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Despite criticism from the international community, Iran executed another execution for two people who participated in anti-government protests.

The head of the police has also been replaced with a notorious hardliner for the violent suppression of anti-government protests.



Reporter Jo Ji-hyun reports.



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is the trial of 22-year-old Mohammad Karami and 39-year-old Mohammad Hosseini, released by the Iranian government.



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The Iranian government announced that they had both hanged.



The reason for the death penalty is that he killed a militia member during an anti-government protest in November last year.



[Mohammad Karami/Protestant: Hit the head with a stone (militia) and hit the head three more times.]



Karami's parents, who even petitioned online to save their son, who was a karate player, were unable to enter the trial, and their son was He said he hadn't had a chance to meet him.



The UN Human Rights Office condemned the "unfair trial based on coerced confessions," and the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security, Rousseff Borrell, condemned it as "showing how harshly Iranian authorities suppress civilian protesters."



The United States also strongly condemned Iran, and the Netherlands summoned the Iranian ambassador to its country to protest the execution.



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Actors and celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, added their voices to the condemnation of Iran by posting pictures on the Internet with the phrase 'Iran stop executions'.



In Iran, in September of last year, a woman in her 20s was arrested by the police for not wearing the hijab properly and died mysteriously, sparking massive anti-government protests, resulting in more than 19,000 arrests.



Following the two last month, another two executions were carried out this time, and about 10 people have been sentenced to death.



Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei appointed Ahmed Reza Ladan, notorious for cracking down on anti-government protests in 2009, as new police chief.



(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik, CG: Jang Seong-beom)