<Anchor>
Iran has executed two people who participated in anti-government protests.
Even if the international community protests and condemns it, it is of no use.
Rather, Iran has proudly replaced the head of the police force with a notorious one.
Reporter Jo Ji-hyun on the sidewalk.
<Reporter> This
is the trial of 22-year-old Mohammad Karami and 39-year-old Mohammad Hosseini, released by the Iranian government.
The Iranian government announced that it had hanged two people yesterday (7th) morning local time.
The reason for the death penalty is that he participated in an anti-government protest last November and killed a militia member.
[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 the country to protest the execution.
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.
Two more were executed this time, following two last month, and about 10 people were 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)