accused of killing a security officer

Iran executes two men over protests over the death of Mahsa Amini

Part of the protests in Iran.

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Yesterday, Iran carried out two death sentences against two men accused of killing a security officer during the protests sparked by the death of the young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, last September, thus bringing the number of executions in connection with the recent protests in Iran to four.

Yesterday, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called for strengthening support for the demonstrators in Iran, while the head of the parliamentary bloc of the German Bavarian Party, Alexander Dobrindt, called for imposing sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The two executions were carried out by hanging, despite the campaign launched by international human rights groups to pardon the two men, "Muhammad Mahdi Karami and Sayyid Muhammad Hosseini." Amnesty International condemned the speedy mass trial of the two men.

For his part, Karami's father told Iranian media that the family's lawyer was unable to access his son's case file.

Karami's defense lawyer, Mohamed Agassi, said on the social networking site "Twitter" yesterday that Karami did not allow him a final meeting with his family before his execution, indicating that he had started a hunger strike as a form of protest.

Last December, Karami's parents published a video clip in which they begged the judiciary to pardon their son, and the father said: "With all due respect, I ask the judiciary, I beg you, I ask you to abolish the death penalty in my son's case," describing his son as "a karate champion and a member of the national team of Iran." ».

Hundreds were killed, including dozens of members of the security forces, during the protests, and thousands were arrested on the sidelines of the movements, which Iranian officials consider a large part of as “riots.”

Since the beginning of the protests, the Iranian judiciary has sentenced 14 people to death for their association with the demonstrations.

Last December, the US Treasury Department imposed economic sanctions on Iranian Attorney General Muhammad Jaafar Montazeri for his role in the trials, and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iranian officials.

In addition, the Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei, appointed Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan, a new commander-in-chief of the Iranian police, yesterday, and asked him to work in terms of maintaining security and training specialized police.

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