Iran Executes 2 Prisoners in Ongoing Protests, Threatens More

Iran Executes 2 Prisoners in Ongoing Protests, Threatens More
Mohammad-Mehdi Karami speaks in a courtroom in Tehran, Iran, in December 2022. West Asia News Agency/Handout via Reuters
Shahrzad Ghanei
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The Islamic Republic regime executed 22-year-old Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini for the killing of a member of its paramilitary Basij forces during nationwide protests.

A trial was held for this case in mid-November 2022, and five people were sentenced to death and 11 others were sentenced to long prison terms.