Iran Sentences Two to Death for Anti-Government Protests
Summary
Iran has sentenced two people to death over anti-government protests that erupted in late December and escalated in January. The men were convicted of killing four security personnel and damaging public property in Mashhad before the Supreme Court upheld the sentences.
Key Points
- Iran's judiciary issued death sentences for two people linked to anti-government protests that began a month earlier and intensified in January.
- Ali Hemmati and Majid Nik–Andis were convicted of killing four security personnel during protests in Mashhad and of causing extensive property damage.
- The Supreme Court upheld the sentences, and the two were executed on Wednesday.
- The protest movement spread rapidly into widespread anti-government demonstrations after starting in late December.
