Iranian state media reported Sunday that authorities executed three men convicted in connection with January’s armed unrest, adding to a series of executions linked to protests that Tehran says killed almost 3,000 people.
The men were Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh. State media said authorities accused the men of helping Israel and the United States and of using force against the government. It also said their convictions covered firearms and explosives, fires at public sites, and damage to a Karaj electricity substation that disrupted power.
Ten other people accused of taking part in unrest under Dioband’s supervision were later detained, the judiciary said. Investigators had linked Dioband to alleged attacks on public property and incitement before his Jan. 11 arrest, according to the judiciary.
The Supreme Court upheld the rulings on appeal after a lower court ordered asset confiscation and imposed death sentences on three defendants. The remaining defendants received prison terms of five to 10 years, the judiciary said.
Reuters reported that at least 35 people have been executed in Iran in recent months over the unrest. Iran has put the death toll from the unrest at almost 3,000 and reported extensive damage to public property. The unrest took place weeks before the United States and Israel began their ongoing war against Iran.
EconoTimes previously covered a separate case involving two men executed over protests in Isfahan.
