Overview
- Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian, convicted as members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), were hanged Saturday at Ghezel Hesar prison after the Supreme Court upheld their sentences, the judiciary’s Mizan outlet said.
- Iran’s judiciary also reported the executions of Mohammadamin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast in a protest case tied to an attempt to seize weapons from a military site, with their death sentences affirmed by the Supreme Court.
- Amnesty International and Iran-focused monitors say the trials were fast-tracked in Revolutionary Courts and built on torture-tainted confessions, and they warn that more protesters face imminent execution after sudden transfers from Ghezel Hesar.
- The latest hangings follow four executions of convicted MEK members earlier in the week and the execution last week of 18-year-old musician Amirhossein Hatami in the same protest case.
- Coverage from state media frames the defendants as terrorists or rioters during the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, while rights groups dispute the process and report far higher execution totals than official tallies.