Iran executes three men over recent protests, draws protests


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 May 2023

(Reuters) -Iran on Friday executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government demonstrations, drawing protests at home and abroad.

Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were executed in the central city of Isfahan, the judiciary said in a statement on Twitter, adding they had "martyred" two members of the Basij paramilitary force and a police officer on Nov. 16.

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