hassan Divband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh, according to judicial authorities cited by Jerusalem Post. Middle East Eye reported that they had been convicted of taking part in armed unrest during the protests and carrying out operations for Israel and the United States.

The two reported rounds of executions account for five men put to death between November 3 and November 8 in cases linked to the January protests. The allegations of armed unrest and operations for foreign countries are the authorities' case against the men, not independently established findings in the supplied coverage.

The Hindu described Sunday's executions as the latest in a series carried out in recent months over the January protests, including cases involving alleged links to Israel and the United States. The coverage does not give a total for that broader series or identify a date for any further executions.