Two men were executed on Saturday (January 7th) in Iran after being convicted of killing a paramilitary during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young Kurdish woman, the judiciary agency said.
The protest movement began in Iran after the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd who died following her arrest by the police for violating the dress code of the Islamic Republic imposing in particular the wearing of the veil in public. for women.
“Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, the main perpetrators of the crime that led to the martyrdom of Rouhollah Ajamian, were hanged this morning” on Saturday, Mizan Online reported, referring to a member of the Bassidji militia, linked to the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army.
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The court of first instance sentenced the two men to death on December 4, the agency said.
On January 3, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of the two men, accusing them of killing Ajamian on November 3 in Karaj, west of Tehran.
The European Union “dismayed”
The European Union has said “dismayed” by the execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday.
The EU, which denounces a “new sign of the violent repression of demonstrations”, “once again calls on the Iranian authorities to immediately put an end to the highly reprehensible practice of pronouncing and carrying out death sentences against demonstrators” and to “cancel without delay the recent death sentences already pronounced in the context of the demonstrations”, adds the spokesperson, Nabila Massrali, in a press release.
At least 14 people sentenced to death
Since the beginning of the protest movement, justice has sentenced 14 people to death in connection with the demonstrations, according to an AFP count based on official information. Among them, four have been executed, two have had their sentences confirmed by the Supreme Court, six are awaiting new trials and two others can appeal.
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Activists say a dozen other people face charges that carry the death penalty.
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