Iran's fury does not stop as the country continues to execute protesters.
There are two new young men hanged : Mohammad Medhi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini , 22 and 26 years old. The victims were part of a group of 16 arrested for the killing of paramilitary Ajamian : five were sentenced to death and 11 others, including three minors, received long prison terms, up to 25 years. All of them had attended the ceremony on the 40th day since the killing of another protester , Hadis Najafir , by the security forces.
The Supreme Court rejected the appeal by Karami and Hosseini on January 3 and the former 's right to defense was revoked . This was stated by his lawyer, Mohammadhossein Aghassi, who was rejected by the court. According to the lawyer, the young man was not even allowed to see his family one last time before the execution.
The news of the new hangings, which made the rounds on social media, was also confirmed by the Mizan Online news agency : "The main perpetrators of the crime that led to the martyrdom of Rouhollah Ayamian were hanged this morning".
(Unioneonline/vf)
