Overview
- Iran’s judiciary said three men were hanged in Qom for killing police during January unrest and for acting for Israel and the United States, convicting them of moharebeh.
- Mizan Online identified the executed protesters as Mehdi Ghasemi, Saleh Mohammadi and Saeed Davoudi, marking the first protest-related executions publicly announced since late‑February hostilities began.
- A day earlier, authorities executed Kourosh Keyvani for spying for Israel, claiming he met Mossad agents and trained in six European countries and in Tel Aviv.
- Sweden said Keyvani was a Swedish citizen, condemned the execution and summoned Iran’s ambassador over what it called a lack of fair‑trial guarantees.
- Iran Human Rights and Amnesty International criticized both cases as based on unfair proceedings and torture‑tainted confessions, as top Iranian officials vowed harsh treatment for perceived enemies.