Tehran, Iran. A man convicted of participating in an attack on a classified military facility during January’s protests in Iran was executed on Thursday, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan said, after his appeal was rejected and the Supreme Court upheld his sentence.
Judiciary statement on conviction
The judiciary said Amirhossein Hatami was found guilty of entering a restricted military site in Tehran, damaging and setting fire to the facility, and attempting to seize weapons and ammunition, according to Mizan. The report said the charges were admitted during interrogation.
Protest-related cases and sentencing
The first deputy chief of the Judiciary, Hamzeh Khalili, said last month that cases linked to the January protests had been finalised and that sentences were being implemented. The protests were described as a nationwide anti-government movement that was repressed in what authorities said was the biggest crackdown in the Islamic Republic’s history.
Rights groups raise concerns
Hatami was among 11 men described by Amnesty International as being at imminent risk of execution and who had been “subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in detention, before being convicted in grossly unfair trials that relied on forced confessions.”
Recent executions linked to protests
Last month, Iran executed three men convicted of killing two police officers during January protests. Rights groups, including Hengaw, said this raised concern that Tehran is intensifying executions against political detainees and protesters amid mounting military and international pressure.
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